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.358 Norma Mag
 
Posts: 1197 | Location: Billings,MT | Registered: 24 July 2004Reply With Quote
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I like old oddballs, kinda like myself.

.30 Remington (Model 14 pump)
.32 Remington (Model 141 pump)
.401 WSL (Model 1910 Winchester)
404 Jeffery (notice no decimal point in from of 404 because the bullet is actually .423)
 
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7-30 waters
375 winchester
257 roberts
 
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405win. when i talk about it everybody says 40.. what
 
Posts: 207 | Location: new york | Registered: 23 October 2006Reply With Quote
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I guess all 3 of my rifles would be oddball to most folks.
1.Weatherby Mark V stainless 30-378 mag with a Leupold Vari-X 3 1.75x6x32
2.Browning BLR Stainless 270 WSM
3.My baby Winchester 1895 405 WCF reworked by Fred Zeglin of Z-HAT.
 
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I LIVE AND HUNT IN MICHIGAN THESE MIGHT BE ODD FOR THIS STATE 300 H&H - 375H&H-45/70-454 CASULL AND 50 CAL FLINTLOCK


Ya can't kill'em too dead. -Elmer Keith
 
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Mine is ismply the best caliber on the planet for anything inside of 250 yds...

358 Win stir


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What I have learned on AR, since 2001:
1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken.
2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle.
7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions.
8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not.
10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact.
11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores.
12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence.
13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances.
 
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348 Win.
356 Win.
9.3x62

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.303 Britist
8x60s
8x68s


Jason

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*8mm Rem Mag
*8mm Gibbs
*35 Brown-Whelen
*280 AI
*(The Whole Gibbs Cartridge Family)

*35-378 "WBY" Mag (yes, 35 cal, I saw one that was built a while back, Impressive to say the least.)

*22-06


-Everybody has a dream hunt, mine just happens to be for a Moose.-

-The 30-06 is like a perfect steak next to a campfire, a .300 Win Mag is the same but with mushrooms and a baked potato-
 
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9.3x62 May not be an oddball someday.
.220 Swift AI-death to coyotes
Best of all 7x57- some consider it oddball, but my favorite big game cartridge


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1.) .260AAR
2.) .280 A/I
3.) .257 A/I
4.) 7mm Dakota
 
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Oddball fits me pretty well.
25-20 WCF with cast bullets
250 Sav. 1. M99R 2. M77 Ruger Tang Safety
257 Roberts
Don't see the need for anything bigger on the stuff I normally hunt.
 
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Mostly .41 caliber stuff:
.411 Hawk
.411 JDJ
.41 Whammy
.41 Avenger
.41Special
.411/.416RemMag.
.414 Super Mag.
.348WinAI
.510GNR
Ruger #1 in .458WinMag will either become a .400 H&H Magnum or a .500Jeffrey


JOE MACK aka The .41FAN

HAVE MORE FUN AND GET THE JOB DONE WITH A .41

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If you had not committed great sins,
God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you. (GENGHIS KHAN)



 
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Reading the posts brought back some memories for this old man. I assume that we are talking about calibers that we actually used on animals (even if only for a few shots) Anyway, my contributions to the list are 30-40 Krag Jorgensen, 7mm Mauser (7x57), 220 Swift (Funny, in my day, the 22-250 was a wild cat and the 220 was what reigned. Today,the 220 seems to be an "odd ball" caliber so far as I can see). Oh, yeah, one more to add - the German Army caliber, 7.92 Mauser (which I shot with American very much underloaded factory ammo and also with handloads a local gunsmith made up for me. It was a superb rifle and caliber. {The rifle was a Czech Brno arsenal VZ24 Mauser, straight side bolt that was "liberated" by a brother of mine and brought back for me.
 
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Originally posted by buffalobreath:
make mine a model 71 in 348 win.


Buffalo Breath: That's not odd ball, that's Classic!!



My Odd Balls, as has been mentioned, are not odd balls on AR but they are with the group I hunt with.

.275 rigby
9.3x62
25.06 (yes, they asked me "What's that?")
16 ga Ithaca SxS that takes 2.5in. shells only.
(It's over 100 years old and still killing quail)


Funny, the rifles I want to add to my collection are odd balls too:

416 Taylor
Ruger #1 9.3x74R
6.5x55

I'm not sure what that says about me but I don't care!


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Posts: 933 | Location: Casa Grande, AZ | Registered: 11 June 2005Reply With Quote
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Oddballs I like:

.375 Whelen - who needs a 375 Ruger?
.25-284 - want to drive some tacks?
.358 Win - we need more bullets to choose from
.222 Rem - not really an oddball but struggling in popularity for sure


John Farner

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219 Donaldson Wasp RRB
6.5X257 Type 38
30X221 Long Rimmed Cadet



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Challenge your limits


 
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The uncommon ones that I have and shoot are:
7 TCU
7-30 Waters
257 Roberts
8x57
35 Whelen
22 Hornet
6.5 TCU
7 BR
7mm STW
 
Posts: 117 | Location: Wisconsin , USA | Registered: 07 August 2004Reply With Quote
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8x64S - kills really well.

-mike


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