I recently read again about a 375 wildcat built on a standard action. It was developed by a fellow named Mike Epstein. Has anyone here used this cartridge? Know anything about it?
Thanks,
Frank

It is basically a 300 Winchester necked up to .375. Epstein was a baseball player who was a hunter and gunnut, eh, Mike Epstein?

Some wild claims for it were made. In horsepower it would fall between the .375 H&H and the .375 AI/JRS/Weatherby ilk.

You would need a long action and seat the bullets out to reach its full potential, but it can work in the medium length action.

I would prefer the .375/.338 Chatfield Taylor for a medium length action of .338 WinMag size. That is an efficient cartridge that will equal the .375 H&H with no fuss.

Frank,

The 375 Epstein is very similiar to the 375/338 Win Mag. the difference being that the Epstein has a longer neck. I have an old issue of Rifle magazine with an article on the 375 Epstein. If you would like I'd be glad to send you a copy of the article. I shoot a 375/338 Win Mag built on a Mark X action and have absolutely no complaints.

Craig

Thank you for the response.
Craig, thank you for the offer and yes I would enjoy reading the article.
I have a 7mm I no longer use and am looking for a new wildcat to try.
Frank

Ron,
Didn't the story go that some game was cancelled or something and they got Epstein on to talk about wildcats?
I seem to remember reading something like that.

Karl.

I fully agree with Dagga Ron go with the 375 Chatfield-Taylor, simply a 338 necked up to 375 and it will duplicate the 375 H&H and the 375 Epstein...with a heck of a lot less trouble...the rest is hype...I played with one a long time ago and found it lacking and I could not duplicate the articles balistics.

Karl,
Right! 1972 World Series at Oakland, CA, BS-ing with Curt Gowdy about reloading and wildcatting on network TV. In rare form they were. Those were the good old days! Glad to see you back. How's the .585 Wizard of Oz been holding up?

Ray,
Right! There's some more wisdom from the master.

Cheers!

Ron,
585 is getting restocked.From wannabe 50BMG to proper hunting peice.$1800 later will let you know how it goes.

Karl.

Thanks all. I am gonna scratch the epstein and look more serously at the Chatfield-Taylor. I works better with the 416 anyway. Do any of you know if there is headstamped brass available?
With my 30-338, 338WM, 358 Norma mag and now a 375/338 all on the 338 WM I better seperate the brass or really watch for a mistake in loading.
If anyone has a location for more info on the loads for the 375-338 I would enjoy reading that as well.
Frank

Frank,

Below are a couple links that have some load data for you. The second link has some data that Ray Atkinson provided me. There is also some loading data in the Epstein article I just sent you that could be used with the Taylor version. I think you'll be more than pleased with the 375 Chatfield Taylor.

http://www.geocities.com/bw_99835/

http://www.serveroptions.com/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=16;t=000535

Craig

Frank. I also have a .375 Taylor. I've found the easiest way to make brass is to just run .458 Win. brass through the resizing die, and load up full power loads.
Frankly, the only difference between the .375 Epstein and Taylor is the length of the neck. There is an article in Handloader, on the .375/338 Mag. (Taylor)and the drawing they show is actually the Epstein. I wrote the magazine questioning the radical difference in cartridge length, because my brass was coming out shorter than the drawing. I got back an answer from Dave Scovil stating that they used the drawing for the Epstein version. I wonder how many other people ended up being confused by that fiasco? I noticed though that there was never a correction stated in the magazine.
I think that if you go the .375 Taylor route, that you will be quite pleased. I sure like mine.
Paul B.