What's the next cartridge to be resurrected?

[rockyfatcat]

.45 ACP MAGNUM!

The 40S&W is a neutered 10MM. The 10mm idea derived from the good floks at Detonics who reinvented and redisigned many of the designs that are standard in semi-autos today.

Back in the day they invented a longer .45ACP cartridge that never really caught on as they produced the only gun that could use the longer cartridge.

 

[MuleShoe]

The 38-55 is what I’d like to see resurrected! I have 7 rifles in this caliber and reload for it. Great round!

 

[ExplicitBoricua]

I’m in the like it crowd.. I’ve kept mo 40 pew pews. My HK USPC loves it and my M&P tolerates it.

I learned to shoot with .40, and took my TX permit class with a S&W SD 40…😬. Then during the plandemic, I switched back to carrying 40 as it was all I could usually find at Academy to avoid touching my 9mm stash. I’ve sold a couple 9mm here, however keeping my .40.

 

[spencer60]

40 could be a resurrection caliber, although I think it has to spend a few more years being 'dead' before you could say it was resurrected.

You would also need a compelling reason for gun manufacturers to start chambering it again, and for ammo companies to divert production away from other calibers.

There's certainly a lot of legacy 40 cals out there. I have a few myself. But I don't see any reason to buy more, and there's certainly no new guns out there that would increase demand for the caliber.

 

[spencer60]

So far 30 Tok and 30 Carbine seem to be the best suggestions IMHO.

30 Tok with modern bullets would be a real powerhouse. Only downside to it is we also have the 357 SIG which is basically the same form factor and muzzle energy, even if the Tok starts off faster.

And 30 Carbine in a pistol caliber carbine would really be a cool gun, plus a caliber that actually could take advantage of a longer barrel. You get almost nothing extra out of a 9mm in a carbine length barrel, while 30 Carbine was designed for it.

 

[MaconGuns]

45 GAP

 

[howl]

It won't happen but I'd love to see .257 Roberts make a comeback. Fantastic cartridge

.25 Creedmoor filled that hole, unfortunately.

The fact that you can fit a 25 WSSM in an AR seems lost on everyone.

 

[howl]

I would love to see the 250 Savage in a Ruger American. And the 257 Roberts.

.250 Savage, 6.5 Grendel, same, same

 

[howl]

.260 Rem. I don't recall people complaining about trouble killing deer with that one like they do with 6.5CM. I know .260 was like flipping a switch when I use it.

 

[Rougarou]

5.7 Johnson spitfire that's a screaming round out of a M1 Carbine