What's the next cartridge to be resurrected?

[trw2094]

the 8mm Remington magnum, one of the best shooting calibers i have.

 

[LibertyGoat]

This crossed my mind last night when I saw Ruger was following Smith's lead and chambering their LCR snubbie in 32 H&R Magnum.

Over the last few years we've seen 10mm come back from the dead, followed by 5.7, and now some of the older 32 rounds like the H&R Magnum (although that's still a journey in progress).

The all-star here has to be 380, an almost extinct cartridge until the Ruger LCP single-handedly made it popular again back in 2008.

Any thoughts on what the next old round to see a revival will be, or is that well run dry?

OP posts an interesting observation. Absent hard data, most of us are simply guessing posting opinions, which is fine. As such, I’ll jump on that bandwagon and present some thoughts of my own on the possibilities of why some near extinct cartridges may be popping off the endangered species list.
1. Covid - When the pandemic ammo and firearm buying panic happened all of the “most common” ammo disappeared quickly. The only ammo left on shelves was the oddball ammo that normally sits on the shelf for months on end because so few people even owned those firearms. During this time, people were buying firearms in odd calibers because that was the ammo that was left on the shelves.
a. This whole process re-introduced people to “old” calibers and firearms and drove new demand in those areas.
b. This also made people more interested in owning firearms in alternate less common calibers in case this kind of thing ever happened again, in reference to ammo availability.
2. Todays modern bullet technology and materials have made formerly obsolete cartridges more applicable in today’s market making them more desirable.
3. The firearms community is also always looking for The Next New Thing. Perhaps we are seeing What Was Once Old Is New Again when it comes to older calibers.

All I know is this - Manufacturers do their market research before producing anything. They are going to feel reasonably sure something is going to sell well enough to meet a certain level of success before investing the large sums of money required for mass production.

That’s my opinion. I welcome yours.

 

[CorvZ061]

45 Win Mag! I used to reload these for a friend of mine that had a Automag IV. More power than 44mag in a semi auto platform.

 

[CorvZ061]

Sooner or later someone will develop a powder that will push 40 s/w to 10 mm ballistics and it will be popular again.

There are several powders in the market now that push 40 S&W to 10mm ballistics, they just require a little longer case… 😂

 

[JET 5.45x39]

OP posts an interesting observation. Absent hard data, most of us are simply guessing posting opinions, which is fine. As such, I’ll jump on that bandwagon and present some thoughts of my own on the possibilities of why some near extinct cartridges may be popping off the endangered species list.
1. Covid - When the pandemic ammo and firearm buying panic happened all of the “most common” ammo disappeared quickly. The only ammo left on shelves was the oddball ammo that normally sits on the shelf for months on end because so few people even owned those firearms. During this time, people were buying firearms in odd calibers because that was the ammo that was left on the shelves.
a. This whole process re-introduced people to “old” calibers and firearms and drove new demand in those areas.
b. This also made people more interested in owning firearms in alternate less common calibers in case this kind of thing ever happened again, in reference to ammo availability.
2. Todays modern bullet technology and materials have made formerly obsolete cartridges more applicable in today’s market making them more desirable.
3. The firearms community is also always looking for The Next New Thing. Perhaps we are seeing What Was Once Old Is New Again when it comes to older calibers.

All I know is this - Manufacturers do their market research before producing anything. They are going to feel reasonably sure something is going to sell well enough to meet a certain level of success before investing the large sums of money required for mass production.

That’s my opinion. I welcome yours.

So the 32 H&R revolver from ruger was based on the work “American Fighting Revolver” was doing and was a lipseys gun much like the new ultimate carry j frames, also devolved by AFR. A lot of this started with primary and secondary podcast.

 

[BHPSteel]

If .45 ACP is good, .455 would be gooder.

 

[basstracker89]

the 8mm Remington magnum, one of the best shooting calibers i have.

I don't know it, but I could imagine. That's right in there with ballistic coefficientcy

 

[basstracker89]

OP posts an interesting observation. Absent hard data, most of us are simply guessing posting opinions, which is fine. As such, I’ll jump on that bandwagon and present some thoughts of my own on the possibilities of why some near extinct cartridges may be popping off the endangered species list.
1. Covid - When the pandemic ammo and firearm buying panic happened all of the “most common” ammo disappeared quickly. The only ammo left on shelves was the oddball ammo that normally sits on the shelf for months on end because so few people even owned those firearms. During this time, people were buying firearms in odd calibers because that was the ammo that was left on the shelves.
a. This whole process re-introduced people to “old” calibers and firearms and drove new demand in those areas.
b. This also made people more interested in owning firearms in alternate less common calibers in case this kind of thing ever happened again, in reference to ammo availability.
2. Todays modern bullet technology and materials have made formerly obsolete cartridges more applicable in today’s market making them more desirable.
3. The firearms community is also always looking for The Next New Thing. Perhaps we are seeing What Was Once Old Is New Again when it comes to older calibers.

All I know is this - Manufacturers do their market research before producing anything. They are going to feel reasonably sure something is going to sell well enough to meet a certain level of success before investing the large sums of money required for mass production.

That’s my opinion. I welcome yours.

Sounds reasonable to me

 

[howl]

Or maybe they just noticed that every time S&W did a run of 432PDs people lined up to buy them. I waited a couple years and was lucky to get mine.

 

[streetglide08]

5mm magnum and make it legal for small game.