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When is Widcatting Worth It?
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<blockquote data-quote="ATH" data-source="post: 2400185" data-attributes="member: 1656"><p>Many of us find it "worth it" just for the challenge to do something different. This is a hobby, after all.</p><p></p><p>My first wildcat was a .358 WSM variant requiring heavy case modification and extreme shoulder movement due to at-the-time very unique Indiana requirements. But this wildcat delivered performance on par with a 35 Whelen AI, in a cartridge with 1.8" brass OAL, far above the performance of any factory-offered legal cartridge. So the performance advantage was in no way in question.</p><p></p><p>I next went to a 243AI. To me, the 100fps+ velocity advantage, combined with complete elimination of brass trimming, was compelling. Some disagree. Reload 500 conventional 243Win having to trim all of them and then tell me it's not meaningful. I'm going to burn this barrel out on 200 brass without ever trimming a case.</p><p></p><p>Subsequently I've built 20 Practical, 6X45, both worth it for the reasons I built them. The former for high speed varmints and the latter for a low recoil, short range hunting rifle for kids. I've currently got all the parts on order for a 6.5-06AI because the 243AI didn't quite satisfy me as a medium game rifle at extended ranges and this is a significant step up from conventional 6.5s...again with great brass life due to elimination of trimming with the shoulder angle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ATH, post: 2400185, member: 1656"] Many of us find it "worth it" just for the challenge to do something different. This is a hobby, after all. My first wildcat was a .358 WSM variant requiring heavy case modification and extreme shoulder movement due to at-the-time very unique Indiana requirements. But this wildcat delivered performance on par with a 35 Whelen AI, in a cartridge with 1.8" brass OAL, far above the performance of any factory-offered legal cartridge. So the performance advantage was in no way in question. I next went to a 243AI. To me, the 100fps+ velocity advantage, combined with complete elimination of brass trimming, was compelling. Some disagree. Reload 500 conventional 243Win having to trim all of them and then tell me it's not meaningful. I'm going to burn this barrel out on 200 brass without ever trimming a case. Subsequently I've built 20 Practical, 6X45, both worth it for the reasons I built them. The former for high speed varmints and the latter for a low recoil, short range hunting rifle for kids. I've currently got all the parts on order for a 6.5-06AI because the 243AI didn't quite satisfy me as a medium game rifle at extended ranges and this is a significant step up from conventional 6.5s...again with great brass life due to elimination of trimming with the shoulder angle. [/QUOTE]
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