Guys , recently acquired some wildcat cartridges referred to as a 22 Blake , an Australian wildcat . Case is 1.7" long , with a 224 cal 52 grain hp bullet . Load is 21.1 grains of a cylindrical powder of unknown heritage .

Anyone have any ideas as to what this is , history etc ? I have asked on the Aust/NZ forum but to no avail. I have a small number of spares for trade purposes if anyone is interested......

There are a few 308 based .22 wildcats, two that come to mind right now are the .22 cheetah and the.22-243 middlested.

Both those cartridges mentioned have a full-lenght case , this one is cut to 1.7".
Thanks for the reply all the same .

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Originally posted by muzza:
Both those cartridges mentioned have a full-lenght case , this one is cut to 1.7".
Thanks for the reply all the same .

Can you post some pictures of the cartridges? They sound interesting.

here you go



left to right - 22 Blake Special , 22-243 Middlestead,22-243 , 22 unknown , 22 Blake Special

It is almost like a 22Br and will likely duplicate the 22/250 in performance.

Only a guess but the unknown looks alot like a .22/250 Ackley.