How many new calibres do you think they'll still develop

[wayward]

Hi guys,

Do you think the gun companies will develop many more calibres in the future?

I know there are some newish ones in the last 10 years like 17HMR which filled a bit of a gap between rimfire and centrefire.

Do you think that will be the last new calibre?

[Shotfox]

Who knows but I think the technology will be more in ammunition rather than extra calibre availability and I suspect the military is working hard on this. Also the .17 was developed in America from a .221 Fireball case necked down to .17 Calibre twenty or so years before the .17 Remington was released back in the 1970's here in Australia. In 2012 Hornady introduced the .17 Hornet. The .17 has undergone more changes in recent years, more than any other calibre but has been around for quite some time in many variations.

[Norton]

Who knows but I think the technology will be more in ammunition rather than extra calibre availability and I suspect the military is working hard on this.

With lead on the way out I suspect you're right.

With the prices of copper someone will come up with an alternative.

[1290]

I think your question is more so whether any new chamberings will be developed, sorry, its a pet gripe of mine when calibre is confused for chambering; .308 is a calibre, 308 Win./308 Winchester is a chambering...

anyhoo, Yes, they will continue to produce more chamberings to solve all the future shooting problems we wont know we have until the solution is presented before us, as long as the sun rises in the morning and the mainstream manufacturers feel the need to market a new product.

The calibres are all pretty much sorted, as there would need to be a huge concerted effort between rifle and ammo manufacturers to produce a new calibre, ie. other than the accepted 0.17/20/22/243/25/27/28/30/32/338/35/375/40/429/45 etc

[wayward]

I think your question is more so whether any new chamberings will be developed, sorry, its a pet gripe of mine when calibre is confused for chambering; .308 is a calibre, 308 Win./308 Winchester is a chambering...

Nah fair enough.

I did know the different and proper terms but misspoke.

[Grrzrr]

anyhoo, Yes, they will continue to produce more chamberings to solve all the future shooting problems we wont know we have until the solution is presented before us, as long as the sun rises in the morning and the mainstream manufacturers feel the need to market a new product.

And always trying to one-up each other.

The one that always comes to mind for me is Winchester doing the .243 Win, and after it's success Remington release the .244 Rem

[buster]

is that for real?

[Hatter]

They really made it, yes.

It's called 6mm Rem though now, not .244 Rem.

Never really took off though, not anything like the .243 Win at least.

[Hatter]

You can buy factory ammo for it and they're still chambering rifles in it BTW.

[1290]

Yup, the 244 had the advantage in several areas, bigger, more volume, even slightly bigger proj at 6.18 vs 6.17... but as usual marketing won out, just like the old Beta v VHS.....

[creet]

Coming out immediately after the .243 I reckon people probably dismissed it as a knockoff to some extent too.

[Bourt]

Yup, the 244 had the advantage in several areas, bigger, more volume, even slightly bigger proj at 6.18 vs 6.17... but as usual marketing won out

Dunno that it's just marketing... Just copying a competitor and one-upping them by some fraction every time isn't ever going to get you anywhere.

You'll always behind and the first one will already be out there in the market getting used.

In this case anyway. 2c.