The love of the odd balls

Some of the oddball cartridges are interesting because they present a challenge like forming brass but its very gratifying when one fills a big game tag with one.
 
Superbrad said:
It's all in the eye of the beholder...... have yet to see a definition.....
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I think anything outside the std 223, 22-250, 243, 270, 303, 308, 30-06, 7Mag, 300WM, 30-30 and a couple WSMs are odd to some degree. The far majority of folk out there would be shooting one or more off that list.
 
Oh I see, you want really oddball...........how about 44 Henry CF, 8X56R, 218 Bee, 7X64, 9.3X300 WM, 22 Sav HP, 405 Win, 25-20, 32-20, 38-40, 25-35, 32-40, 38-56, 38-72, 40-72, 33 WCF, 35 WCF, 40-82, 30-03, 30 Krag, 40-65, 45-60, 45-90, 45-110.......and on......and on.......and on.......I consider the 44-40, 38-55 and 32 spl common.

Try and find them at you LGS or CT........or pretty much any where for that matter........The only one I don't have ammo for is the 44 Henry CF, it's in a gorgeous 66 Win and I will not likely ever shoot that one. All the rest I have brass and shoot........
 
It seems I end up with oddballs as my keepers too or wish I had a few I got rid of back again. I only have two oddballs currently, a 348 and 307 win but I had a 356 win, 308 Norma Mag and I cannot recall now it's been so many years and I didn't know guns much back then but I had some kind of a Remington pump with a tube magazine that was twisted like a drill bit and was some kind of 25 cal? If memory serves there was a brass headstamp in the side of the receiver with the calibre on it?
 
I figure the chamberings I use at present aren't oddballs, just older classics. My meager batch are a couple of rifles in .32-40 Win. & one in 9.3x57. Would really like to add a .33 Winchester 86 to the group though.:)
 
They may not be true oddballs but I like the "less common cartridges". I have in my safe a few .260 Rem, a 7mm SAUM, a .35 Rem, a .35 Whelen, a .375 Ruger and a .444 Marlin that would fit in that category.
 
My odd ball is a 375/06. Had the gun made up and got dies. Shoots great, is just below a 375 in speed and ft/pd's. My moose gun is a 338/06. Love that calibur and do not consider it a odd ball.
 
the spank said:
It seems I end up with oddballs as my keepers too or wish I had a few I got rid of back again. I only have two oddballs currently, a 348 and 307 win but I had a 356 win, 308 Norma Mag and I cannot recall now it's been so many years and I didn't know guns much back then but I had some kind of a Remington pump with a tube magazine that was twisted like a drill bit and was some kind of 25 cal? If memory serves there was a brass headstamp in the side of the receiver with the calibre on it?
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Probably a Remington model 14 in 25 Remington.

I was firmly in the oddball camp but have been getting out of it. I can't afford it anymore. Standard vanilla for me for the foreseeable future.
 
Most of mine are as well...I'm not a fan of the "mainstream" cartridges it seems. Although my first rifle was a 7mm rem mag but I wanted a 280. And I did buy a 223 a couple years ago, think I put a box though to break it in then 1/2 box of reloads, hasn't seen the sun for almost 2yrs and the 7mag for 5.
I don't by ammo at walmart or Canadian tire so my oddball (to me anyways)

5mm rem mag, 6mm rem, 6.5mm rem mag , 8mm rem mag,

257 Roberts, 260 rem, 280 rem as well are less common but maybe not oddball. I also bought my first shotgun a 28ga.
 
bobnlyn said:
My odd ball is a 375/06. Had the gun made up and got dies. Shoots great, is just below a 375 in speed and ft/pd's. My moose gun is a 338/06. Love that calibur and do not consider it a odd ball.
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If your moose gun is the 338/06, what is the 375/06 used for?
 
This discussion reminds me of college music snobs trying to cone up with te most obscure band ever to prove how cool they are.
If someone else likes it and uses it, it's no longer hip.

I do shoot a couple 9.3 x57 though
 
heronfish said:
This discussion reminds me of college music snobs trying to cone up with te most obscure band ever to prove how cool they are.
If someone else likes it and uses it, it's no longer hip. ......
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Exactly.

I'm just waiting for the post that says "I'm a hardcore prepper who stocks only .308 Norma Mag AI".
 
While I wouldn't call them oddball, I've preferred European cartridges for decades now. I've had the vanilla cartridges already. The whole deal was to have something that not many others had, the hunt for hard to find components (usually finding these at gun shows) , and finding load data that either had to be extrapolated from European sources (using powder equivalents and similar burn rates) or found in publications like Handloader or Cartridges of the World etc. Just made everything that much more interesting. Keep in mind that most of this 'hunting' was in the mid - late 80's and the 90's.

As for the 'oddball' cartridges: 6.5 x 55, 7 x 57, 7 x 57R, 8 x 57JS, 8 x 64S, 8 x 68S, 9.3 x 57, 9.3 x 62, 9.3 x 64, 9.3 x 74R and the 11.15 x 60R.
 
MetricMan said:
While I wouldn't call them oddball, I've preferred European cartridges for decades now. I've had the vanilla cartridges already. The whole deal was to have something that not many others had, the hunt for hard to find components (usually finding these at gun shows) , and finding load data that either had to be extrapolated from European sources (using powder equivalents and similar burn rates) or found in publications like Handloader or Cartridges of the World etc. Just made everything that much more interesting. Keep in mind that most of this 'hunting' was in the mid - late 80's and the 90's.

As for the 'oddball' cartridges: 6.5 x 55, 7 x 57, 7 x 57R, 8 x 57JS, 8 x 64S, 8 x 68S, 9.3 x 57, 9.3 x 62, 9.3 x 64, 9.3 x 74R and the 11.15 x 60R.
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Ah Ha , the very man who has the previously discussed 8X68S ! How's it going brother ? By the way , why do they call you metric man ?
 
>>>>QUOTE>>>> I'm just waiting for the post that says "I'm a hardcore prepper who stocks only .308 Norma Mag AI".<<<<ENDQUOTE<<<<

Thanks for that. Now I've got to clean the coffee out of my keyboard!

:)

.256 Gibbs Magnum
.275 Express
.298 Minex
.300 Jeffery
.318 Rimless
400/360 Rimless N.E. 2 1/2"
.375 Flanged 2 1/2"
12 bore 2 1/2"
 
I consider an oddball something that isn't made by the parent company anymore or a wildcat that isn't adopted by a parent company

Most are just uncommon bug can be easily sourced online. May not be cheap and shipping my hurt but it is obtainable.
Try finding 22 R lovel or as Doug mentioned many of the old lever gun rounds. And as to that why did the 40 cals die out? Did rifleman become less manly each generation? The recoil couldn't be the answer I hope not anyways. My cartridges of the world has like 40+ 40 cal cartridges. Nowadays a 40 caliber is only common in a handgun
 
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