What do you get when you combine the 22 Nosler case with 357 Herrett reamers and dies? A heretical cartridge AKA 357 Herrettic

Now that is a fun and easy wildcat!

You could blow it out another 10 thou and a steeper shoulder for an improved Herrettic.
Rechamber a useless 350 “Legend” for this beauty!

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Here is the 357 Herrett with the 200 grain Hornady FTX and its looks like a super size 300BLK with a rim. Obviously the 22 Nosler case would give it a rebated version of this.

Aw, geez, Boomie, here I thought we would see a swell new gun, cartridge and targets ...



I remember Bob Milek writing about his and Steve Herrett's adventures with this cartridge. I had a Contender in .30 Herrett for a while. Liked it.

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I had a Contender in .30 Herrett for a while.

I still have one of those. The only problem I see with the potential design on this new wildcat is your mention of a "steeper shoulder."

The 350 Legend as well as the 450 Bushmaster were designed to comply with the regulations in a few midwestern states that now allow certain cartridges in what used to be shotgun only areas. These regulations normally call for straight walled cartridges to be legal. Anything with a shoulder is a no go.

Just an idea worth sharing I thought right now

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Originally posted by Bill/Oregon:
Aw, geez, Boomie, here I thought we would see a swell new gun, cartridge and targets ...



I remember Bob Milek writing about his and Steve Herrett's adventures with this cartridge. I had a Contender in .30 Herrett for a while. Liked it.

I was just throwing out the idea of an improved version for those that like that

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Originally posted by Labman:

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I had a Contender in .30 Herrett for a while.

I still have one of those. The only problem I see with the potential design on this new wildcat is your mention of a "steeper shoulder."

The 350 Legend as well as the 450 Bushmaster were designed to comply with the regulations in a few midwestern states that now allow certain cartridges in what used to be shotgun only areas. These regulations normally call for straight walled cartridges to be legal. Anything with a shoulder is a no go.

I'm probably missing something, but what parent case is actually shown in the photo, with the rim? Is that a 30 Herritt necked up? For the straight wall regulation on firearms for hunting in some states, approximately what would the diameter be if it were expanded to a completely straight walled case? From the drawing, it looks like about .366 or .375.

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