A case is made with about half of it being solid brass starting at the base. The case mouth, shoulder and some of the sidewalls are standard.

A 6mm PPC could be made from the front of a .243 Wincester! A 22 "Hornet" could be made from the front of a .223 Rem!

With the light new bullets available we could carry a .220 Swift in a populated area and shoot a load with say a 40 gr bullet with very little fast burning powder. Such a load would burn in the barrel and make a lot less noise.

I am quite sure that the existing transfer presses that make cases could make such cases.

What do you think?

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Myself,I'm partial to a Marlin 39A and CB caps................

Primer failure? Maybe. Lets try it!

OK but I can't see how the case could be drawn from one piece.

Cartridges have been made with front ignition so I don't see much of a problem with a flash hole half that length.

I have made some cases on the lathe out of brass. Maybe I will try it.

What did Lou Pamisano write?

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Originally posted by Don Martin29:

What did Lou Pamisano write?

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He was very vague. There was a "drawing", but it's more like a cocktail napkin sketch. His idea is for a cartridge with a thick bottom end and a piece of cordite running from the primer into the powder. He says it will be better than the PPC, but at 4,5,&600yards. He's working with a German ammo company to get the brass. I've heard some people guessing that he's dealing with RWS, but IMHO, Horneber sounds like a better candidate. Their stuff is pretty limited production. I would think RWS would need to make like half a million cases or so to even consider tooling up something entirely new.

Lee.

I don't claim any original idea.

It's just an idea to be able to turn a larger cartridge into a small one at will.

It might be cool to be able to shoot ".308's" in a .300 Win Mag etc.

I like the part best of a low report varmint cartridge. The Hornet's really don't shoot well on average and there are so many .223's now.

The easy way seems to be using "basic brass" with a insert.

Looks like a piece of steel that you put in your chamber allowing you to shoot a different chambering. They don't offer much of a selection, though. I also wonder if the use of one of these adaptors would leave marks in your gun?