Any Wildcatters?

[swampratt]

Dang that's pretty cool! 664 FPS is pretty slow but sounds like fun with a suppressor.

Yes it is slow but will pass right through a 2" wood board and a 1" board behind that and it will pass long ways through a possum.

Perfect for back yard critter killing.

 

[Camo]

I’ve never created one but I have built a 277 wolverine. Couldn’t buy brass for it do I had to make all mine. Definately not qualified to make my own caliber from scratch,

 

[Camo]

Dang that's pretty cool! 664 FPS is pretty slow but sounds like fun with a suppressor.

I’ve witnessed it. It’s awesome.

 

[GnometownHero]

My grandpa's cousin was Hervy Lovell who developed predecessor designs of the 22 Hornet

I think it was the 22 K Hornet

 

[GnometownHero]

Is there a 35 cal using Russian PPC case or 7.62x39 case?

 

[DRC458]

I've got some oddballs (i.e. .25-284), but the only true 'wildcat' I ever built was a 6.5/303 ... .303 British necked down to .264. Long story.

 

[Two Gun Warrior]

The 22-3000?

I thought the predecessor to the 22 Hornet was the 22 WCF.

 

[CanadianRiverRat]

Is there a 35 cal using Russian PPC case or 7.62x39 case?

Yep, known as the 9 x 39.
A side note, I'm friends with a fellow who is an accomplished machinist/gunsmith that got screwed by Winchester. Years ago he came up with a midrange cartridge to comply with the Ohio "straight wall" rifle regs for deer. Carefully necking up a .223 to .35 caliber he made a few AR's in what he dubbed the ".357AR". Winchester talked to him about it (made poor offers to buy the trademarked cartridge). Then lo and behold they released the 350 Legend, slight changes to bullet dia. and a few other things to beat the trademark.

 

[HoLeChit]

Is there a 35 cal using Russian PPC case or 7.62x39 case?

9x39. It’s more or less the Russian equivalent or 300 blackout or 8.6 blackout. The VSS Vintorez and AS Val shoot it. A few years back wolf imported a lot of the caliber to the states. Krebs made a AK chambered in it. Someone makes a set of dies for it, can’t remember who though.
I haven’t seen much of it recently. I dream of making a bolt gun that shoots it, but the lack of factory ammo kinda puts a kink in it, as I’m not a wildcatter and don’t want to reload just to go plinking at the range. Also the bullet availability makes things difficult.

 

[Okie4570]

Not a developed wildcat, but shooting 55gr .22 cal bullets in sabots out of my 30-378WBY has to count for something lol