Any Forum Members Into Wildcatting

[strangenh]

The 22 X 55 I use 22BR or 223 WSSM dies 6.5 X 55 brass it has to be necked down to 6mm first then 22cal.

Dean, great thread. I am impressed that you're going one out beyond 22BR! I shied away from running a 22BR (fast twist) I got used/unfired a few years ago. Had it re-barreled to something more standard.

 

[Coyote33]

Some more .17's:

This one looks pretty cool:

Shooting the 17 Squirrel

The more I hunt the hardwoods of New England, especially the area of my youth in
Western New York I recognize the value of a small caliber centerfire cartridge that
remains relatively quiet while doing its work.
...
I developed criteria to include: 1) a reloadable round, 2)
plentiful brass and components, 3) if wildcat, uncomplicated to form, 4) flat shooting, 5)
relatively quiet report, and 6) high accuracy potential. I read all I could find and searched
endlessly on the Internet and began learning more about very small capacity wildcat
cartridges. As I had some experience with the new 17 caliber rimfire rounds and also the
17CCM, I knew I was looking for something I hadn’t yet found. My search ultimately
led me to the 17 Squirrel, and I’ve not looked back!
...
Although small, it can achieve 3,500 fps!
...
Combine low noise, low recoil, flat trajectory, great accuracy and effective terminal performance and you can sum it all up in one word...FUN! And the fun is quite inexpensive when you consider that at 8.x grains per load, a pound of powder provides more than 800 loaded rounds!

Sounds good to me.

 

[whatluck]

You have to wonder why they didn't design it that way.

 

[dcmdon]

That actually looks like a Savage barrel nut.

 

[dcmdon]

thats about what they cost now. Except now, they're made in China.

For any Savage shooters out there, a Remington action wrench will fit a savage.

 

[xtry51]

Assuming the trail boss loads are subsonic?

 

[xtry51]

Still sounds like a fun suppressed toy in the making.

 

[OfficerObie59]

I don't know about the 700, but rebarreling a Savage is easier than setting up a backyard forge.

Check it out:

The barrel nut is on the left, the barrel's in the middle, and the receiver's on the right. You thread the nut all the way up the barrel to get it out of the way, screw the barrel a little way into the receiver, chamber a "GO" headspace gage with the bolt, screw the barrel into the receiver until it hits the gage, back it off a hair, then tighten the barrel nut like a lock nut.

Question: Could you roll with a similar setup for standard calibers when you merely want to be able to swap out target barrels after a thousand rounds or so?

 

[ColdDayInHell]

Not all subsonic, some loads are just shy of 1500 fps with 300gr bullets.

Dean

DROOL.

 

[OfficerObie59]

Yes, yes, and yes that is what makes it so user friendly.

Dean

I just got a little giddy at all the possibilities.

While a reloading set up is a ways out, I wondering what else I could do with my 700 SA (.308 bolt) as far as calibers...oh man, you may have created a monster...

What are some rounds with the same foot as a .308? .30-06 won't eject in an SA, correct?

 

[Coyote33]

https://www.google.com/search?site=....1c.2.49.mobile-gws-hp..0.4.389.1.YvTHESaw3BU

 

[dcmdon]

I just got a little giddy at all the possibilities.

While a reloading set up is a ways out, I wondering what else I could do with my 700 SA (.308 bolt) as far as calibers...oh man, you may have created a monster...

What are some rounds with the same foot as a .308? .30-06 won't eject in an SA, correct?

The first thing we need to do is switch you over to Savage with their easy change barrels. ;-)

 

[Coyote33]

... or Thompson Center or NEF.

 

[dcmdon]

Do TC and NEF use a barrel nut to set headspace?

 

[dcmdon]

That or convert your 700 to a barrel nut set up, easy as pie.

Dean

shhhh

 

[Coyote33]

Found this:

7mm-08 is a good one, but larger bores make for easier casting in my experience 308 itself is a good round to shoot cast with - 338 is excellent - 358 gives large choice in 35 caliber bullets from 100 to 300 grain just choose twist to shoot the longest you want to use.

 

[dcmdon]

I like my 22, 243, and 264 X 55 Swede wild cats, they hold 58+ gr of powder and fit in a short action, you can get some serious velocity, and Lapua brass is $70.00 per hundred and last forever,

Dean

Thats roughly 14gr more than a .308, right? I get about 44 grains of 4064 into most brass before it compresses.

How does it manage this without getting into 30-06 length? Is it fatter?

 

[OfficerObie59]

For those of you wondering what this 6.5 X 55 swede case is, it has been around for over 120 years so it isn't going anywhere, it is The Swede's version of the 30-06 case, which was then adopted to civilian use just like the 30-06 did, it is very popular in other parts of the country, just not the northeast for some reason, I suspect the 30-30 has something to do with that. the reason it is so liked is it's long action case capacity in a short action.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6.5×55mm

Dean

The foot of the 6.5 must be almost identical to .308/.30-06. The I use 6.5x55 five round clips in all my American bolt guns.

They hold on to the .30-06 cases quite well, though a little looser than I'd expect Swede to be.

 

[GlockJock]

Yeah, baby.
I married a hot Sicilian wildcat, so, yes, I'm DEFINITELY into "wildcatting"!!

 

[warwickben]

That's pretty cool . So it's just a longer 308 case if I read it right ? Love the stock btw.

 

[dcmdon]

I'll call Chris Matthews.

 

[dcmdon]

Sorry Dean. I'm a bit of a political junkie. Here's the reference.

[video=youtube_share;no9fpKVXxCc]http://youtu.be/no9fpKVXxCc[/video]

 

[xtry51]

Can't link from your mail.

 

[xtry51]

Yup I can see them. Sweet!

 

[warwickben]

Any one know about 358 gremlin the American 9x39?

Looks like you can get dies to reform 6.8 or 7.62x39 but can't find reamer info.
And not sure what bullets there using .

 

[warwickben]

I did look into that for you, and as much as it is popular in the Baltic's, I could not find any reamers or dies nothing state side.

Dean

I know the 358 gremlin is a little different . Hornady is selling dies for it .

 

[Shotgun Scully]

Damn, thought this was going to be about "cougar" hunting.

 

[xtry51]

Holy sweet beautiful Jesus that's awesome. I want video of you sniping squirrels with that

 

[EddieCoyle]

Christ Almighty

How fast?

 

[drgrant]

Here are a couple of my latest

30" of varmint Nightmare


One is a varmint and one is somewhere between a varmint and a Bull

77gr bullet with 66gr of RETUMBO

Dean

Jeethus Cwithe!

Impressive.

-Mike