Here's a pic of my wildcats to date.

From the left:-
408 Nickal
8x33 Nickal
30-25-150
224 Nickal
17 Nickal

Who can guess the parent cases ?

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Originally posted by Code4:
Who can guess the parent cases ?

L-R: 404J, 44 Mag, 30-30, 223, 357Mag

Adam

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Originally posted by Code4:
Who can guess the parent cases ?

Good idea mate.

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Originally posted by ab_bentley:

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Originally posted by Code4:
Who can guess the parent cases ?

L-R: 404J, 44 Mag, 30-30, 223, 357Mag

Adam

I'll give you a clue Adam.
Third case is a .222 Rimmed.

.404, 30-30, 357 Maximum, .303 Brit. roger

There's a .357 case in there, but not the Maximum.

404J, shortened 30-30, 5.56X50R, 222 mag or 204 ruger and 357 mag.

The 17 looks kinda like the 17 saunders.

So what's the answer already? roger

Other than the fun that we have creating wildcats,have you "built a better mousetrap"?No offense intended. Over the years whenever I thought a "new" idea,I'd pull Parker's volume+ found that he did it years before.I would be interested in your performance data.Thanks + keep thinking.

1 .458 Win Mag with belt turned off.
2 .357 Mag case necked to .318
3 .222 Rimmed, necked to .30
4 .223 Rem case shortened by .060"
5 .310 Greener cadet case necked to .17

No, I don't think I've invented something new, most stuff has been done before, but I like fiddling with things.

Performance wise, the .408 gives me 2100fps with a 400g bullet and the slim case fits and feeds better from a standard M98 mag.
We haven't shot the 8x33 yet, so don't know.
The 30-25-150 is built on a Low wall Winchester, is sweet as to shoot and is very accurate for a cast boolit rifle. 1500-1600fps with cast.
I made the 224 Nickal, to fit into a dedicated .222 mag, on a BRNO 601 action. It has the same COL as the .222, but gives the performance of a .223.
The .17 Nickal is only a shade behind the .17 Bee and fits the Martini Cadet action, without any modifications.