| Bramble |
| (.375 member) |
| 09/06/08 09:19 AM |
Re: Wildcat cartridge for double rifles
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I should also tell you that my reason for doing this is so I can have a low pressure, effective hunting cartridge to be used in conversion rifles made on shotgun actions. Ideally the gun would weigh around 7 pounds and use light for caliber bullets, mostly on deer, black bear, or wild hogs up close. Bob H.
You have several. The 30-30 and the 30-40 .375Win, .357 Mag, 38-55, 358 Win, 356 Win, .32 WS, .405 win, .444Marlin, 38-70 win, 38-56 win, 35 win and I might have missed a few
If you want 8mm's try 8 x 57R, 8 x 42R, 8 x 48R 8 x 51R
In addition are the Brits mentioned above.
What void for a wildcat to fill amoungst that lot I cannot imagine.
The best conversion medium for the US would be 30-30 or 30-40.
But then there is no market for them anyway. They are not cost effective to build and they do not have a good resale price.
You might get a decent price for a converted, working tool, heavy, but even then it would have to be damm good and the man hours needed to build one would earn a better bottom line employed at McDonalds.
Regards