What do you think is the major "sleeper" cartridge out there?

[billfrombyron]

I would have to say 45-70 for its versitility.

8mm Mauser for its reloadibility and power.

6.5X55 sweed, 6.5 Grendel, .260 rem, and .458 Socom for the cool factor.

-Bill

 

[doc2rn]

.221 Swift
.41 magnum
28g

 

[UnTainted]

45-70 and 375hh

 

[Clipper]

...I have to agree the .257 Roberts doesn't get a fraction of the respect it deserves, except by those who shoot one. That's why it's one of the hardest calibers (around here) to find on the used gun racks. Noone that has one will give it up.

 

[TexasPatriot.308]

you mean the .257 Roberts, dont ya?

 

[Arkansas Paul]

I'll vote for the .280 Rem.

 

[scotjute]

the Big Fifty : 50-90 Sharps! They came out with it and the buffalo herds disappeared! Since then its been sleeping a lot. Supposedly big enough for any land animal on this planet.

 

[Curator]

.260 Remington, .35 Whelen, and .257 Roberts in that order.

 

[Centaur 1]

30-30

 

[tactikel]

The .25-06, with the .260 a close second.

 

[tomt]

It's funny nobody has mentioned the 30-378 Weatherby Magnum. Able to launch an 180 gr at 3500fps.

 

[Big Bill]

25-06

It should be much more popular.

 

[Al LaVodka]

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Al

 

[Big Bill]

I've owned both a 243 and 25-06. I kept the 25-06. The 25-06 does everything (and more) that the 243 does - only better and faster.

 

[Dr T]

In a carbine: 460 S&W. It is incredibly easy to handload, and a TC Encore with a 20" barrel is light, easy to carry, and accurate.

In a light varmint rifle (CZ): 221 Fireball

 

[jem375]

My sleeper cartridge is the 375JDJ.... I have a SSK Industries T/C Contender pistol with a 15" barrel and a T/C G2 Contender rifle in this caliber and it is really a keeper for hunting just about anything on the earth...

 

[Owen]

300 Whisper

 

[jkingrph]

9.3x57

 

[ccsniper]

I am waiting on someone to take a 7.62x25 and neck it down to .22

 

[lefteyedom]

270 Winchester

If the question was which calibers gets over looked by the shooting (spit hack cough) press today. The 270 Winchester like the 30/06 are the major sleeper cartridges. The 270 still shoots very flat, kicks mildly and will get the job done on Coyotes to Elk.
The (pun alert) gum press is all about selling new products. Chewing our ears about how much better short magnums, belt-less magnums, and short action rifle are so much better than what came before. Guess we need 4X16X56 scopes now that deer can not be seen in fix 4 powers and 3X9 variable.

Nothing wrong with the new stuff but frankly none of the "new" really works any better in the field than the old.

 

[Sepiid]

i gotta say the 22lr
it is a darn good round if you can aim.

 

[d vader]

sleeper cartridge

My vote is for the 325wsm,a great elk moose and bear cartridge

 

[M&PVolk]

6.5 Grendel. Why this cartridge isn't all over the place and flying off the shelves I do not know. It turns the lightweight AR 15 platform into a hardcore distance gun with awesome ballistics.

Aside from the Grendel, I would say the 30-06. It can be loaded with amazing versatility and will get the job done on just about any popular wild game. It somehow gets overlooked with the wide variety of larger guns today.

In handguns, the .44 mag is going through the same issue as the 30-06 is in rifles, being passed up by hand canon .454 and above.

 

[52grain]

.260 would be mine. Great parent case, great selection of bullets. Wish it were chambered in more factory rifles.

In a few years when it comes time to rebarrel my .308 I'll probably have it done in .260. Wish there were more factory rounds and rifles in that caliber.

 

[aka108]

6.5 Swede, 303, 30-06 and 8mm mauser. So old, so good. They will continue to be around long after the gunwriters new sweethearts are no longer. No one pays much attention to these any more since the big money goes in marketing the newer stuff.