Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters So what cartridges were ONLY chambered in one commercial rifle?

303 enfield?

256 Winchester, in rifles. Throw all three BigBore 94's in there too: 307, 357, 375.

Gadfly;
Thank you for confirming my faulty memory this evening.

I was "sure" I'd handled a drop block Ruger in .375 sometime in my distant past.

Thanks again, have a good week and good luck in your upcoming hunts.

Regards,
Dwayne

BC30cal- A neighbor of mine has one that I have shot a time or two. Only one that I've seen in person. Thank you for your well wishes, and good luck to you as well.

More on the Newton Cartridges: http://www.newtonarmscompany.com/

Apparently, the .256 Newton was offered in three distinctly different models: the 1914 (Mauser 98 action), 1st Mod. Newton (1916), and the 2nd Mod. "Buffalo Newton" (1922). From the info in the link above, the only cartridge that can be definitively limited to just one model is the .280 Newton (2nd Model).

John, I could have SWORN -98% sure- I saw a 338 Federal at the SHOT show in a Ruger #1A, but perhaps I am wrong. Jerry's wholesale had product codes for it, yet it never materialized. Not much a history buff on the older stuff.

I'm going to take a stab at this one without looking at the rest of the thread. As a qualifier, I accept that some cartridges have been available in special runs recently but, to me, this doesn't count. I'll also stick to the smokeless powder era. So here goes.
the 33 Winchester. The 40-72, the 405 Winchester. The 351 and 401 SL. The 348. The 7x61 S&H. If we ignore a bunch of European doubles and combination guns, the 22 Savage Hi Power.
That's all I can think of off the top of my sparsely covered head. GD

Kimber offered the .257 Kimber (1 year???), not the Copperhead, but the difference between the two cartridges is minscule.

Cooper rifles are available in .280 AI, 6x45, 6x47 and a host of other not too common calibers according to their website.

The only one I could think of off the top of my head is .307 winchester. I think it was only offered in the model 94.

Does the .30-'03 count?

Model 1895 Winchester was chambered for 30-03, I believe.

Bruce

One of the commercial variations of the M1 Carbine was chambered in 256 Win.

Bruce

Anyone besides Marlin chamber the 308 and 338 Marlin cartridges?

Bruce

Thinking Marlin chambered the .375 Win, but maybe not. Not sure about the .356 Win. though, that might be a one hit wonder.

.350 Rem Mag????? .35 Whelen?

Greydog, the .405 Win. was chambered in the Ruger #1 not too long ago

Seen that one in Martinis SMLEs P-14s, and W.D.M. Bell had Fraser of Edinburgh build him one in semi auto, plus I read of a Fraser Single shot...and now we have the Ruger #1..
FWIW

Ingwe

Marlin did the 375 Win

Yes, I saw two of the rifles when they came from the factory;wish I had bought one.......

Wow! I never would have guessed this thread would get so interesting.

After reading it through, I realize I should have made it clear that I meant commercial cartridges in commercial rifles, not wildcats in commercial rifles. And that means world-wide, not just the U.S.

Now for some comments on the posts:

There have been too many .22 Savage High-Powers in European break-action rifles for it to qualify.

One problem with many older Winchester rounds is that even though many were intended for various lever-actions, they also appeared in the 1885 single-shots. For instance, I've seen one original High Wall in .405 (at a Montana gun show, and WAY out of my price range) and once owned a High Wall in .40-82.

Single-shots in .303 British were very common a long time before Ruger started chambering it in the No. 1 this year.

One reason I asked the question is that I've been toying with doing an article called "Only The Lonely," about such rounds. The .348 Winchester started me thinking about it, and as my list grew I realized that there had to be a bunch of them.

It's interesting that so many modern rounds have shown up on the the thread. I believe Toad's mention of the .376 Steyr is correct. And somebody else mentioned the .370 Sako, which will probably turn out that way as well.

I am somewhat surprised that no company other than Nosler has chambered the .280 AI....

Just ran across this excellent thread. There are many good posts.
What about the 219 Zipper in the Model 64? Can't think of another commercial rifle chambered for it.

This thread is about rifles, but I'll beg forgiveness ahead of time and ask if the 22 Jet was ever chambered in anything except a S&W revolver-

Fred

Don,

Marlin also chambered the 336 in the Zipper.