Who shoots odd calibers?

455 webley
7.5 jap
8mm lebel
6.5 jap
45 auto rim
I own a 41 Swiss haven't shot it though
303 savage
8x56mm (m95 carbine)
480 ruger
7.5 Swiss

Should be most of my really oddball rounds.
 
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Got any nice 357 Max loads?

19.2gr I4227 under a 200gr GCLWFN works a treat in my 10.5", ~1500fps & just starting to show pressure signs.

I want to play with some 180gr jacketed over A1680 & see what happens.

For .41Mag, I'm really liking 240gr Keiths over 16ish gr 2400. Shoots great, 1200-1300fps (5.5" vs. 7.5") & still plenty of headroom. Wanting to try some cast 250gr HP & some 265gr LWFN if I can find a plain base variant.
 
My weirdest was a 32 Winchester Special. Most casual gun folks I mention it to assume its a small pistol caliber, but its actually just slightly larger than a 30-30. Good cartridge, but hard to find. Ended up selling it last year to thin the herd. If I replace it, I think I'll get a 35 Remington or 45-70.
 
.41 Swiss (10.4×38mmR) black powder ctg, formed from 8mm Lebel brass, through a M78/81 rimfire Vetterli that's been converted to centerfire.

Do I win?
A couple of my friends have those rifles. I've shot them several times. Even took one deer hunting for a couple of days last year. Put a .250" front sight on them and had them shooting dead on at 50 yds. Very fun gun to shoot.
 
I don’t think any of mine are odd, unless you shop for ammo at Wally World.
223/5.56, 243, 6.5 Grendel, 7-08, 300BLK, 9mm, 40S&W, 44mag
 
I've been shooting .355 from my pistols. I can't find it anywhere so I have to reload it.
 
19.2gr I4227 under a 200gr GCLWFN works a treat in my 10.5", ~1500fps & just starting to show pressure signs.

I want to play with some 180gr jacketed over A1680 & see what happens.

For .41Mag, I'm really liking 240gr Keiths over 16ish gr 2400. Shoots great, 1200-1300fps (5.5" vs. 7.5") & still plenty of headroom. Wanting to try some cast 250gr HP & some 265gr LWFN if I can find a plain base variant.

I'm working on 180gr right now but I'll keep the 200 in mind. I started out using H110 because I had a bunch of it here but we'll see where I end up.
 
My strangest calibers really aren't that odd. 10mm and 44 special.

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Waitasec... 50 B&M counts right? don't own it but dammifitaint a lot of fun to set one off!
 
I don't know if I'd call it "odd", and I haven't been shooting it due to lack of a location to shoot it, but I load and shoot 460. 240gr at 2200fps, more kinetic energy than a 308. Near zero drop at 100yards. Exactly double the powder of my 44magnum loads with the same weight bullet. Off the shelf it's around $1.50 every trigger pull. Off my reloads, more like 30 cents. I think I have around 300 rounds currently loaded, on the shelf, and can load another 300.
 
I sometimes think about finding another .357 Maximum & having a .414 Super Mag/Elgin Gates built & a GP100 or 686 converted to .41 Special absolutely will happen at some point.

A 1911 in .38 Super & a nice bolt gun in .257 Roberts would be sweet & I certainly wouldn't turn my nose up at a 7-30 Waters levergun.

I love the offbeat calibers, as well as loading for them. Been trying to keep caliber creep under control, though that battle was lost long ago. :D

Still a couple of .357 & .41 Mags I "need", but once those are taken care of, I'll likely add something new & fun to the safe.
 
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I have nothing real strange but do have a few that are not very popular. 25 Auto, 32 Auto, 32/20, 38 S&W, 41 Mag, 44/40, 218 Bee, 257 Roberts (98 Mauser), 243 WSSM, 6mm Rem, 270 WSM, 7mm WSM, 7/57 Mauser, 32 Win Special, 35 Whelen, 30/338,
 
I like the .30 Luger. Lately it is both cheaper and more often in stock than 9mm Luger though, so maybe 9mm is the real "odd caliber" now.
 
.45-90 WCF, .35 WCF, .33 WCF, 6.5x53R, 8x56 M-S, 8x52R Siamese Mauser, 8x56R, 9mm Largo, .375 Nitro Express Rimless, .405 WCF, .375/.284 Win, 9.3x57, 9.3x74R, 9.3x62, .25 Krag Improved, .351 Win SL, 300H&H Mag, .280 Ackley Imp., .25 Remington, .30 Remington. Probably left out something.
 
.45-90 WCF, .35 WCF, .33 WCF, 6.5x53R, 8x56 M-S, 8x52R Siamese Mauser, 8x56R, 9mm Largo, .375 Nitro Express Rimless, .405 WCF, .375/.284 Win, 9.3x57, 9.3x74R, 9.3x62, .25 Krag Improved, .351 Win SL, 300H&H Mag, .280 Ackley Imp., .25 Remington, .30 Remington. Probably left out something.

I do have a .219 Donaldson Wasp but don't shoot it.
 
.222 1968(or there abouts) Rem 700, don't know why I bought it except for the guy really needed the cash. Got it home and wondered what the heck I bought it for. Started reloading for it and in its stock configuration 3 out of 5 of the loads were 1/4-1/2 at a hundred. It made go in future herd thinnings.
 
Used to shoot a lot of .22 TCM. Great round!
 
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