Obscure/Proprietary calibers..

[Amerflyer48]

I'll start with this,..

HERTERS .401

Progression from rifle to pistol

Yep brand spankin' new .30-30 Win now .401 PowerMag

.41 Mag. data and 10mm/.40S&W die set

John

[Joe4d]

seems like alot of work to create something that duplicates .41 magnum, not to mention having to build a gun to shoot them. Why not just buy/load .41 mag ?

I realize many of our rounds started as a wildcat but the ones that became successful usually did something a little different or better than ones already on the market.

[Amerflyer48]

The .401 arrived about 4 years before the .41 Mag. so it was a historical interest thing...

not to mention the $125.00 each price tag for the pair I bought in 1989

http://www.gunblast.com/Fryxell_Herters401.htm

[All-Gator]

9x25...Dillon proprietary I believe. Start with a 10mm and neck down to .38.

A-G

[calishootr]

.357-.44 bain and davis...44 magnum necked to .38, velocities for a 125gr Hp approaching 2400 FPS out of a TC contender

its smaller cousin, the .256 win mag, a .357 necked to 25 caliber

[Intel6]

I don't have to mess with case forming but the two obscure loads I load are .41 Action Express and .458 SOCOM.

Neal in AZ

[larry cazes]

.454 Casull. Its a kick

[jmorris]

My "odd balls" are 458 socom and 7mm BR.

[major9]

9x25 and 7mm BR

[MarkCO]

Have both of these:

.40 Super (Triton): .451 Detonics necked down to .40 caliber, 180 grain at 1450 fps.

.414 SuperMag (Dan Wesson): .3" longer than the .41 mag, 265 grain at 1800 fps.

My regular "taking a walk in the woods" rifle is a .338-06 A-Square and I have just started to play with the .450 Bushmaster and .300 Fireball.

[HoMiE]

224 BOZ

[calishootr]

Homie,

what platform are you shootingyour .224 Boz out of???? I am really interested in the cartridge, but have stayed off doing it because of stuff i have read about it being a proprietary military round, and now that it pretty much was eating all the 1911's and glocks it was put into(very short service life,not good) was thinking of maybe putting it into a TC barrel??? would have to get a reamer first off i guess...

Edited November 12, 2010 by calishootr

[Toolguy]

44 Auto Mag Revolver. Only one I know of. Cut down reamed out .308 cases. Custom built revolver on M.29. Uses modified 45 Auto Moon Clips. Ported 1-1/16 x 5-1/2 slab barrel, shortened Wichita Rib, steel underlug, bobbed hammer, 6-1/2 lb. D.A.

[Avezorak]

35 Whelen is my hog hammer and about to build a semi long range 6.5-06...

[Jim M.]

These are the obscure or proprietary cartridges that I load. Most of you will recognize that the majority of these cartridges are for the Thompson/Center Contender pistol. Most of these are wildcats, and a few are just regular production cartridges that are seldom seen any more.

.17 Ackley Hornet

.17 Ackley Bee

.17 Mach IV

.17/.222

.17/.223

5mm Craig (5mm Remington Magnum Centerfire)

.22 Cooper Centerfire Magnum

.22 Remington Jet

.22 K-Hornet

.219 Zipper

6mm TCU

.256 Winchester Magnum

.25/20 Winchester

.257 TCU

.25/35 Winchester

6.5MM TCU

.270 Ren

7mm SuperMag

7mm TCU

7/30 Waters

.30 Herrett

.300 Whisper (.300/.221 Remington)

.327 Federal Magnum

.340 Weatherby Magnum

.357 Maximum

.357 AutoMag Pistol

.357–.44 Bain & Davis

.357 Herrett

.375 JDJ (.375/444 Marlin)

10MM Magnum

.414 SuperMag

.445 SuperMag

.44 Magnum Shotshell

.445 SuperMag Shotshell

.44 AutoMag Pistol

.45 AutoRim

.45 Winchester Magnum

.45 ACP Shotshell

.45 Colt Shotshell

Jim

[Younger]

222 Remington Magnum Ackley Improved.

[David.Hylton]

I load:

6.5 Manlicher Schoenauer

6.5 grendel

.41 magnum

.338-06 used it for elk this year

I also shoot and will be loading for these:

.455 Webley MKII

.32 Winchester Special

[Modoc]

Playing with

25-20 Winchester

38 WCF (38-40)

44 WCF (44-40)

32 Win. SPL

40-65 Black Powder

38-55 Winchester

221 Rem Fireball

22 K-Hornet

And a few others that I can't recall off of the top of my head