Opinions on what calibers to include in a pistol caliber collection.

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Opinions on what calibers to include in a pistol caliber brass collection.

A little backstory:

I have taken a few guys from work to the range and when I tell them to pick up the brass they shoot so I can reload it, they go into a frenzy of brass cleaning madness and I've come home with some brass in calibres I don't own. The oddballs, whose numbers are starting to grow, are sitting on the top shelf of my reloading bench so I decided to start a bit of a brass collection. This is where I am asking for your assistance in putting together a list of calibres that I should have a sample case of. Which pistol calibres should be represented in this little collection?

I'm not interested in anything overly rare, just pistol calibres that show the variety that has been widely adopted and produced since the metallic cartridge has existed. Proprietary cartridges and wildcats aren't really the focus or this list will never end. I'm thinking calibres that gained pretty widespread adoption and popularity rather than super rare examples that were only chambered in one pistol that flopped commercially.

This is the running list of suggestions. Bolded entries are what I've got already. Thanks in advance.
4.6x30mm H&K
.22 Short
.22 Long
.22LR
.22 WMR
5.7x28mm
.22 Remington Jet
.25 ACP
7.5 Swiss
7.62x38 Nagant
7.63 Luger
7.63 Mauser
7.62x25 Tok
.32 ACP
.32 S&W
.32 S&W Long
.32 H&R Magnum
.327 Federal Magnum
8mm Lebel
.380 Auto
9mm Makarov
9mm Luger
9x20 Browning Long
9mm Mauser Export
9x21
.38 Super
.357 Sig
.38 Short Colt
.38 Long Colt
.38 S&W
.38 Special
.357 Magnum
.357 Maximum
38-40
.40 S&W
10mm Auto
400 Cor-Bon
.41 Long Colt
.41 Magnum
.44-40
.44 Henry
.44 American
.44 Russian
.44 Special
.44 Magnum
.455 Webley
.45 Auto Rim
.45 GAP
.45 ACP
.45 Super
.460 Rowland
.45 Win Mag
.45 Schofield
.45 Colt
.454 Casull
.460 S&W
.480 Ruger
.475 Linebaugh
.50 AE
.500 S&W Magnum

What else do you think should be included and why?

Also, if you want to contribute some empty brass, I'll EMT you a couple of bucks for postage.
 
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how about 22 short? They are actually getting hard to find these days. They will probably just disappear one day

and 45-70. I see it as a rifle round but handguns exist in 45-70
 
If you are considering BFR revolvers, you need to add 444 Marlin, 30-30 and perhaps 308
If you are considering XP 100, then add 7 mm Bench rest and I think 221 Fireball
If you are considering Thompson Contenders, then you probably have other additions to the list........
Depends on what you define as a hand gun!
 
.38 and .41 Long Colt
.44 Russian
.44 American
.45 Schofield
.25, .30, .32, .38, .41 Rim fire
7.5 Swiss
8mm Lebel
.25 ACP
7.62x 38 Nagant
.45 GAP
.45 Auto rim
and the list goes on and on.
 
Thanks for all your guy's input. I'm avoiding the BFR and contender type inclusions because for all purposes, they're rifle cartridges. And the rimfire, as crucial as they were to the metallic cartridge evolution, are going to be too hard to track down. I may just spin up some dummy cases on the lathe for the particularly old and impossible to find if I get bored. I'm gonna add all the contributions to the first post and use it as a checklist.
 
Really this has been born out of having the random brass on hand and me being a cartridge nerd. I guess the theme here is the designs that got us to where we are and what has stuck around and is still popular.

On second reading I think you may be thinking I'm collecting pistols to shoot these out of. No sir, I'm just collecting unwanted brass to put in a line on the back of my reloading bench.
 
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