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280 Remington. It had a goofy start in semi-autos. It was loaded a little light for longevity, bit the same rifle was also chambered in 270. Makes no sense. Then it was loaded hotter as the 7mm Remington Express, but people who can't read would mistake it for 7mm Remington Magnum. So, it was renamed 280 and loaded the way it should have. Similar velocities as the 270 with a wider variety of bullets. A little less recoil and higher BCs than the 30-06 if that really matters. Just a great cartridge.
When I was reloading for my 280, I could bring it up to few hundred feet if the 7mag. It was/is a pleasure to shoot. And it wont knock the wax out of your ears.
 

Gotta love the 38-55. Introduced in 1884 was the parent cartridge for
  • .219 Zipper*
  • 5.6x52R (.22 Savage High-Power*)
  • .25-35 Winchester
  • 7-30 Waters
  • .30-30 Winchester
  • .32 Winchester Special
  • .375 Winchester
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Accurate, comfortable to shoot and lets you reach WAY out there.


Another underappreciated cartridge is the 32-20. Big time overachiever.
 
Gotta love the 38-55. Introduced in 1884 was the parent cartridge for
  • .219 Zipper*
  • 5.6x52R (.22 Savage High-Power*)
  • .25-35 Winchester
  • 7-30 Waters
  • .30-30 Winchester
  • .32 Winchester Special
  • .375 Winchester
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Accurate, comfortable to shoot and lets you reach WAY out there.


Another underappreciated cartridge is the 32-20. Big time overachiever.

Agreed, especially the 32/20! That was my Grandmothers all time fav, and she killed more game then the men folk did during the seasons! I wish I have gotten that little rifle of hers, it was a fine shooter and quite accurate!
 
If you want to talk about underappreciated cartridges, try firing a 9x23 Winchester in a Colt Mark IV Model 80 Government; it ain't your grandfather's 9mm Luger
 
.250 and .300 Savage
.30 Remington
.35 and .358 Winchester
.375 Ruger
.375, .30-30 and .25-35 Winchester
.30 Carbine
.22 Long
.22 Hornet
.32 acp
.25 acp
.410
.38 Special
.40 S&W
....there's probably more, but that's what comes to mind right off the bat.
 
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The .44 Special references reminds me of a trip out to the coast about this time last year, and a small box of ammo picked up during said.

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Off the top of my head, we have three .44s in the current line up (Model 29, Desert Eagle, and Rossi 92). But I could have miscounted. Parenthetically, chronic insomnia is truly obnoxious. :s0112:
 
I always wanted a Winchester 1885 Low Wall in 22 Hornet. But with the 17 HMR and 223, it was hard to justify the $1200 price tag.

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I'll always prefer calibers that start with a .4 over a 9mm. But, I get my 9mm for free so I'll carry it. Begrudgingly. 9mm 147gr HST next to 40 S&W 180gr HST. Bigger bullet going equally fast = mo betta.

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That is a BEAUTIFUL Winchester rifle!

Cate
 
My born and raised MT husband says that 45-70, 30-30 and 30-06 are not appreciated by many people especially with the younger crowd.

Cate
 
.38 is ideal for training new shooters and new hand loaders.

I had a Lee Progressive 1000 loader back when I had my first .357 Mag (6" S&W 586 that I wish I'd never sold!). I'd load up a couple hundred rounds in the morning, go shoot them all up, come home to clean, sort, reload them and go shoot them all up again in the afternoon. Did that several days a week. Great way to learn how to shoot a DA revolver.

I was working as a security guard at the time and had to qualify to carry on the job. All that practice allowed me to score the highest in the class, even out shot 2 of my bosses that day :D

Load I used was 4.0 grains of Win231 and a 158 grain lead semi wadcutter. Great accuracy out to 100 yards and fun as heck to shoot!
 

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