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Has anyone tried or heard of anyone playing with this cartridge?
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<blockquote data-quote="yobuck" data-source="post: 1454323" data-attributes="member: 12443"><p>In answer to the OPs question, yes the 378 case has been necked down to 6.5.</p><p>Fact is it was done over 50 years ago by the late 6.5 guru Alex Hoyer of Lewistown PA, for a guy by name of Joe Reits of Sunbury PA. Hoyer died in 1970, and when the barrel shot out Reits took the gun to Howard Wolfe of Mifflinburg for a new barrel. </p><p>Wolfe refused, but apperently later did it with a modified shortened case he called the 30/378 Wolfe, known locally simply as the short version, or Wolfe version. Actually same case capacity as the modern 300 Norma. </p><p>Wolfe had developed a large 3 lug action for the full length version 30x378 in the 60s.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yobuck, post: 1454323, member: 12443"] In answer to the OPs question, yes the 378 case has been necked down to 6.5. Fact is it was done over 50 years ago by the late 6.5 guru Alex Hoyer of Lewistown PA, for a guy by name of Joe Reits of Sunbury PA. Hoyer died in 1970, and when the barrel shot out Reits took the gun to Howard Wolfe of Mifflinburg for a new barrel. Wolfe refused, but apperently later did it with a modified shortened case he called the 30/378 Wolfe, known locally simply as the short version, or Wolfe version. Actually same case capacity as the modern 300 Norma. Wolfe had developed a large 3 lug action for the full length version 30x378 in the 60s. [/QUOTE]
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