Wildcat appreciation thread

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I like the idea of making up your own designs, and before this one has even been seen through to completion I have ideas for 5 others, ranging from .224 to 8mm. I think this is going to be an expensive rabbit hole to go down in the coming years.

[25/08 IMP]

25-08 imp great little cal but now I want a 25 Creedmoor with a fast twist barrel

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[blip]

Mine is a 6.5 06 120gn at 3000 is easy

[makka]

Not really a wildcat as such, but I'm amassing parts to build a single shot 243AI at the moment, just waiting on the reamer now

[akaroa1]

I'm also chasing buying a 303-22 complete rifle that comes with brass, dies and the chamber reamer that it was cut with

That's an interesting wildcat

I also have 303-25 dies and could make a chamber reamer based on the brass they form
That's a pretty useful wildcat

[makka]

I'm also chasing buying a 303-22 complete rifle that comes with brass, dies and the chamber reamer that it was cut with

That's an interesting wildcat

I also have 303-25 dies and could make a chamber reamer based on the brass they form
That's a pretty useful wildcat

With the amount of 6.5mm projectiles available these days, a 303-6.5 could be a nice rimmed cartridge

[akaroa1]

With the amount of 6.5mm projectiles available these days, a 303-6.5 could be a nice rimmed cartridge

The great benefit of the 6.5 is accuracy.
I'm guessing a 303-6.5 in a bolt action LE is not really a great platform to get the best out of that wildcat

The 303-25 was very popular in Australia and there were plenty of 303-27s as well going by the various factory rounds listed on the cartridge collector forums

[makka]

The great benefit of the 6.5 is accuracy.
I'm guessing a 303-6.5 in a bolt action LE is not really a great platform to get the best out of that wildcat

The 303-25 was very popular in Australia and there were plenty of 303-27s as well going by the various factory rounds listed on the cartridge collector forums

The only reason I would do something like that would be to get the rimmed cartridge for a single shot. As the extractor would be much easier to make than the one I'm making for my 243, as I'm sure you'll understand!

[akaroa1]

The only reason I would do something like that would be to get the rimmed cartridge for a single shot. As the extractor would be much easier to make than the one I'm making for my 243, as I'm sure you'll understand!

I sure do understand

I could make a rimless extractor for the 307 I have just build and run it with standard 308 brass
But I like single shot rifle and have stayed true to the rimmed cases

Stick a 303-6.5 in a decent single shot action and you would have a very fine and potentially accurate round

[Micky Duck]

The only reason I would do something like that would be to get the rimmed cartridge for a single shot. As the extractor would be much easier to make than the one I'm making for my 243, as I'm sure you'll understand!

so you COULD go 6mm/307

[Kiwi.bloke]

I'm also chasing buying a 303-22 complete rifle that comes with brass, dies and the chamber reamer that it was cut with

That's an interesting wildcat

I also have 303-25 dies and could make a chamber reamer based on the brass they form
That's a pretty useful wildcat

How are you getting on with the 303/22 purchase? I dumbly sold all my 303 reamers a few years back ( got a few in a bulk purchase ). Was always keen on a single shot in 303/25 or 22. Always wondered about taking out an encore barrel in 223 into one.

[akaroa1]

How are you getting on with the 303/22 purchase? I dumbly sold all my 303 reamers a few years back ( got a few in a bulk purchase ). Was always keen on a single shot in 303/25 or 22. Always wondered about taking out an encore barrel in 223 into one.

Work in progress on buying the 303-22

The 303 case family is generally bigger than what's currently considered safe in a contender but it would bolt in on an encore

If the twist was right it would be a nice round.
I do know where a 303-22 chamber reamer is but not sure which of the various lengths it is

Will get on to it ASAP

[Kiwi.bloke]

Work in progress on buying the 303-22

The 303 case family is generally bigger than what's currently considered safe in a contender but it would bolt in on an encore

If the twist was right it would be a nice round.
I do know where a 303-22 chamber reamer is but not sure which of the various lengths it is

Will get on to it ASAP

Good stuff. Yes a somewhat overbore option its called I believe. The 303/25 I used hit like a sledgehammer. I think I sold all my 330/25 brass and rounds, have some 303/22 brass still.

Would need a careful bullet, throat and twist selection to get most out of it. Then again, that was not quite what the 303 cased wildcats were all about.

[Moa Hunter]

Have a 2506 AI 110AB's at 3400 lighter softer pills at 3800
250 3000 Savage AI would be a very efficient light recoiling round.

[chainsaw]

Have two Ackleys 65.06ai built on Sako75, started life as 2506, and a 280ai built on REM700. Now days the 280ai probably no longer a wildcat as available in some factory oferrings & factory ammo.