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Posted: 1/9/2006 5:45:57 PM EDT

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.44 AMP.....the cartridge that should have been.....

Posted: 1/9/2006 5:46:22 PM EDT

[#2]

Sometimes I shoot my dad's Schultz & Larsen rifle in 7 x 61 Sharpe & Hart (aka 7x61 Super).

Posted: 1/9/2006 5:49:40 PM EDT

[#3]

.45

Posted: 1/9/2006 5:53:44 PM EDT

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There's a guy who always shows up at the Bigger NY Gunshows with one of these.

collections.iwm.org.uk/upload/img_400/mp44.jpg

I think he's had it since the 1960s

I assume yours doesn't have a bent barrel?

I've wanted one of those since grade school.
Bent BBL and all.

Posted: 1/9/2006 6:02:06 PM EDT

[#5]

The Cody Firearms museum near my town has a 2 gauge shotgun, and the shells in a display case next to 4 through 20 guage shells. I cant remember the actual size, but it dwarfs the 12g.

Now that I've remembered about it, I'll try and get a picture next time I'm there

Posted: 1/9/2006 6:15:16 PM EDT

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44/40 XL Shot. Was an old falling block breakdown shotgun my buddies dad had when I was a kid. It had a barrel that was way under 18" so was definately a pre 1934 weapon.

Posted: 1/9/2006 6:26:10 PM EDT

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There's a guy who always shows up at the Bigger NY Gunshows with one of these.

collections.iwm.org.uk/upload/img_400/mp44.jpg

I think he's had it since the 1960s

I assume yours doesn't have a bent barrel?

That's a German StG-44 with a "shoot around the corner" adapter on it. Seriously.

-Troy

Posted: 1/9/2006 6:32:42 PM EDT

[#8]

The 348 Win is one of my favorite obsolete (every where but here) cartridges.

Posted: 1/9/2006 8:13:19 PM EDT

[#9]

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333 OKH

That's cool!

Posted: 1/9/2006 8:22:05 PM EDT

[#10]

Run into ignorence on both sides of the counter

I had a guy come in with a old rigby rifle in 275 rigby he would not believe me for anything that it was 7x57MM he called me a dumb son of a bitch and that i was tryig to kill him

another guy had a savage 99 in 303 savage again he was convinced it was a 303 brit and basiclly told me I was "dumb bastard" and left

weirdest i have seen was the martinis in 410 with the weird forked hammer that would only take a certain 410 for Eygpt colonial police

Posted: 1/10/2006 6:38:08 AM EDT

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.45GAP

Is anyone still trying to rationalize what a great round it is?

If you have small hands, there's no rationalization to it. It makes possible .45ACP performance in a smaller handgun package than is physically possible using a conventional .45ACP round... what's so hard to understand?

I am by no means a big fan or proponent of the round, but I certainly can see the sense behind it (maybe because of my small hands - I really struggled to learn to shoot my G21s well

). I only own one .45GAP pistol and it hasn't exactly "sold" me yet. I like the combination of power and small size, but unless it catches on much more than it has already (i.e., ammo more readily available and less expensive) I am skeptical of it finding a permanent home in my SD battery.

Posted: 1/10/2006 8:28:59 AM EDT

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own=32 rimfire

where do you get ammo for it? At least for my Cadet, I found the components to grow my own.

Dixie Gunworks & a few other places that specialize in weird/obsolete ammo carry it. Not cheap because of the limited production runs.

Posted: 1/10/2006 11:50:11 AM EDT

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own=32 rimfire

where do you get ammo for it? At least for my Cadet, I found the components to grow my own.

Dixie Gunworks & a few other places that specialize in weird/obsolete ammo carry it. Not cheap because of the limited production runs.

Old Western Scrounger is your best bet. got some 22 winchester automatic they might have 32 rimfire.

Posted: 1/10/2006 11:52:09 AM EDT

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There's a guy who always shows up at the Bigger NY Gunshows with one of these.

collections.iwm.org.uk/upload/img_400/mp44.jpg

I think he's had it since the 1960s

I assume yours doesn't have a bent barrel?

That's a German StG-44 with a "shoot around the corner" adapter on it. Seriously.

-Troy

be intersting to see what it does to the MV

Posted: 1/10/2006 12:41:02 PM EDT

[#15]

41 swissVetterli rimfire own one no ammo and i havent got to shot it yet due to no ammo maybe in the future if some one makes a limited run of ammo.

Posted: 1/10/2006 12:44:04 PM EDT

[#16]

6.5 Jap for my Arisaka Type 38 Rifle.

Posted: 1/10/2006 12:47:15 PM EDT

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There's a guy who always shows up at the Bigger NY Gunshows with one of these.

collections.iwm.org.uk/upload/img_400/mp44.jpg

I think he's had it since the 1960s

I assume yours doesn't have a bent barrel?

That's a German StG-44 with a "shoot around the corner" adapter on it. Seriously.

-Troy

be intersting to see what it does to the MV

apparently it made the bullets fly apart from what I heard

Posted: 1/10/2006 12:56:47 PM EDT

[#18]

Im suprised no ones mentioned 7.5 swiss.

Posted: 1/10/2006 1:02:14 PM EDT

[#19]

I used to have a 6.5 Carcano rifle ...

Now, even though they are not that un-common, I guess it would be my Contender barrels in 6mm, 6.5mm and 7mm TCU.

Posted: 1/10/2006 1:15:50 PM EDT

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Im suprised no ones mentioned 7.5 swiss.

7.5 Swiss isn't all that uncommon.

Posted: 1/10/2006 1:39:04 PM EDT

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A friend of mine has an old revolver that locks the cylinder forward when you cock the hammer back. The hammer is extra long and shells are very unique. When he handed me one, I thought it was an empty casing, but the bullet was actually several mm inside the case! He had a dozen boxes of shells for it. I beleive it was 7.62mm too?

Any Idea what it might be?

Posted: 1/10/2006 1:40:19 PM EDT

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A friend of mine has an old revolver that locks the cylinder forward when you cock the hammer back. The hammer is extra long and shells are very unique. When he handed me one, I thought it was an empty casing, but the bullet was actually several mm inside the case! He had a dozen boxes of shells for it. I beleive it was 7.62mm too?

Any Idea what it might be?

7.62 Nagant.

Posted: 1/10/2006 1:41:49 PM EDT

[#23]

.22 hornet/.410 survival gun

Posted: 1/10/2006 1:45:48 PM EDT

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A friend of mine has an old revolver that locks the cylinder forward when you cock the hammer back. The hammer is extra long and shells are very unique. When he handed me one, I thought it was an empty casing, but the bullet was actually several mm inside the case! He had a dozen boxes of shells for it. I beleive it was 7.62mm too?

Any Idea what it might be?

7.62 Nagant.

Looked it up, Yup,

Model 1895.. Thanks!!

http://world.guns.ru/handguns/hg102-e.htm

Posted: 1/10/2006 1:57:15 PM EDT

[#25]

I backed out on a deal one time to get a 9x23 Colt...sometimes I regret it, but I don't handload so that regret goes right away...

Posted: 1/10/2006 2:30:19 PM EDT

[#26]

how about the russian m43 round 7.62x41

Posted: 1/10/2006 2:33:45 PM EDT

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Im suprised no ones mentioned 7.5 swiss.

7.5 Swiss isn't all that uncommon.

I know about most of the cartridges listed. There were only a few I'd never heard of.
But, based on the original question, 7.5 swiss isn't a bad answer.

I can't really think of anything too off the wall that I've ever seen. An Arisaka maybe.

I mean the weirdest caliber I own is .17HMR. Not exactly off the wall stuff.

Posted: 1/10/2006 2:41:02 PM EDT

[#28]

.250-3000 Savage.

Posted: 1/10/2006 4:30:11 PM EDT

[#29]

Not by any means a wierd cratridge but the total combination is approaching it. I had a Norwegian Krag in 6.5x55. Unfortunately the Krag action pretty much limited the cartridge, but with a 30" barrel it moved pretty smartly.

Posted: 1/10/2006 5:19:09 PM EDT

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41 swissVetterli rimfire own one no ammo and i havent got to shot it yet due to no ammo maybe in the future if some one makes a limited run of ammo.

try Gad Custom Cartridges.

Google it and hit I feeel lucky.

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