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12 November 2019, 02:29
p dog shooter
.290 wild cats.
Some one asked me if their were any .290 caliber.

I said beats me so I am asking you guys.

Are there 290 caliber wildcats.
12 November 2019, 03:09
theback40
Charles Askins .... maybe. I think he did just because there was no 29 cal. He swaged down .308 bullets.
I also may be remembering it wrong!
12 November 2019, 03:42
kaytod
John Barsness did an article on a 29 caliber wildcat, called the B-29. The article was the April issue of Handloader or Rifle, some years back.
It got the attention of a lot of readers..

rotflmo
12 November 2019, 15:42
ColoradoMatt
quote:
Originally posted by kaytod:
John Barsness did an article on a 29 caliber wildcat, called the B-29. The article was the April issue of Handloader or Rifle, some years back.
It got the attention of a lot of readers..

rotflmo


Yup, all satire, with no actual 29 caliber round, if I recall correctly.


Matt
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13 November 2019, 00:25
kaytod
Yep, satire. As an April 1st joke.
13 November 2019, 08:26
NormanConquest
As I have said before; every time I came with a new cartridge idea that was neater than sliced bread I would pick up my P.O. Ackley books + find out he did it 30 years before. Satire or not I see no use for a 29 cal. 28 + 30 will do everything you need.


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13 November 2019, 16:16
jeffeosso
there is, however, a .49 caliber -- you can order them from McGowen - I own the tooling, and this is no joke.. not a single measurement starts with a 0.5 ... 0.498 grooves, 0.490 bore ... and yeah, it works


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26 November 2019, 01:32
Nordic2
7,5mm swiss

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7.5×55mm_Swiss
27 November 2019, 00:42
DManson
In the early '80s we made reamers and bullet swaging dies at Clymer for the 290 DuBiel. Joe Dubiel and Charles Askins Jr. teamed up on this one; don't remember if I ever saw it in print.

Dave Manson
27 November 2019, 03:16
theback40
I believe Askins wrote it up in the American Rifleman. I know I read it somewhere. Done mostly just to get an article out of doing it.
20 December 2019, 18:33
Timan
I went to a steel shoot back in September, there was a guy there shooting what he called a .296 magnum.
Bore diameter .290 groove diameter .296
This guy makes his own bullets by ordering .308 J4 jackets from corbin then swages them to .296. After the lead core is in he forms a bullet nose that looks a lot like a Berger VLD.
His finished bullet came in at 203 grains with a claimed G7 BC at 330 .

He was using the 300 wsm cases, nothing fancy just run of the mill Winchester brass.
This guy finished 3rd out of 40 shooters.
The rifle was based on an Impact precision action, McGowan barrel, KRG chassis, Jewell trigger, Burris scope.

The guy that won the match shot a 6mm creedmoor on Rem. 700, Shilen barrel, McMillan, Knight force.