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Designing your own wildcats
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1219052" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>Something to think about.</p><p></p><p>There are many reasons to wildcat a cartridge. some wildcat just to have something that no one else has. Some want to try and improve the ballistics of the parent case. others are looking for something/performance that currently does not exist.(It does not have to be faster, it can fall in between existing cartridge performance and better fill a need.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes people build a wildcat because of component availability. and the tinkering person just wants to know what those changes will do. and some designs will "Improve" the brass life.</p><p></p><p>I am not as prolific as some and have only designed 5 to date for several reasons, Money and need.</p><p>In the process of working up a design I found other wildcats that were nearly identical so it was abandoned or bought. They have all exceeded my expectations.</p><p></p><p>I would also be careful when naming a wildcat, because it is important to give the wildcat a proper name so along with the performance comes respect for the round. Example ; 577 lollypop was one of the strangest I ever heard. When ask how he named it he said "Its a big sucker".</p><p></p><p>So if you take the time to build it, give it a good name. </p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1219052, member: 2736"] Something to think about. There are many reasons to wildcat a cartridge. some wildcat just to have something that no one else has. Some want to try and improve the ballistics of the parent case. others are looking for something/performance that currently does not exist.(It does not have to be faster, it can fall in between existing cartridge performance and better fill a need. Sometimes people build a wildcat because of component availability. and the tinkering person just wants to know what those changes will do. and some designs will "Improve" the brass life. I am not as prolific as some and have only designed 5 to date for several reasons, Money and need. In the process of working up a design I found other wildcats that were nearly identical so it was abandoned or bought. They have all exceeded my expectations. I would also be careful when naming a wildcat, because it is important to give the wildcat a proper name so along with the performance comes respect for the round. Example ; 577 lollypop was one of the strangest I ever heard. When ask how he named it he said "Its a big sucker". So if you take the time to build it, give it a good name. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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