100+ year old cartridge

[Kaeto]

.38 S&W
.38 Special
.455 Webley
.303 British
8mm Mauser
.58 Mine'

 

[vaupet]

I have one nobody else mentioned sofar
7.62x38 R Nagant dates back to 1895

 

[StrawHat]

I'll join the sesquicentennial club!

I use a Springfield 1866 in 50-70 and a pair of Richards Conversion Colt 1860s in 44 Colt. Both built as conversions of existing muzzleloaders at the dawn of cartridge firearms. Lots of fun.

The Richards are replicas and use the 43 caliber bore and inside lubed bullets. The Springfield is a sporterized version I built a couple of decades ago.

Kevin

 

[W.E.G.]

 

[Mr Woody]

Only ones I shoot that are less than 100 years old are .357 and 6.8 rem. Maybe 100 is the new 20-something

 

[joem1945]

11.75 Danish. Fired in a M1876 rifle made in 1882. Pretty old I think.

 

[mdemetz]

.22 Short is now 159 years old and the caliber of S&W's first revolver. .22 is also the only rim fire and heeled bullet still in general use.

 

[tark]

30 Mauser in the C-96 broomhandle.

 

[HammsBeer]

Come to think of it, all the calibers I shoot are 100+ years old except .223/5.56, and even that's got 50 years on it.

Wow, them old bullets have had a long run! Can't say the same for hardly any other technology.

 

[rodinal220]

30-30 Win
25/30/32/35 Rem all work.
45-70
577 Snider and 577/450 M-H for fun.
.375 H&H for bigger critters

 

[HOOfan_1]

.22 LR
.30-30
.30-06
.45 ACP
9mm Parabellum
7.92x57
.38 Special
.45 Colt

 

[krinko]

Only one to add at the moment---
.577 Snider



-----krinko

 

[jeepnik]

With the exception of the .357 mag, 41, mag & 44 mag all of my handgun rounds are over 100. And the .357 is getting close. I only have two rifle rounds that are under, the 3.08 and .223. Shotgun wise, I think they are all over 100.

 

[P5 Guy]

22 rimfire, 44SPL, 38SPL, .30'06, 12 gauge and 9x19.

 

[Panzerschwein]

7.62x54mmR.

125 years old, and still going strong in hot spots all around the world. And in my backyard. Excellent one-shot-stop potential for home defense use as well.

 

[giggitygiggity]

I shoot the following 100+ year old cartridges and consider them all, with the exception of the Nagant, to be excellent:

.22LR
7.5x55 Swiss
.30-06SPRG
7.62x54R
7.62x38 Nagant
.32ACP
.38SPL
9x19mm
.45ACP
12GA

 

[Jim K]

.25-20, .32-20, .38-40, .44-40.

Wouldn't it be easier to list the successful (not wildcats) cartridges put out since 1916?

Jim

 

[FL-NC]

22 LR (I think its that old?) 30-06 (Garands, O3A3. M1917) 30-30, 45 ACP.

 

[Vern Humphrey]

Originally posted by JimK

Wouldn't it be easier to list the successful (not wildcats) cartridges put out since 1916?

Hmm . .

.270 Winchester.
7mm Remington Mag
.300 Win Mag
.308 Winchester
.243 Winchester

That pretty much covers the waterfront for "Successful" cartridges
.223 Remington

 

[stubbicatt]

32-20
32-40
30 WCF
45-70
22 short
22 long rifle

Fine old cartridges to be sure.

 

[kBob]

.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.

This would be like calling the .30-30 Improved or 7-30 a hundred years old because they are based on the .30-30.

But soon the .22 Hornet will qualify.

I did not see anyone listing the 9mm Bergman Bayard/ Largo for their surplus Star auto pistols, Astra 400's and little Spanish Destroyer Carbines ( just to keep it rifle).

-kBob

 

[Don McDowell]

32 wcf,38wcf, 40-70st,44-77bn,44-90 st,40-65,45-70,45-90,32-40,30wcf,7x57,30-06,35 rem,45 colt,44spec,405 wcf.

 

[JackSprat]

I kill a lot of deer with a 250-3000 Savage..

 

[MountainBear]

Well, even more fun, many of my guns shooting the old cartridges are over 100 years old. I have a Savage 99 in .30-30 dating to 1903. A few 1895 Chilean Mausers in 7x57 dating from 1895 to 1905. A Swedish Mauser in 6.5x55 dated from 1909. I have several others that are rapidly approaching 100 years old in .30-06 and 8x57.

 

[StrawHat]

kBob's post reminded me I have a 22 WCF I use on occasion. It was introduced in 1885. I also own and shoot a Winchester 1895 built in 1900 and chambered for the 405 WCF. This is a custom built 405 as the cartridge was introduced in 1904.

Kevin