Oddball calibers

[black42]

I love shooting the small stuff. I have a .17 rem that my best load will push a 20 gr vmax at 4200 fps that shoots ragged holes at 200 yards. My kids love to shoot it because there is absolutely no recoil.

[Artos]

Blake has too many ccol guns...These are some of my favorites from his list & a few other flavors: :-) Yeah, a couple aren't really odd per say, but not going o find ammo at every shop!!

22LR...should remain oddball until ammo comes back to planet eartth



17 MkIV (Best all aroud 17 imo)


20 VarTarg (best all all around 20 imo)

22 K-Hornet because it's cool...

220 Swift...long live the king!!

6 BR (Maybe the most Wicked & Efficient round for it's case size...can throw pills from the 60gr to over 100gr with insane accuray)

257 Ackley Improved (Stated to have the most improved / % speed increase of all the 40 degree shouldered / AI's)

257WBY...his first and best rouln ever

6.5x55 (not too common, but not really popular either) ;-)

280 Ackley Improved (by far my favorite all around deer cal!!)

7.21 Firebird (The swift's big brother...can throw 120gr solids barnes at 4000fps but need A 30" tube min)

348 Winchester (see Winchester model 71...REALLY WANT)

[muzzlebrake]

Love my 338x300WSM. Custom RCBS loading dies that were made before there was ever a SAMI spec for this wildcat. My dies are stamped 338WSM. Probably the first time this caliber wildcat was ever made. Barrel reamer was also custom made.
3240 fps with 200gr nolser ballistic silvertips.
Built on a Browning A-bolt with a Shilen barrel.

[ElGatoBandito]

Blake has too many ccol guns...These are some of my favorites from his list & a few other flavors: :-) Yeah, a couple aren't really odd per say, but not going o find ammo at every shop!!



220 Swift...long live the king!!

yes... yes he does.... I think that Obummer's socialist doctorine requires him to spread the wealth

And I've been wondering if anybody was going to say 220 swift. I've never heard anybody who just likes it though. They either love it, or hate it saying its just a difficult to work with 22-250. I have zero experience with either, so I'll just keep my trap shut.

And 5000fps with a 22x284? Are you trying to make me drop everything and build one?

[Artos]

I use primarily the swift for serious doe work & asked to help cull, but do enjoy using my great grandmothers .257 Roberts & take at least 1 doe a year with it...I luv that 722!!

I'm surprised the Roberts is not more popular...very good balanced round for child to adult & way better than the 243

[hwhit]

I like oddballs my newest one is a 585 Hubel Express 650 gr at 2450 fps.

[boomer453]

7/300wsm- 1/4-1/2 MOA all day long with Bergers.

[Jourdan_D]

Same here. Only three so far but the fourth is in process

7.62x40wt
458 socom
6mm completion match
280ai ( in the works)

[Seacoal]

I do need to build a 6xc and a 6.5saum.

A buddy has a 300 wsm AI that screams. Awesome gun

I've been thinking that building a 6.5 WSM would be a pretty sweet long range rifle, hadn't thought about the 6.5 SAUM

[kumathebear]

I like 'em fast...probably because I never was..fast that it! Good and informative thread

[Randy]

Same here I love my picky eaters.

223 AI
257 Roy
26 Nosler
264 WinMag

[ElGatoBandito]

I've been thinking that building a 6.5 WSM would be a pretty sweet long range rifle, hadn't thought about the 6.5 SAUM

Just trying to one up me...

[fireman0684]

my arsenal of wildcats (# of rifles) as all are custom builds which I hand load for , I don't own factory rifle



17 Ackley Hornet (2)

17 Hebee

17 Little Nasty - designed/created this cartridge (3)

17 MkIV



20 TAC

20 Beggs

20 KillerBee - consultant on cartridge design

20 VarTarg



6 BR (3 , including a 700 Titanium)

6 PPC

6 mm Ackley Improved



25 BR

257 Ackley Improved



6.5x284 - built when it was a wildcat



280 Ackley Improved





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now for the kicker, all have Jewell triggers



the 17's and 20's are my favorites

That 280 ackley is one vicious round for almost any game. Very good choice

[Mike D]

I've been thinking that building a 6.5 WSM would be a pretty sweet long range rifle, hadn't thought about the 6.5 SAUM

For some reason neither of those rounds have proven to be a good choice. Seems to be inconsistent accuracy and velocity with them. I talked extensively to Alan Rovig at McWhorter rifles and he told me that the 257 Weatherby flat out performs the short fat 6.5mm cartridges. And yes they build rifles in both calibers.

[trooperjd]

Well my first build is off to the smith and getting done up. It's my hunting rifle that's going to be a 260 rem. I would like my next build to be a good fox and cat caliber. Then I will start on a 257 weatherby mag. Man after you start building them, sure is hard to stop thinking about the next build. I can see where this could get expensive, QUICK!