Yes, "Dave James", I did consider the Krag for forming .35 WCF brass. The neck on the .35 WCF is less than .30" long and going to the shorter .30-40 case would leave something less than 0.20", which is a very short neck. There's also the .35 Krag wildcat I've heard about, but for which I can't find reamers, etc., making it a custom proposition.



Well, "bpesteve", as a matter of fact, I did consider the 9x57R, but that .356 bullet size is annoying. Ken Howell's cartridge book also shows a 9.3x57R, a bottleneck job identical to the Scandanavian 9.3x57. This would give one a cartridge with current, published load data along with a ready supply of bullets. It would be blown out from 8x57R brass. It also requires custom reamers and dies, which the .35 WCF does not. The .356 Win. is loaded to a much shorter cartridge length, requiring pressures higher than the action will take -- sorry.



And "Wildcat Crazy", the .444 Marlin case is used by Buffalo Arms to make their 9x57R brass; I have a sample.



Sooooooo many possibilities, it makes my head hurt.



Karl

Rather than having a 9.3x72R reamer made, rent it from www.reamerrentals.com. I did so to clean up a non-standard chamber on an old drilling. The rental was about $36.00 including shipping both ways.

Dave

Why not use the 9,3x74R case and shorten it to provide the powder charge you think is necessary?
Just a thought.

Sounds to easy !

Yes, I did think of using the 9.3x74R as the parent; the 400/350 came to mind, via another discussion in this forum.

In the end, the WCF cartridge is of the correct era for my replica of a circa 1900 U.S. single shot. Not the most rational reason...