Whats the Most unusual/ odd/ classic Cartridge you've taken Deer+ game with?

[trucker60]

7x61 Sharpe & Hart - recently acquired by me but has taken many moose over the past 60 years by the previous owner. Came with 100 factory rounds but looking at recipes to reload

 

[Eagleye]

Shot my biggest Whitetail to date with a 38-55 Winchester. 255 grain CIL Jacketed bullet chased by 32 grains of H322
Very decisive. I shot two whitetails that day, a buck and a doe, and both were pass throughs. None went 20 feet after
the shot. Dave.

 

[Potashminer]

I have not actually taken either out hunting, but I now have two rifles chambered in 7.65 Mauser - also known as 7.65 Belgian, 7.65x53, 7.65 Argentine and probably other names. It looks like a 308 Win case, but uses .311"/.312" bullets. Muzzle velocities in Hornady 9th show 100 fps more than their loads in 303 British with the same 174 grain bullets, so I have no doubts it would be just fine in the bush. Hornady used a 29" barrel Model 1891 as their test rifle - I have a 1909 Argentine Cavalry Carbine, and a "home made" deal using Chilean 1895 receiver and a 1907 Paraguay barrel (I think that is what it is??).

 

[tokguy]

Well I've taken them with 30-30, 30-40, 7.65 x 53, 38-55, 303 br, 8 x 57 mauser.
Got to watch loading that 95 up too hot Potash...google destroyed 1893, 1895, 1896...they do not handle case head separation well at all

 

[tactical lever]

Not really unusual, but all classics. The average age being what, 120 years old? Speaking of .22 Hornet, 6.5x55, 30-30, 30-06, .35 Rem, 45-70 Gov.

 

[a j cave]

577-450,50-70,50-90,38-55.

 

[furry]

Moose, both brands of deer, black bear with 256 Newton - my go to rifle

 

[Potashminer]

Well I've taken them with 30-30, 30-40, 7.65 x 53, 38-55, 303 br, 8 x 57 mauser.
Got to watch loading that 95 up too hot Potash...google destroyed 1893, 1895, 1896...they do not handle case head separation well at all

I hear ya! No reason or desire at all to push that one, in any way. Just going "bang" and making a hole somewhere near where expected is good enough! Was just tickled as can be to get a chamber matching some sized brass and a breeching washer that worked - way more of a make-me-feel-like-I-did-something sort of project!!!

 

[parts-man]

I took 2 black bears and a porcupine with my grandfathers 9X57 Mauser and clipped the head of a partridge with my SKS.

 

[bunny]

9.3x74 and 35 Whelen

 

[kc34]

35 Whelen for me.

 

[Jaaska]

1861 Snider Enfield .577 cal for a doe at 40 yards . Several with a 38-55 .

 

[yomomma]

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[kjohn]

Not particularly odd, but classic, I guess - whitetail deer over the years with .303 British, 30-30, .32WS, 8x57, 8mm-06.

 

[New Camper]

32-40 Ballard and Winchester. Obsolete now and always considered marginal at best for deer size animals, but I cut my teeth with it and under 100y there was no fuss. That was so long ago but I can still play those moments through my mind like they're on a big screen.

 

[Decker9]

Used my 9.5x57 on a good bear a few years ago, did the job nicely at just under 100 yards.

 

[albertaal]

Mule Deer with a Winchester 92 in 44-40.

Whitetail buck with Winchester 1892 in .44-40

Darryl

 

[Northern Boater]

Used a Mdl 71 in 348 With the 200 gr Hornady a lot in my younger years for moose deer and bear. A few moose with an 1886 in 45-90 as well with 405 gr Rem SP.

 

[Levon12345]

I've bopped some beavers with a 25-20 out of my grandpa's Winchester. Perfect round for it. Definitely enough zap to put the lights.

 

[Butcherbill]

Not unusual or odd but definitely a classic, .303brit for deer the last 3-4 years. This will be the first year I haven’t used it, using a .308 this season.