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ExAgoradzo
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The Jeff for me is like the .44-40. I have no purpose for it, but if it was good enough for TR, it’s good enough for me .
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Well you won't find those cartridges in Walmart, gorgeous !
30 remington is great, and Graff has brass that I have had really good luck with....I like it over 35 remington.
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Guess I'll post my favorite of the ones I listed. Shame on me for not reading the instructions!
32-20 is my favorite oddball round. I lucked into an original Winchester '73 chambered in it. It was a special order rifle with a full length magazine and full 30" octagon barrel: not a musket. I recently picked up a colt new navy chambered I 32-20 as well, to complete the caliber matching pair. It has a very weak lockup though.
32-20 will take any game on the plains, from deer to squirrel, without obliterating the small game. I'd even pop one off at the scarce prairie elk if I was close enough.
32-20 is my favorite oddball round. I lucked into an original Winchester '73 chambered in it. It was a special order rifle with a full length magazine and full 30" octagon barrel: not a musket. I recently picked up a colt new navy chambered I 32-20 as well, to complete the caliber matching pair. It has a very weak lockup though.
32-20 will take any game on the plains, from deer to squirrel, without obliterating the small game. I'd even pop one off at the scarce prairie elk if I was close enough.
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Got my brass and die set right here. My Model 8 rocks!
BTW, .30 Remington is listed as the parent case for 10mm Auto and 6.8 SPC. It's probably the only reason occasional lots of brass are still available...
The 6.8 is sort of sad. It's similar to the 7mm Enfield/.280 British cartridge from back in the 1950s. It was very flexible wrt bullet weights, fed through an AR magwell, etc. But after a big splash in the beginning it has been steadily losing ground. I suspect part of it was the name; I wondered "6.8 ***?" myself. Still, next time I get the urge for something in 7mm it might wind up being a 6.8 SPC...
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theotherwaldo
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-Before I bought a few boxes of Graff .30 Rem. I tried dressing off the rim on some ,30-30 brass and cutting a new ejector groove, then running the brass through Lee .30-30 reloading dies.
It usually worked... .
It usually worked... .
Since the criteria fits only Military rifles I own, I'll say:
.303 British - Looks cool, served for a LOOOOONG time with a great history across nations, plenty of thump, common enough for handloading to be easy and fun. Love the platform it's used in.
6.5x55 - Way ahead of its time, ballistic giant at long range, accurate in the military platform used, even my Ljungman AG-42, gets the job done with minimal recoil, proven game getter for a long, long time.
6.5x52 Carcano - Way ahead of its time for the adoption of a "small bore" round, can be very accurate, unlike many I actually like Carcano rifles, and don't think they are junk at all.
7.5x54 MAS - Accurate and hard hitting in the two rifles I have owned, a real thumper in a handy 49/56 rifle. People hate on it for being French for whatever reason... I love it and the rifles they are chambered in.
7.7x58 Arisaka - Great design/cool looking round, easy to make brass from 06, hard hitting and very accurate per my experience, Interesting history from a country not ingrained in typical firearms culture. Love of the Type-99 platform, only makes the round better in my eyes.
7.62x54R - My God, longevity in spades, short OAL, accurate with power fully the equal of 06, not fussy to reload, feeds perfectly in my SVT-40 even with its massive rim, super accurate esp in my SAKO M39. Mother Russia knocked it out of the park with this one.
7.5x55 Swiss - Damn round just LOOKS ACCURATE and cool, fantastic K-31 platform that compliment each other perhaps the best there ever was, very hard hitting esp handloaded, way, way ahead of its time, and heck it's even a .30 cal
Although I don't have a rifle chambered in 7.65x53, it has to be one of the bests... So ahead of its time, great proportions relative to performance, accurate, greatly underappreciated, came in some of the most beautiful rifles ever made.
.303 British - Looks cool, served for a LOOOOONG time with a great history across nations, plenty of thump, common enough for handloading to be easy and fun. Love the platform it's used in.
6.5x55 - Way ahead of its time, ballistic giant at long range, accurate in the military platform used, even my Ljungman AG-42, gets the job done with minimal recoil, proven game getter for a long, long time.
6.5x52 Carcano - Way ahead of its time for the adoption of a "small bore" round, can be very accurate, unlike many I actually like Carcano rifles, and don't think they are junk at all.
7.5x54 MAS - Accurate and hard hitting in the two rifles I have owned, a real thumper in a handy 49/56 rifle. People hate on it for being French for whatever reason... I love it and the rifles they are chambered in.
7.7x58 Arisaka - Great design/cool looking round, easy to make brass from 06, hard hitting and very accurate per my experience, Interesting history from a country not ingrained in typical firearms culture. Love of the Type-99 platform, only makes the round better in my eyes.
7.62x54R - My God, longevity in spades, short OAL, accurate with power fully the equal of 06, not fussy to reload, feeds perfectly in my SVT-40 even with its massive rim, super accurate esp in my SAKO M39. Mother Russia knocked it out of the park with this one.
7.5x55 Swiss - Damn round just LOOKS ACCURATE and cool, fantastic K-31 platform that compliment each other perhaps the best there ever was, very hard hitting esp handloaded, way, way ahead of its time, and heck it's even a .30 cal
Although I don't have a rifle chambered in 7.65x53, it has to be one of the bests... So ahead of its time, great proportions relative to performance, accurate, greatly underappreciated, came in some of the most beautiful rifles ever made.
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Does anyone remember the .222 Rem. Magnum? As a .222 on steroids it was/is a fine cartridge that deserved its 15 minutes of fame. But disappeared until it was born again by being necked down to .20 cal and renamed .204 Ruger. Every one I own is delightfully accurate, especially this sweet SAKO..
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Dang. I gotta step up my game. All I've got is .300 Sav and a 7mm-08 that remotely qualify.
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-I'm down to my last box of .22 long.
Think WalMart has any in stock?
Think WalMart has any in stock?
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Your pictures bring back a memory of a classic. I held this 500/465 Nitro used by Robert Redford in Out of Africa in my hands at Champlin Firearms in Enid, Oklahoma. Want to see an interesting list of firearms go to Google and type in Gun Vault Champlin Firearms.
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.458 Lott. I have a sporterized 1917 rebarreled to this enormous belted cartridge. I call it my poor man's elephant gun. For recoil junkies only. It is a kick in the pants (and shoulder too). This feels like deja-vous all over again... I seem to have replied to a similar thread in a similar fashion about 2 years ago.
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My daughter’s boyfriend inherited a Sako .222 mag from his grandfather that looks just like yours only the wood is lighter in color, maple-like. Beautiful
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.280 Ross. The FIRST commercially loaded rifle cartridge to exceed 3000 FPS. In 1907. It pre-dated the 250-3000 by either three or eight years, depending on what source you read. It featured a 145 Gr soft point jacked bullet @ 3145 FPS. Cases can be made from 300 H&H brass. Anything else is too short. The fly in the soup is the .287 diameter bullets required. Can be loaded to about 90% of a 7MM Rem Mag.
An excellent round for anything on our side of the world, but not so hot on lions. Just ask Mr. Grey.... Wait. You can't, he's dead.
An excellent round for anything on our side of the world, but not so hot on lions. Just ask Mr. Grey.... Wait. You can't, he's dead.
I have the hots for early fast movers...but I really think they are a bit ahead of their time. A little like Lee Navy in 6mm...or 220 any of those fast guys. I think we have learned we really don't need THAT fast, but the cool is off the charts...my next fast movers will be 22HP, unless a 220 crossed my path
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22HP is ridiculously hard to find projectiles for, due to the oversized .228 bullet diameter. There are a couple companies that make them, but they aren't even offered by midway or brownells anymore. You've pretty much got to order direct. Norma makes brass.
It's a neat cartridge though! Such a unique shape to it. And yeah, it's a screamer. Mine get shot out of a savage 1899
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I've got tons of things that wouldn't necessarily have ammo at Walmart - some are SAAMI specified, others aren't.
.264 Win Mag
.280 Ackley
.30-06 Ackley
.325 WSM
.45-90 Win
.50-110 Win
That pretty much covers all my hunting rifles except for two 7mm mags. I don't see much advantage to hunting with Walmart cartridges since I'm going to want to load for accuracy and projectile choice anyways.
.264 Win Mag
.280 Ackley
.30-06 Ackley
.325 WSM
.45-90 Win
.50-110 Win
That pretty much covers all my hunting rifles except for two 7mm mags. I don't see much advantage to hunting with Walmart cartridges since I'm going to want to load for accuracy and projectile choice anyways.
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