I think this is one of those areas where it really is about how much "hoopla" you create w/ the introduction of a round.

All the WSM stuff is going nuts, but the .376 Styer round seems perfect for all sorts of wildcatting. If improved it equalls the WSM Capacity and is tailor made for encores. It is long enough to be easy feeding in bolt guns w/ no modification to the magazine and might even give you an extra round over the 3 rounds the WSMs seem to "barely" fit in. Brass is cheap. In a standard or long action, You could throat it out on the long neck it has to advantage of the case capacity.

It seems we should see a whole series of wildcats on this case - 6.5, 7mm, .30, .338, and maybe a .416. It seems the only shortcomming was not having an advertizing full of bells and whistles.

I think folks are starting to get leary of parent brass that might be hard to come by in the future. Since the WSM's look like they will be here to stay, it is a safer bet for parent brass. Also there really aren't that many gaps anymore that need filling.

Beartrack,

The 376 Styer case is almost identical to the 284 Winchester (except that the 284 rim/casehead is the same as the 30-06).

Wildcats from .257 to .416 already exist on the case.

The capacity of the two cases is so close as to be negligable.

Garrett

Uh, case capacity of the 30-284 is 64 grains of water. Case capacity of 30-376S Imp is 76.5 grains. From my figuring that would put it between the 30-06AI and the 300WSM....which IMHO aint a bad place to be.
Beartrack...If I was just a little more motivated I would have shot my 6.5-376 by now so we could compare it to the 264WinMag....and the 6.5-284. I need to turn the necks at the 30 cal stage and then run em on down to .264. so many cats so little time. I need to quit my day job so that I can get to these projects.

Ain't that the truth of it, you can either have a job to pay for toys, and no time to play with them, or plenty of time, and no $

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Originally posted by N. Garrett:
Beartrack,

The 376 Styer case is almost identical to the 284 Winchester (except that the 284 rim/casehead is the same as the 30-06).

Wildcats from .257 to .416 already exist on the case.

The capacity of the two cases is so close as to be negligable.

Garrett

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Garrett,
no. the 284 matches the 30-06 case.. the 376 is about 10% more capacity.

a 375 whelen is 74 gr h20, a 376 is 81

parker ackley would have sold his soul to have increases that big in his improved lines.

the 284 is a 404 jeffery, shortened and rebated to give a 30-06 like case capacity in a short action. The 376 is a 9,3x64 shortened to give a larger than 30-06 case in a short action.. in fact, larger than a 30-06 IMPROVED case. 376 cases are, infact, closer to the 375/338 than the 30-06

jeffe

I shoot a wildcat (375) based on the 9.3X64, unmodified except for being necked up.

I also have a 404 Jeffery on my custom Win 70.

The 284 cases I have (for my 25-284) have almost identical dimensions (except for the rim, and being shorter) to my 9.3X64 cases.

The 9.3 Brenneke (and 284 Win) case has a smaller diameter than the 404.

Garrett

Here is a pic that shows my 338 based on the 376S with my single radius shoulder 25-284 on the right. Parent case is between the two loaded rounds...hard to see here but we took most of the taper out of the case.

I've just made an 8mm Steyr AI. Haven't put it through its paces yet but it should be a significant improvement over the 8 x 57 and it fits in an intermediate Mauser action.

Link to pix of 8mm Steyr AI