100+ year old cartridge

[zb338]

I didn't see anyone mention the 25/20 or the 32/20.
I shoot those and the
.32 Winchester Special
30/30
30/06
.45 ACP
38 Special
12, 16, and 20 gauge shotguns
.44 Special
.38 Smith & Wesson and probably some I left out.

Zeke

 

[Vern Humphrey]

.22 Hornet is not quite to the century mark yet. It was developed in the 1920's by Springfield Armory ( the original Government one) and merely based on the .22WCF.

That's like saying the .45 Colt and the .45-70 don't date back to 1873 because they're loaded with smokeless powder these days.

The only difference between the modern .22 Hornet and the .22 WCF is one is loaded with smokeless and the other was loaded with black powder.

In fact, if you buy a brand-new .22 Hornet, the odds are you'll still get the old sloppy, oversize chamber that Winchester specified for the black powder version.

 

[Tommygunn]

I didn't see anyone mention the 25/20 or the 32/20.I shoot those and the
.32 Winchester Special
30/30
30/06
.45 ACP
38 Special
12, 16, and 20 gauge shotguns
.44 Special
.38 Smith & Wesson and probably some I left out.

Zeke

Musta missed my post.

 

[Sistema1927]

Let's see if I can list all of them that I have:

.22 short, long, LR
.32 S&W
.32 ACP
.380
9mm Para
.38 Special
.45 ACP
.45 Colt

7.62x54R
.30-30
.30-06
.303
12 Gauge

I think that covers all that I own and shoot. In another 4 years I will be able to add .300 Savage.

 

[TRX]

[thinks]

Most of my firearms are chambered in cartridges over a century old, the most elderly being the graying-but-still-sprightly .45-70.

Several rifles in the youthful 7.62x39, and ongoing builds in .50 Beowulf and a wildcat, which are just babies.

 

[80Goat]

I like lever guns, so most of the cartridges that I shoot have been around for a while.

22 LR
38 Special
45 Colt
45-60
38-55
45-70

and 300 Savage (1920)