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You can only get it from me Wildcats mentality.
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<blockquote data-quote="bigngreen" data-source="post: 1296166" data-attributes="member: 13632"><p>There are very few true wildcatters anymore I think, guys who want to actually improve upon a case to perform better for the roll they want it for, there is an epidemic of squatting on any case you can punch out, give it a fierce sounding name and shoot some shiny pictures and do some quickload with your quickdesign so you have some performance numbers. Anyone who really wildcats knows you find all kinds of nuances once you actually fire bullets and you find the right burn rates and sometimes you find Quickload was full of bull and you go back to the drawing board.</p><p></p><p>I think to be a real wildcat and have a claim to it you need to have history to back it up, there are few wildcatters these days that can show anything more than a forum post of a quickdesign. I personally don't wildcat much but I do build a lot of wildcats and when I'm looking for someone who has a design I like I search out the info and 9 times out of 10 there is just smoke and mirrors and I loose interest quick. </p><p>I know guys who protect their design but it's out of the desire to make sure the design is solid over time and safe for those wanting it so they control the builders who build it, this is wise IMO but mostly guys who I contact just want to camp on a design and really have no intention of anyone but them building one and even then most I contact really have never fired their wildcats. </p><p>There are always going to be very similar designs, my buddy and I chamber similar round and we send in dummy round and get reamers made and it's funny how often we are very close to each others specs even though we do things different. Gun guys will look at something and likely come up with something close to what has been done, even without any knowledge of specs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bigngreen, post: 1296166, member: 13632"] There are very few true wildcatters anymore I think, guys who want to actually improve upon a case to perform better for the roll they want it for, there is an epidemic of squatting on any case you can punch out, give it a fierce sounding name and shoot some shiny pictures and do some quickload with your quickdesign so you have some performance numbers. Anyone who really wildcats knows you find all kinds of nuances once you actually fire bullets and you find the right burn rates and sometimes you find Quickload was full of bull and you go back to the drawing board. I think to be a real wildcat and have a claim to it you need to have history to back it up, there are few wildcatters these days that can show anything more than a forum post of a quickdesign. I personally don't wildcat much but I do build a lot of wildcats and when I'm looking for someone who has a design I like I search out the info and 9 times out of 10 there is just smoke and mirrors and I loose interest quick. I know guys who protect their design but it's out of the desire to make sure the design is solid over time and safe for those wanting it so they control the builders who build it, this is wise IMO but mostly guys who I contact just want to camp on a design and really have no intention of anyone but them building one and even then most I contact really have never fired their wildcats. There are always going to be very similar designs, my buddy and I chamber similar round and we send in dummy round and get reamers made and it's funny how often we are very close to each others specs even though we do things different. Gun guys will look at something and likely come up with something close to what has been done, even without any knowledge of specs. [/QUOTE]
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