How many different chamberings?

Chuck R. said:

I actually reload for mine, don't shoot it much though:

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Antique Schuetzen rifle based on a martini action that my FIL gave me. My wife managed to bring it back through customs when returning from visiting him in Austria.

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Beautiful.

I love looking at Schutzen's, but don't think I'll ever spend the money on one. My LGS had one about 5 years ago. I handled it, drooled a bit, and then looked at the price tag an burst into tears. It didn't sit on the shelf very long.

Chuck R. said:

I actually reload for mine, don't shoot it much though:

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Antique Schuetzen rifle based on a Martini action that my FIL gave me. My wife managed to bring it back through customs when returning from visiting him in Austria.

For factory ammo and reloading materials try Buffalo Arms (make sure you're sitting down before hitting link):

https://www.buffaloarms.com/8-15x46r-loaded-smokeless-ammo-box-of-20-amo81546r

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Wow that is an awesome looking rifle. Thanks for the link that is just what I needed!

My not nearly as pretty 8.15x46R Mauser Gewehr 98. I am pretty sure its of interwar vintage, 1920's.

I had more than I thought I did; 14 different chamberings.

.22 lr
.22 mag

.380 acp
9 mm luger
.38 special
.357 mag
.44 mag
.45 acp

5.56x45
.270 Win
.30 carbine

.410
20ga
12 ga

FlSwampRat said:

You remembered the 10.35mm Ordinanza (I had to look that one up) and forgot the .38 S&W?

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Oh, come on now. You’ve got to give me a break, I have so many.
But it’s hard to forget that you have an Italian 1889 Bodeo revolver.

Let’s see here:

22LR
22mag
380
9mm
40
45acp
45 Colt (reload)
357 mag (reload)
12 gauge
556/223
308

Keep everything in bulk except 40

.22 S-L-LR
.22 Mag
.223-5.56
.243 Win R
.257 Robt. R
6.5x55. R
.270 Win. R
7mm Rem Mag. R
.30 Carbine
7.62x39 Russian
.30-30 Win. R
.308 Win
.30-06 Springfield
.300 Weatherby. R
.303 British
8x57 Mauser
.35 Rem. R
9mm Luger
.380 ACP
.357 Mag. R
.38 Spl. R
.40 S&W
.44 Mag. R
.44 Spl. R
.45 ACP. R
.45 Super. R
.45 Colt. R
.454 Casull. R
.45/70 Govt. R
.410 Bore
28 Ga
20 Ga
16 Ga
12 Ga

And I had a .25 ACP stolen by a housekeeper years ago...

So that’s the list.... for now...

Stay safe.

I keep mine to a minimum and concentrate on inexpensive calibers for the fun guns.

22lr
38/357
9mm
556/223
12ga
20ga

.22 LR
.22 Short (Remington Speedmaster owned by my grandpa for running trap lines and only chambered in .22 Short)
9mm
.40 S&W
10mm
.45 Colt
.223
.257 Roberts
.30-06
.30-06 Ackley Improved
.35 Whelen
.45-70 Govt.
.450 Bushmaster
20 gauge
12 gauge

MI2600 said:

Twenty-three responses and no one reloads the Winchester WCFs??
Instead of listing them, I can reload 26 other calibers, and have the guns for all except .308 which I do for my son-in-law.

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Actually the question was how many different cartridges it takes to load all your guns.

But specific to your question I reload .38 WCF.

Also have some guns I don't have cartridges for. .41 Rimfire Short for instance.

I'm not about to try to list all the calibers I own. I'm sure I would miss a bunch anyway.

The weakest chambering I have is .22 Short and the strongest is .404 Jeffery.

The number of chamberings was cut roughly in half within the last 1 or 1&1/2 half years:
.22 LR.
32 acp.
9mm Luger.
7.62x39

c1ogden said "...inexpensive calibers for the fun guns".
Now I only own the fun guns-and seldom shooting past 25-30 yards doesn't require me to carry any rifles needed by the late (Navy Seal) Chris Kyle.

These are fun. Usually in the reloading forum.

22short
22 rimfire (old colt) (I shoot cb caps only)
22 long rifle
22 mag
223
256 win mag
6.8spc
270 win
7-30 waters
30 carbine
30-30
32 short
32 long
32 hr mag
327fedmag
32 acp
38 spl
357 mag
38sw
9mm
380
25acp
410
20 ga
16 ga
12 ga
45 muzzleloader
50 muzzleloader

if we throw in reloading abilities then add 308, 30-06, 45acp, 45colt, 45-70 but I don’t own those currently.

22 lr
22 hornet
222 rem
223/5.56
243win
270win
30-30
300 wm
7.62 x 39
7.62 x 54
358win

380acp
9mm
38 spcl
357mag
40 s&w
10mm
44mag
45acp
45lc

410
20ga
12ga
I guess I have 23 different calcalibers.

Pretty mainstream, not much out of the ordinary with the exception of the .38 Super and the .30-40 Krag:

.22LR
.22 Magnum
.25 ACP
.380 ACP
9x19mm.
.38 Special
.357 Magnum
.38 Super
.44 Special
.45 ACP
.45 Colt

.223
.30-40 Krag
7.62x39mm.

12 Gauge
20 Gauge

.22 short 1890 Winchester gallery short only
.22 LR
.22 Mag
.223 Rem
5.56 nato you said clambering and I have both
.223 wylde see above lol
.224 Valkyrie
6 Creed
.243 Win
.25 acp
.30 Carbine
.300 Blackout
.30/30 Win
.30/40 Krag
.308 Win
.30-06
.300 Win Mag for now, it's for sale
.32 acp
7.62x25 Tokarev
.32 H&R
32/20
.348 Win
9 mm
Super 38
38 Special
.357 Mag
.35 Rem for now, it's for sale too
9x18 Makarov
38/55
.40 S&W
10 mm
38/40
.44 Special
.44 Mag
.45 acp
.45 Colt
.450 Bushmaster
45/70 Govt.
.480 Ruger
.475 Linebaugh
20 gauge
16 gauge
12 gauge

Some of you guys are dead serious--I look like a piker in comparison.

Instead of listing what I have, I will list what I have recently divested myself of:
.41 mag
.44 Spl/ .44Mag
.308

And maybe more to follow.

I intentionally keep my list as short as I can, and I tend towards cartridges that are likely to be around and in good suppy when my kids are as old as I am (assuming we as a society have enough sense not to allow the anti's to have their way). I won't NOT buy a gun because it's a new-to-me cartridge, but if the gun I want was offered in one of the mainstream cartridges, I'll take that route. And I go with chamberings that offer a lot of factory ammo choices, including accurate target loads for the rifles, and affordable quality ammo for the handguns.

IMO, for 99% of shooters and 99% of situations, these rounds can get the job done just as well as the latest flavor-of-the-month chambering. My current mainstream cartridges:
22 LR
22 Magnum
.223
.308
9 x 19 mm
45 ACP
.38
.357
20 gauge
12 gauge

There are some impressive lists here.
Those listing all three of the 22’s, short, Long, and Long rifle. You actually have a gun in all three chambering.? Even more impressive.

I own 50 or more firearms, but not in that array of cartridge chambering. Like the Op many are just duplicate calibers.

22lr
.243win
6.5 Grendel
6.5-284
.280ai
7mm Remington
30-06ai
32acp
9mm
350 legend
375 Ruger
10mm
.44 special
.44 mag
12ga

That list will change regularly, but the volume stays the same because I run out of cabinet space. the only duplicates are the .22lr(3), 9mm and(2), and the 6.5 Grendel(1.5).

Ok Loon what’s a 1/2 gun.

.22 lr, .38spl/.357mag, 9mm, .44mag, .45 acp/ Colt, 12 ga. .223/5.56, .308/ 7.62x51. Joe

Some of these lists are amazing (.32 Short Colt?!) Mine is sad by comparison:
.22 Short/Long Rifle
.32 ACP/.32 S&W Short/.32 S&W Long/.32 H&R Magnum (All will chamber in the same gun, an NEF R73. Sweet piece.)
.38 Special
.357 Mag.
.45 ACP
9mm
12 gauge

22lr
22wmr
222
223
256 Winchester Magnum
32acp
32 H&R Magnum
38 Special
357 Magnum
9mm
10mm
30/30
25.06
30.06
308

I think thats it...................for now.

Whoah, way more than I thought I did, and I have multiples of a lot of them. I often hesitate for buying a gun in a new chambering because I don't want to start stocking a new caliber, but I guess that only applies philosophically rather than actually in practice...



Shotgun
12 gauge

Rifle
.22LR
5.56x45
7.62x39
.30 Carbine
.30-30
.30-06
.303 Brit
7.62x54r
7.7 Arisaka

Handgun
.22LR
.22 Mag
.25 ACP
.32 ACP
.32 S&W
.32 S&W long
7.62x38r Nagant
.380
.38 SPL
.357 Magnum
9x18 mak
9x19
.45 ACP
.45 Schofield
.45 Colt

Black Powder
.44
.50