What caliber would you bring back from the dead?

[OxfordTheCat]

9.3x57.

 

[Hunter-Habib]

.333 Jeffery
.318 Westley Richards
.425 Westley Richards
.476 Westley Richards
.500 Nitro Express 3.25”

 

[Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy]

I'll put in another vote for the .318 Westley Richards. Mine is very accurate off of sticks with irons. Have not shot game with it yet but hoping to change that soon.

 

[Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy]

 

[Schroeder]

Definitely the 10.75x68 Mauser, fantastic workhorse.

 

[358 Norma]

I'd like to see Ruger and Winchester come out with new rifles in the 358 Norma Magnum!

 

[PerH]

Harald Wolf also brought back the 9,3x65R Brenneke , same specs and pressure / ballistic as the 9,3x64 but in a R case .
7x65R necked up to it z and strong action with the Jaeger lock to handle it as he built .

9,3 x 65 R Brenneke – Munición.org

municion.org

 

[Velo Dog]

I wish the Ruger #1 single shot was regularly (or at least limited run) available in .300 H&H Flanged and .375 H&H Flanged Magnum, with 26” barrel and oval cheek piece stock.

 

[Just a dude in BC]

I wish the Ruger #1 single shot was regularly (or at least limited run) available in .300 H&H Flanged and .375 H&H Flanged Magnum, with 26” barrel and oval cheek piece stock.

I don't have the flanged, but I do have a 26" barrel, 300 h&h ruger no.1 and I have to say it is glorious!

 

[flatwater bill]

Most of the cartridges list above have a near duplicate available now. 12 bore SSG and LG over the counter here, 350 Rigby Mag and 35 Whelen ballistic duplicates. Etc, etc.............375 Win died too early though.............FWB

 

[Ravensview]

.257 robert’s, and 250-3000

 

[Certus]

10.75x68 mauser.
356 winchester.

And factory 416 Taylor rifles.

 

[OxfordTheCat]

.... fixated on the marginal cartridge 9,3x62,

Surely these are fighting words, if fighting words have ever been uttered

 

[OxfordTheCat]

To me it's an absolute no-brainer: the .375 Nitro Express 2.5."

A straight-walled cartridge (thus legal for deer and other game in US states that have recently allowed this mode of hunting), launching a versatile and widely available .375 bullet--typically 270gr--at around 2,000 fps. If we're not talking double rifles and their regulation, handloading can make this cartridge insanely versatile.

Super-easy to reload, low pressure, inherently accurate (if you believe some cartridges can possess this quality), recoiling mildly, and good for most game out to about 150-200 yards. If it was more popular, I wouldn't hesitate chambering it in a light Chapuis double rifle or even an Uberti Courteney.

I have a WR underlever action to build on, and I have been leaning this way.

 

[HankBuck]

I love talking about calibers, their pros and cons, the situations to use them in, their history and so forth. Above all that I love collecting them! But one of the worst parts about the history of firearms and calibers, is that some seemingly great calibers die out.
Leaving those of us who want to use them scrambling to find brass and dies and the like.

So if you found a Genie in a bottle, what caliber or two would you get him to bring back into the mainstream?

For me it would be the 450NE (the 3 1/4") for DG, and the 350 Rigby for PG.
-It is criminal that the 450NE never came back to life after the ban.
-I think the 350 Rigby with modern loads and powders would be one of the great all around calibers.

@Just a dude in BC - I would bring back the 6.5 CREEDMORE, It’s Already DEAD BUT —-JUST DOESN’T KNOW IT !!! Pile it up next to all the “Short Magnums” from early 2000s and leave room for the soon-to be-departed 7PRC. That will leave us all with just 100-200 calibers to “make do”

 

[OxfordTheCat]

Harald Wolf also brought back the 9,3x65R Brenneke , same specs and pressure / ballistic as the 9,3x64 but in a R case .
7x65R necked up to it z and strong action with the Jaeger lock to handle it as he built .

9,3 x 65 R Brenneke – Munición.org

municion.org

I'm sure I could Google and go down a rabbit hole or two, but what is a rimmed 9.3x65 doing that the much neglected, but widely available 9.3x74R is not?

 

[Newboomer]

I'm sure I could Google and go down a rabbit hole or two, but what is a rimmed 9.3x65 doing that the much neglected, but widely available 9.3x74R is not?

25-35. 32-20. 38-40. Great fun guns in an 1892 win.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

I love talking about calibers, their pros and cons, the situations to use them in, their history and so forth. Above all that I love collecting them! But one of the worst parts about the history of firearms and calibers, is that some seemingly great calibers die out.
Leaving those of us who want to use them scrambling to find brass and dies and the like.

So if you found a Genie in a bottle, what caliber or two would you get him to bring back into the mainstream?

For me it would be the 450NE (the 3 1/4") for DG, and the 350 Rigby for PG.
-It is criminal that the 450NE never came back to life after the ban.
-I think the 350 Rigby with modern loads and powders would be one of the great all around calibers.

@Just a dude in BC
As much as I would love a 350 Rigby it ain't doing nothing the 35 Whelen can't do better.
Now the 35 Newton or the 350 Griffen and howe magnum now that a ball tearer, but they ain't doing anything the 358 Norma mag and the 35STA won't do better.
Now a 35-378 would be a beast with proper 310 softs,solids or god willing a nice pointy 300gn Swift A frame if they would make one.
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Define dead?

I wish the 358 Norma was readily available. It is mostly dead.

Both the 450 NE and 350 Rigby are more dead than the 358 Norma, but you can get ammo. No factory rifles made for any of the 3.

What makes it dead?

@Muskox
The 358 Norma ain't dead someone is telling you porky pies. Y'all can make them easily out of 338 bras or. 458 brass.
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

Maybe the .318 WR. The 8x65r also seems like a nice fit for the kipplauf and mid double crowd.

@analog_peninsula
8x56R loaded ammo is available in Australia.
Bob