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Re: Designing your own cartridge. Worth it?
13/05/16 01:00 AM

The answer depends more on individual personality than any other factor.

One person is influenced by a restless, inventive mind that has them looking over the horizon to what can be, while another person is more governed by order and routine and is well satisfied with what is known and proven. Neither is right or wrong, good or bad; they're just opposite ends of the same bell shaped curve. Most folks will land somewhere in the middle. But it does keep readership up when one end blasts the other. Its been my experience that the motivations for designing one's own cartridge are quite varied - one guy is primarily looking to fill what he perceives as a gap in the ballistic offerings, while another may primarily be seeking some amount of fame or notoriety. The later are often louder than the former, and seem to hold the strongest opinions, although often confusing the strength of their opinion for a well informed opinion. The folks looking to fill the ballistic gaps appear to be part of the group of shooters John Barsness has titled "Churners".

In the grand scheme of things, the cost of custom dies and all isn't likely to break anyone's bank, though it may mean postponing the purchase of that next AR clone or high cap 1911. I really enjoy my 7x57, although I wonder why Mauser chose to shrink the Model 98 action to an intermediate size to house it, rather than stretching the cartridge to a 7x60 to use up all that extra space in the magazine. Hmmm, if we did that, we could split the difference between the 7x57 and the 7x64/280 Rem, and wouldn't have to use bottom metal with longer magazine boxes. It would probably be best with a 35 degree shoulder angle and slightly wider shoulder diameter...Does anyone have a reamer for a 9x60?

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Dave

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Designing your own cartridge. Worth it?	Wanabebwana	25/05/15 07:34 AM
Re: Designing your own cartridge. Worth it?	Homer	25/05/15 06:29 PM
Re: Designing your own cartridge. Worth it?	Waidmannsheil	26/05/15 07:07 AM
Re: Designing your own cartridge. Worth it?	xausa	26/05/15 08:53 AM
Re: Designing your own cartridge. Worth it?	xausa	26/05/15 09:45 PM
Re: Designing your own cartridge. Worth it?	Wanabebwana	27/05/15 01:06 AM
Re: Designing your own cartridge. Worth it?	Huvius	27/05/15 01:43 AM
Re: Designing your own cartridge. Worth it?	DarylS	27/05/15 05:11 AM
Re: Designing your own cartridge. Worth it?	Homer	27/05/15 07:32 AM
Re: Designing your own cartridge. Worth it?	Ash	27/05/15 07:54 PM
Re: Designing your own cartridge. Worth it?	Homer	28/05/15 10:27 AM
Re: Designing your own cartridge. Worth it?	Ash	28/05/15 04:13 PM
Re: Designing your own cartridge. Worth it?	Homer	28/05/15 06:40 PM
Re: Designing your own cartridge. Worth it?	chuck375	01/06/15 10:04 AM
Re: Designing your own cartridge. Worth it?	Wanabebwana	02/06/15 02:18 PM
Re: Designing your own cartridge. Worth it?	chuck375	02/06/15 02:30 PM
Re: Designing your own cartridge. Worth it?	Ash	02/06/15 04:19 PM
Re: Designing your own cartridge. Worth it?	db404	13/05/16 01:00 AM
Re: Designing your own cartridge. Worth it?	DarylS	26/05/15 09:08 AM
Re: Designing your own cartridge. Worth it?	gryphon	26/05/15 12:53 PM
Re: Designing your own cartridge. Worth it?	Well_Well_Well	25/05/15 06:57 PM
Re: Designing your own cartridge. Worth it?	DarylS	26/05/15 05:18 AM
Re: Designing your own cartridge. Worth it?	DarylS	26/05/15 05:25 AM

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