How many different wildcats are built on the .458 WM cartridge ??
The .416 Taylor Cartridge seems to be the most popular.
HeeHaw

458 win
425 express
416 taylor
375 taylor
358 norma
338 winchester
8pmm poor man's magnum
30-338/308 norma
7rem mag
270 barnes (not woundabeast)
264 rem
257 something
243 something
224 ridiculous

jeffe

There are a flock of cartridges on the short magnum (2.5") case, and many wildcats to boot. To add to the list: .411 KDF.

It is fun to check P.O. Ackley's book and see all the work that has been done in the past.

jim dodd

I'm sure somebody has blown it out straight to a .475" as well, I've considered doing that one myself for a cast bullet slinger

tera
I information retrieval of the following bases How I can form them is of which casing I can use

Could you give me dimensions Length of neck Diamètre of the shoulder Length casing to form it Length to the shoulder


425 express

358 norma
338 winchester
8pmm poor man's magnum
30-338/308 norma
270 barnes (not woundabeast)
264 rem
257 something
243 something
224 ridiculous

I forgot, there is one that uses the .429" 44 mag bullet, but I don't recall it's name. I'm also sure someone has done a 9.3mm.

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Originally posted by HunterJim:
There are a flock of cartridges on the short magnum (2.5") case, and many wildcats to boot.

Yes, there are. And the .458 was not the first commercial short magnum. It seems the .275 H&H likely was. It was an exactly 2.5" case. About 10 years later (1920, I seem to recall), BSA also brought out the .330 BSA which was just a bit shorter, with .338 diameter bullets.