I use a 8x58RD (Remington Danish, in a singleshot rollingblock action by Husqvarna. Its a Rimmed cartridge with a 12,7 gram softnose travelling at something like 2500fps. I use it for beaver and deer, and its the best mediumsize caliber I have ever used. Low recoil, tremendous effect on game and a beautiful rifle.
/Peter

I sort of like the 7.75 Argentine Mauser.

Also 8 x 57, 8 x 60, and the 8mm-06

I've never felt under-gunned with my .416Taylor shooting 400gr bullets@2400fps JLS

.318 Westley Richards

.275 Rigby (not too obscure since its really a 7mm mauser)

.333 Jeffery

Regards,

JohnTheGreek

Hmmmmm...I have a 22 Savage Hi Power that I break out from time to time...Neat little gun....

250 RX or a 6.35 x 60, a wild cat designed by the members of the Lockheed Gun Club. Six rifles and sets of dies were made. Pretty obscure.

To the chronograph it is a .25/06

my fav. would be the 350 remington mag

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Hunt Smart, Hunt Safe

Coming lately to the thread:

I like John the Greek's choices very much.

From a German perspective, I would add the 9x63 M/88 and the 8x65 RS. And maybe the revived 9,3x70.

Carcano

Herr Carcano:

This is resurrecting an old thread! But an interesting one.

I'd have to say my choices ( that I would like to add to my collection and would hunt with them)

1. 40/65 Winchester

2. 6.5 x 54 Schoenauer ( Sp?)/Mannlicher

3. And my favorite that I did rebarrel a Winchester Model 70 for, 6.5 x 57!!!



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I don't know if it is an obscure round, but it definatly is a sleeper, and a great round, the 240 Weatherby Magnum coming out of a 26 inch barrel. Fast, flat shooting, hard hitting, and easy on recoil.

oddest one's I use would be .243AI, 45-110-550, and 6.5X55

6.5X257.

My oldest centerfire.
Only good for 1-1.5" at a hundred, but then I ain't any better than that myself!
LouisB

I love medium bores, started with .35 Whelen, .375 H&H, 9.3 x 62 mm and now the .376 Steyr. Judging from the variety of bullets, fantastic performance, within 100 fps of most .375 H&H loads, and nice package, I'll go with the .376 Steyr Pro-hunter. 300 grain @ 2450 with regular reloading manual data from Hodgdon, with both Varget and BL-(C)2. Of course there is that .416 Taylor I'm still looking for. lol
Good shooting, and if you have the money and time, good hunting

.375 Whelen A.I.

40

7MM-06 WITH .10" ADDED TO SHOULDER FOR DEER, 6X57MM MAUSER FOR COYOTES, AND THE WIFE WILL BE USING 7.03X64.5MM AND THE BOY WILL BE USING A .255"X2.165" NORSKYBLASTER.

Not to nit-pick, but you don't mean caliber.
About the only obscure calibers mentioned yet are the 318 WR, 333 Jeffery, and the 700 whatsit.
Mean what you say, say what you mean.

Myself, I'd like a K98 in .435", ala 425 WR, but on a 2.5" Lapua Mag case, blown out at the shoulder to about .570" or so, load some 410gr Barnes or Woodleighs out to 3.34", a soft 2400 fps or so.
Why on Earth would I want to do such a thing?
Because I like the number 11, of course!

RCHAPURA, tell me about your 348 Imp. Gun, bullets, loads, etc. I see Barnes has a 250gr with an impressive (optimistic?) BC. Have you ever tried sizing down .358" bullets? There's quite a few might do jes' great if they came out right.

On the small end, I like my 218 Bee, and on the other end, a 450 Nitro Express 3 1/4 inch.

Is only 'somewhat' obscure.
The Krag 30/40.
Frank

.14 Walker Hornet
.25 Ackley Improved Krag
.577 Snider

My two favorites are:

.309JDJ and the .375JDJ

Well I see nobody else listed a 338-308. I have a Winchester Model 88 I had rebored to this caliber and it's a real sweetheart.
I also hunt with a Savage 99 in 358, but this caliber seems to be making somewhat of a comeback so it may not be as obscure as it once was.

H�ctor Roveda: Gustavo thinks that I�m from Mars. By the way a jabal� translates into wild boar or Russian boar here.
Another topic: have any of your ever heard about a 560 Holland & Holland?.
Regards

30/06

7.65 Argentine Mauser. I have two model 91's and they both shoot great.

.400/.360 2 3/4" Purdey Nitro Express.

Damn cat on the keyboard again.

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32-20WCF. Just picked up an old Savage Sporter Model 23. After shooting it for the first time yesterday, it might just become my favorite small game and plinking cartridge. Accurate little beast!

Remington 401 Self Loader
Fuzz

Well, I've got:

.348Winchester
.410GNR
.41AE
.411JDJ
.405Winchester
.411Hawk
.411KDF
.411/.416Remington (.411Blaze)
.41Special
.307Winchester
.225Winchester

I'm working on a .411/.348Winchester in a model 71 Browning. Need more .41s, need more .41s...

I occasionally still use my great-grandfather's Marlin 1889 32-20. My first centerfire rifle was a 25-35 Winchester 1894, purchased at Buckhorn Guns in downtown Dallas for $35 around 1959. I loved that rifle but my father couldn't understand what I saw in the 25-35.

.348 Winchester
.300 Savage

Fla3006, Great choices !!1

Gentlemen,

My favorite "obscure" caliber really isn't obscure at all....a SMLE No.1 Mk.III* that has been bubba-ized...synthetic buttstock, wood forestock painted black, 21" barrel, and Simmons 1.5-5x Whitetail Classic scope, oh yeah, 5 round magazine. An incredible combination in the timber or the bushveld...

I'm also quite fond of the .300 Savage in my Dad's Model 99. Not really obscure either though...

338 Hawk

257 stw

As most of my hunting is deer with shotgun and buckshot I use the Auto-10ga, for others when I can get out and hunt for them I perfer the following

45-120
450 Nitro
33 Winchester
38-55

Slightly less than mainstream:

9x57 Mauser
7x57R Mauser
.405 Winchester

Fun to load for and shoot, and have been killing game for a lot more decades than I have...

I dont have one but I cant help thinking what a wonderfull wildcat the 375-338 would make. It fills the gap between a 9.3X62 and a 375 H&H quite nicley with a good bullet and brass availability.