Recommended non standard hunting cartridge??

[simpleman]

300 Weatherby

 

[Dogleg]

.375 Cheytac.

 

[FLHTCUI]

6.5-300 Wby Magnum or any Wby Magnum would fit the bill.
Tight Groups,
Rob

 

[popper]

Another vote for 9.3x62

 

[Cleftwynd]

9.3 x 62

Any of the Shultz and Larsen (very sweet rifles BTW)

6mm Lee Navy in a decent bolt rifle.

30 Newton

22 Middlestead



I guess it all depends on what you want to use it for and what you expect it to do.

 

[Ardent]

.375 Cheytac.

Once it's touched off that one will really get folks asking "What was that?"

 

[Dogleg]

Once it's touched off that one will really get folks asking "What was that?"

Starting loads are 130 grains of Retumbo.

 

[Tick]

The Sweed 6.5 X 55 easy to load for lots of bullets available 100 gr to 160 gr foxes too moose, and easy on the shoulder.
Tick

 

[brybenn]

BUM...........we all know that 375 is a mid bore, but to some anything over 30 cal is a big bore, mostly 270 shooters..................

Too true!

 

[pisces-guy]

A Mauser in 6.5X55 Swede...

 

[MetricMan]

8 X 64 hands down. A number of cartridges listed here might use hard to find brass. The 8 X 64 can be easily formed from 30-06.

 

[Camp Cook]

375jdj & 375rum

 

[tuffbuff]

I like the not mainstream ones so I got a few.

You say 280 and they correct you, you mean 270? Nope it's like a 270 but better

My other one is 6.5 rem mag, I say it's like a 270 but in a short action and one size smaller and a bit faster, or like a 6.5x55 but ad 400fps.

A buddy has a 307 win, I'm still trying to figure out what that's good for.

I would like a m77 mk2 in 350 rem mag someday to play with too.

 

[Kelly Timoffee]

130grains!!

That would give you 3 shots with a 7-08 , more trigger time.

If you could use Retumbo.

Starting loads are 130 grains of Retumbo.

 

[two-dogs]

257 Roberts, 260 Remington, 7X57, 300 Savage, 300 H&H, 9.3x62...

I like these choices, well the first 4 anyway, don't know anything about the last 2, and would add 7mm-08.

 

[Pak75]

.50 bmg.

 

[hoytcanon]

I haven't dredged through this thread, so I don't know if its been suggested, but 6.5x57 (and 6.5x57R) is a apparently a real dandy, and quite loved in Europe.

I went the other way... with a No.1-RSI in 7.62X57... but I suppose that could be considered pretty non-standard.

 

[SuperCub]

I went the other way... with a No.1-RSI in 7.62X57.

Why this over a 308?

 

[Crashman]

358 Winchester fits the bill perfectly. No question, the hands down winner.

 

[SuperCub]

358 Winchester fits the bill perfectly. No question, the hands down winner.

One of my favourites. 200s for deer, 250s for larger and waaaaay cooler than a 308.