It would be nice to not go magnum.
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It would be nice to not go magnum.
Well, the saum pushes an A-Max at 3000fps easily, and a mag fit load can be had with 150g Ballistic Tips and any projectile shorter, -all in a short action , and comes alive with 2217.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spanners
Dont forget we are only talking the average hunter, for under 300yrd shots, re the first post on this subject. :thumbsup:
Correct - and the whole point is a 'Wildcat' too :P
Yeah but how about something a bit different..........something you have to make brass to suit, not just load from off the shelf.Quote:
Originally Posted by DAF
A slightly shortened lets say 2.00 inch 6mm 284 shooting the 105gr-115gr might be worth a look?
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Originally Posted by Terminator
Terminator, are you after 308 case capacity in 6mm or 25 cal or a little more like a shortened rem mag case @ 2 inches case length, necked to 6mm or 25 cal......
Do we call it 7mm and move on?
Thats what the votes say:ORLY:Quote:
Originally Posted by Spanners
Dear I ask?
7mm it is?Quote:
Originally Posted by Wildman
Thought it was...
Sweet
well what ever 7mm wildcat you come up with i am just gonna wildcat it to 30 cal :P
greg
I have been through the 7mm wildcat process I now have a 7mm saum shortened 200 thou. After a lot of dicking around I finally have it shooting really well. 162 amax's going 2800 -2850, The rear bearing surface of the bullet is not below the neck shoulder junction and the bullets can feed out of a model 7 mag and still reach the lands.
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Taking an existing cartridge and changing the length/profile with a form die is not straight forward, it requires precise annealing, a decent form die, neck cutting/trimming, neck turning. Its a lot of work, and then there are unforeseen problems along the way. Such as case folds which I managed to overcome to an extent by changing the order of events...
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I am happy enough with the rifle now, and I learned a lot but if I was starting again I don't know if I would bother. After the first couple of batches of brass forming it starts to wear thin, it's a lot of work.......
If you guys are serious (this seems to be dragging on and going nowhere) save yourselves a shitload of hassle and just Ackley improve something, or neck something up and ackley improve it.
poor .303 didnt stand a chance