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Designing your own wildcats
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<blockquote data-quote="MudRunner2005" data-source="post: 1218235" data-attributes="member: 12995"><p>Definitely great advice.</p><p></p><p>I would like to add one thing... When you go back and read old books from PO Ackley, Roy Weatherby, and Townsend Whelen, always keep in mind, that these guy's opinions of their own wildcats are going to be different than what those same wildcats actually perform here in modern times. The reason is, bullet technology and powder technology and brass technology have come 10-fold from what they had back in the 40's, 50's and even up to the 70's and 80's. So, just because they were limited to certain powders and bullets back then, their wildcats might not have showed as significant of a difference as they do today with modern powders and bullets. Several examples would be the Ackley Improved versions of several cartridges. One prime example, Ackley himself stated that he didn't find the .30-06 AI to be worth the extra work, because the improvement was so small in his tests. Now, thanks to very specific powders for very specific applications, we know that this wildcat actually DOES show fairly significant improvement over a standard .30-06 Springfield.</p><p></p><p>So, what might have been deemed irrelevant back then due to technological constraints, might function like a hotrod today, with modern powders and technology. So, when wildcatted, don't always take things for face-value, until you've ran all the numbers. And if the numbers look like a sold enough improvement, then you bring it fruition.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MudRunner2005, post: 1218235, member: 12995"] Definitely great advice. I would like to add one thing... When you go back and read old books from PO Ackley, Roy Weatherby, and Townsend Whelen, always keep in mind, that these guy's opinions of their own wildcats are going to be different than what those same wildcats actually perform here in modern times. The reason is, bullet technology and powder technology and brass technology have come 10-fold from what they had back in the 40's, 50's and even up to the 70's and 80's. So, just because they were limited to certain powders and bullets back then, their wildcats might not have showed as significant of a difference as they do today with modern powders and bullets. Several examples would be the Ackley Improved versions of several cartridges. One prime example, Ackley himself stated that he didn't find the .30-06 AI to be worth the extra work, because the improvement was so small in his tests. Now, thanks to very specific powders for very specific applications, we know that this wildcat actually DOES show fairly significant improvement over a standard .30-06 Springfield. So, what might have been deemed irrelevant back then due to technological constraints, might function like a hotrod today, with modern powders and technology. So, when wildcatted, don't always take things for face-value, until you've ran all the numbers. And if the numbers look like a sold enough improvement, then you bring it fruition. [/QUOTE]
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