What caliber would you bring back from the dead?

[Daniel Cary]

.505 gibbs! And I am doing my best to resuscitate it!

Amen! .. carry on.

 

[Trogon]

Wish there was more interest in some of the rimfires. I have a Savage .17M2 bolt rifle and a Remington Model 591 in 5mm Remington Rimfire Magnum. I've accumulated several thousand rounds of Hornady for the .17M2 and a paltry 1000 rounds of Aguila for the 5mm. Aguila had the most recent offering for 5mm in two 30 grain loadings, but not sure those loads will be re-run any time soon. I'd love to see CCI (and by manufacturing extension, Hornady) take an interest in loading it.

 

[Winmdl71]

25-20 wcf. A really great small game round. Or to really resurrect something the 25 Stevens rimfire another great round on small game.

 

[Hagler.450Ex]

The little .360 2 1/4....in both guises....BPE and NE....which is the 9.3X57R .360
It used to be the .30-30 of its day and has been left out in the cold.....it's sad... .very sad....

 

[450 Fuller]

Don't forget the PO Ackley wildcats. I have a Mauser custom in 30-06 AI done in the late 60s-early 70s
in 30-06 Ackley. It will increase velocity of a 180 gr bullet to 300 H&H levels, while still allowing the parent 30-06 cartridge to be fired in the chamber-effective, while also creating AI brass.

 

[Uncontrolled_round_feed]

250-3000
I call it the OG 6.5 Creedmoor

 

[CastShooter]

I'd really prefer to see the 218 Bee, 256 Win Mag, 357 Bain & Davis, 480 Ruger for small stuff. I'd like to see the 358 Norma, 8mm Rem Mag, 25-35, 375 Winchester for the bigger stuff.

 

[Odinsraven]

333 rimless and 333 flanged.
Easy to shoot caliber.
250 or 300gr
Std length bolt action and light rifles.

Second that

 

[Lion454]

It isn’t dead but is endangered— the 6.5x55. It can bee everything the newfangled 6.5s try to be.

It already is better. Loaded to pressure that modern guns can handle it will beat most of the new 6.5.

 

[CZDiesel]

303 Savage and I’d bring back the original Savage rotary magazine Model 99 Take Down to go with it!
Those old 190gr 303 rounds made an impact back in the day and the Savage 99 is a true work of art!!!

 

[Mtn_Infantry]

303 Savage and I’d bring back the original Savage rotary magazine Model 99 Take Down to go with it!
Those old 190gr 303 rounds made an impact back in the day and the Savage 99 is a true work of art!!!

I’ve got one of these in the safe that I’ve been considering selling

 

[Uncontrolled_round_feed]

I’ve got one of these in the safe that I’ve been considering selling

I’ve got the little brother takedown in 250-3000. Flies to the shoulder

 

[Mtn_Infantry]

I’ve got the little brother takedown in 250-3000. Flies to the shoulder

My 250-3000 is one that I’ll probably always hang onto

 

[CZDiesel]

I’ve got one of these in the safe that I’ve been considering selling

Talk to me Goose!!!

 

[Philip Glass]

I guess those of us who have come to love the .450/400 are all partly responsible for bringing it back. It is one of those calibers that when you get to know it you wonder why it is not even more popular.

 

[Nevada Mike]

257 Roberts.

 

[Hififile324]

I would like to see the .300 Savage and .250-3000 Savage make a comeback with a retro-remake of the Savage 99! I would buy one of each!

 

[T-Bird3823]

My grate nephew in-law work at a small gun shop they had a old 9x57 not the 9.3
He got it at good price with the idea of having it re barrel to 358w
I told him if he could find ammo I would give the 9x57 a try first

How's the great grandson liking the 9x57. I heard of a shop in Arizona that has original Kynoch 9x57 ammo verified good if he needs some food for it.

 

[BlackRhino]

It’s not fully dead yet but the 300 H&H. Really sad to see the caliber disappearing.

... and I may add the .30 Super Flanged!

 

[rookhawk]

You know all these States have straight wall rifle seasons popping up now? And of course they keep making these new cartridges every year like 350 Legend, etc?

How about those old straight wall, really long German double rifle cartridges in 30-ish caliber? They would be far more powerful in a modern single shot like a Ruger #1 and would allow 300 yard accuracy for the States that forbid bottle neck cartridges.