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

the Steyr Pro-Hunter and the Steyr Scout are both variants of the Steyr SBS. i was unaware of the Swedish bolt gun. i can't find it online yet. (it sounds interesting)

I once found an elegant little British double rifle at Cabela's chambered in 35 Winchester that induced lust. I believe the maker's name was Evan Williams, but don't quote me on it.

Evan Williams? - same name as the bourbon distiller! Must be a good brand.

The .450 Bushmaster and .50 Beowulf are only found in AR-15's, and meet the criteria otherwise, I believe.

The .17 Fireball seems a "maybe". It is offered in Model 7's and 700's, but I don't know if one could call them different actions or not for the purposes of this thread. Cooper lists it, but I don't know if you can call them production or custom rifles.

If had my Cartridges of the World handy, I'd be thumbing through it for other candidates

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I'd have to disqualify the .17 Fireball, because the 700 and 7 are indeed different rifles.

Does anybody know if anybody besides Bushmaster chambers the .450 Bushmaster, and anybody besides Alexander Arms chambers he .50 Beowulf?

I have gone through COTW some, but not every edition I own!

I just looked at the T/C website to see if they also chamber the .17 Fireball in the Encore. They don't, but I now have to disqualify the .308 Marlin Express, because it's a standard chambering in the Encore rifle barrels.

I wonder about the entire line of "Imperial" magnums, .311,338,360, and the rest. Or would they be considered wildcats

Mule Deer:
I saw a lettered 1885 in 348, wanted to get it for my first wife. The guy wouldn't trade.........

It did make me think of the 45-125 Winchester, 1885 only I think.

The 7mm BR actually came out first in the XP-100 pistol, which I remember very well as Dad bought the first one in town, and talked me (okay I volunteered) into making the cases, which took a set of special form dies and the small primer pocket basic BR brass.

How about cartridges that NEVER were chambered in a commercial rifle? Is the 7mm TCU only a (bolt) pistol round? Was the T/C Encore ever cataloged for that round?

444 Marlin?

The 444 was sold by both Marlin and Winchester, the latter in the model 94 Big Bore.

It came out first in the Contender pistol, for handgun Silhouette competition. There probably have been Contender Carbine barrels made for it.

The .25-20 Marlin was chambered in the Model 1894 and Model 27. What about the 6mm UCC in the Voere?

http://www.voere.com/modell_vec91.htm#Seitenbeginn

I once bought a 1895 Winchester but sold it because it was chambered in 300 Savage and had a solid rib on the barrel. I figured someone had rebarreled it. This was in 1965. I gave $35 for it and sold it for $100. How stupid was that???? Don't be shy Steelhead. Tell me how you really feel.

Cooper does the .17 Fireball ala the .17 Mach IV.

LOL! Must have been a Freudian slip. Maybe it was William Evans, heck I don't remember for sure. I can't remember what I saw 5 minutes ago, let alone a few years ago.

It was William Evans--a very good gunmaker, by the way.

I haven't read the entire thread, and someone might have already posted this, but what about the .308 and .358 Norma Mag?

To my knowledge, they were only chambered in an FN actioned rifle imported by Firearms International.

OK, thanks. The gun looked for all the world like a small-framed 410 SxS, and handled like it too. I lusted, but the tarrif was monumental. Something like $6000 IIRC (which is doubtful).