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Wildcats vs Traditional Cartridges
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<blockquote data-quote="Wild Monkey" data-source="post: 1856583" data-attributes="member: 103097"><p>The Saum case is a definite mystery, I've never found a factory Rifle on the shelf chambered in 7-SAUM. If I had I would have impulsed one long ago. I'd love a 6.5 Swede to AI, but I'll never buy one without the modern twist. I think there is a niche for a retail dealer to carry many of these harder to find Chamberings and offer the more modern twists without having to do a custom build. </p><p></p><p> Me, I found interest in Wildcats to serve a personal requirement. I came up with a few for AR's, like the 22 & 24-Sport from "350-Legend" or 6 & 6.5mm "35-Remington". The lure and fantasy of developing a better Military Cartridge had me really enthusiastic, -All the more reason to serve my <em>Muskets</em>. What's funny is those were all already done at least one Generation ago and went extinct years ago. After that I somehow went overboard playing with all sorts of brass as I've ordered all kinds of obscure styles just to play with. Like the time I took the .338 Lapua Brass and formed it into a shorter 30 Caliber version using a cut down 30-378 Die. Only to discover the old antiquated versions of previously Wildcatted .378 Brass. Then I noticed a high percentage of repetitiveness among different Calibers and Brass styles. It seems many if not most Wildcats that exist today can be accomplished by simply using existing Cartridges. (many of which are fighting for survival)</p><p></p><p> There will always remain questions like why didn't the <em>Dakotas</em> have 40 Degree shoulders and the standard .535" Rim? or why didn't the 7-WSM have a longer neck or how come they never introduced the 6.5-SAUM? Wildcatters answer those questions with custom builds & chambers. One thing is for certain there are some big players on this site when it comes to Wildcats and Custom builds. I think I'm just about to get lost in the .244-.257 world of beginner amateur target shooting and I'm certain I'll discover the many reasons for even more Wildcats.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wild Monkey, post: 1856583, member: 103097"] The Saum case is a definite mystery, I've never found a factory Rifle on the shelf chambered in 7-SAUM. If I had I would have impulsed one long ago. I'd love a 6.5 Swede to AI, but I'll never buy one without the modern twist. I think there is a niche for a retail dealer to carry many of these harder to find Chamberings and offer the more modern twists without having to do a custom build. Me, I found interest in Wildcats to serve a personal requirement. I came up with a few for AR's, like the 22 & 24-Sport from "350-Legend" or 6 & 6.5mm "35-Remington". The lure and fantasy of developing a better Military Cartridge had me really enthusiastic, -All the more reason to serve my [I]Muskets[/I]. What's funny is those were all already done at least one Generation ago and went extinct years ago. After that I somehow went overboard playing with all sorts of brass as I've ordered all kinds of obscure styles just to play with. Like the time I took the .338 Lapua Brass and formed it into a shorter 30 Caliber version using a cut down 30-378 Die. Only to discover the old antiquated versions of previously Wildcatted .378 Brass. Then I noticed a high percentage of repetitiveness among different Calibers and Brass styles. It seems many if not most Wildcats that exist today can be accomplished by simply using existing Cartridges. (many of which are fighting for survival) There will always remain questions like why didn't the [I]Dakotas[/I] have 40 Degree shoulders and the standard .535" Rim? or why didn't the 7-WSM have a longer neck or how come they never introduced the 6.5-SAUM? Wildcatters answer those questions with custom builds & chambers. One thing is for certain there are some big players on this site when it comes to Wildcats and Custom builds. I think I'm just about to get lost in the .244-.257 world of beginner amateur target shooting and I'm certain I'll discover the many reasons for even more Wildcats. [/QUOTE]
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