What is your favorite unique caliber that is difficult to find?

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RESTOCK SURVEY: We want YOUR opinion! What is your favorite unique caliber that is difficult to find?

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[Squaregrouper]

6.5 Grendel
Everyone who shoots one loves it, but rarely buy one because ammo is so hard to find.

 

[DutchV]

.327 Fed Mag I'm okay with loading my own but some factory ammo would be cool once in awhile. And some .32 H&R wadcutter or soft point, please.

 

[Slowhand]

Solothurn S18-1000 (ref: Unintended Consequences, John Ross)

 

[MaxVO2]

****Some old guy (probably over 45 mebbe, really long white beard, all wrinkly) was asking if he could qualify for his W&C permit using his Volcanic pistol that uses rocket ball ammunition but has been having a hard time finding enough of it to practice for his test.

He mentioned the ammo used to be sold by some older guy in these packs of 200 but that guy closed up shop some time back to spend more time with his new young girlfriend he met while clubbing in D.C. and due to a drop in sales to go back to being a Hush Shopkeeper as he firmly believes there will be a resurgence to that profession once they repeal the repeal of prohibition (the 21st amendment) and alcohol is banned again.

A couple of boxes should be enough.

Thank you so much for the timely thread! The old man didn't seem too keen on qualifying for his W&C with my Glock or other semi-auto type pistols, as he thinks those are just a fad and will go the way of Phrenology.

 

[mauser58]

458 SOCOM and maybe 6.8SPC

 

[joppaj]

.45lc is the most challenging round that I look for. Many places that I do find it only have low powered CAS loads.

 

[johnhmpg]

50AE and 458 Socom

 

[jr355]

8 mm. Lebel pistol. Only Fiocchi makes a run every couple years

 

[trickg]

.45lc is the most challenging round that I look for. Many places that I do find it only have low powered CAS loads.

That right there is the perfect reason to get into reloading!

Oddly, I had a tough time finding 20-gauge target ammo locally the other day, but I had a guy pick me up a flat when he was out further west.

 

[gwchem]

6mm Rem. A buddy has one for his deer rifle, and it's getting harder to find.

 

[toppkatt]

.458 SOCOM,
Well and .32 RF

 

[P-12 Norm]

Used to work with a guy who hunted with 6.5 Jap. SAid it shot really flat and was good out several hundred yards, but impossible to find. He reloaded it.

 

[EarnestT]

38-40, 32-20,

 

[Target Sports USA]

****Some old guy (probably over 45 mebbe, really long white beard, all wrinkly) was asking if he could qualify for his W&C permit using his Volcanic pistol that uses rocket ball ammunition but has been having a hard time finding enough of it to practice for his test.

He mentioned the ammo used to be sold by some older guy in these packs of 200 but that guy closed up shop some time back to spend more time with his new young girlfriend he met while clubbing in D.C. and due to a drop in sales to go back to being a Hush Shopkeeper as he firmly believes there will be a resurgence to that profession once they repeal the repeal of prohibition (the 21st amendment) and alcohol is banned again.

A couple of boxes should be enough.

Thank you so much for the timely thread! The old man didn't seem too keen on qualifying for his W&C with my Glock or other semi-auto type pistols, as he thinks those are just a fad and will go the way of Phrenology.

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This is a piece of history! Thanks for sharing and for the photos!

 

[rossiski]

6mm Rem. A buddy has one for his deer rifle, and it's getting harder to find.

this. Love me 6mm Rem.

 

[Brickman301]

Here’s some I’d like to see more ammo for.
348 Winchester
358 Winchester
300 savage
7.62x25

 

[ohen cepel]

32 Win SPC
35 Rem

 

[slsc98]

.30 cal. carbine along with .38 Spl 148gr mid range wad cutters ….

 

[Trekker]

7.63x25 mauser for me.

The broomhandle mauser is my favorite old gun to bring to the range to show off,
from its wildly optimistic sights ranging out to 1000m, to the internal box magazine.

I find a couple boxes of PPU or fiocchi every so often at gun shows,
thus dissuading me from jumping into reloading for it,
but because I only rarely find a couple boxes, rarely does the broomhandle go to the range.