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As much as I would like a 10.75x68 I know it ain't gonna happen, Ruger probably doesn't even know it existed!! few do....I can almost guarantee it will be a 35 Whelen or 338-06 at some point.That's about the only caliber that would appear on their sales chart..Brass is and always has been a problem with the 10.75x68, that's the reason after two seasons of Africa I sold mine, but I sure did like the caliber and how it worked on DG with Woodleigh 400 gr. 423 bullets. Ive owned 2 of them..I think a 10.47 (.423) x 64 would be a decent wildcat, but so is the 423/338 for that matter. Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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8x57 Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Well, I mentioned the .318 WR to the guys at Swift, Barnes, Nosler, and Hornady while at SCI. The Hornady guys knew what I was talking about, but said "absolutely no plans." The Swift and Barnes guys pulled their catalogs and couldn't find it... and said they don't really deal with Wildcats, so that I needed to cast my own. The Nosler guy said that it was in their manual. (not). Looks like the .318 is not well received by our domestic guys... Thank god for woodleigh. | |||
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That is all very sad to hear. I think it is going to take someone, or a group of folks, to put down some dough to get anything done domestically. I thought if anyone would be amenable to the idea, it would be Hornady. I understand their hesitation though. Matt FISH!! Heed the words of Winston Smith in Orwell's 1984: "Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right." | |||
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If we had 100 folks who wanted the 318 WR, Quality Cartridge will make a run of headstamped brass and Hawk makes bullets. But I don't know that we'd get Ruger to buy hammer forging tooling for a bore and groove combination likely not ever usable again. I think if we really wanted to get a buy together, we could try for something unique, but maybe not the very most obsolete caliber anybody could think of, non SAAMI, with impossible to form brass and unavailable barrels, bullets, and reloading dies. | |||
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I would buy one in 275 Rigby or 35 whelen. Thanks in advance to whoever organizes this | |||
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To mention again, Hornady already makes a 205 grain spire point in the correct .330 diameter for the .318. Since they also make their own brass,(just not 318) they could corner the market on 318 WR ammo. As to Ruger buying the tooling for hammer forging 318 barrels, they did so for a run of #1's in 303 Brit, and while I am sure they made more than 100, they did not make too many! DRSS(We Band of Bubba's Div.) N.R.A (Life) T.S.R.A (Life) D.S.C. | |||
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