If you could only have only ONE wildcat...what would it be?

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20 May 2015, 20:22

rl anderson

If you could only have only ONE wildcat...what would it be?

My RCBS dies are marked 416 Taylor. I like the round and have used it on everything from whitetails to buffalo.

23 May 2015, 10:03

chuck375

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Originally posted by TomP:
quote:
Originally posted by Art S.:
Easy. 6-284.

+1

6-270 Weatherby

Regards,

Chuck

"There's a saying in prize fighting, everyone's got a plan until they get hit"

Michael Douglas "The Ghost And The Darkness"

06 July 2015, 02:04

Atkinson

Never owned one but the 8mmx30-06 always made a lot of since top me inasmuch as thousands of old nice 8x57 Mausers have been available for many years and the 8mm on the 06 case is a rechamber only and the velocity and bullet weight are equal to the 338-06, and that ain't all bad..Certainly a very practical wildcat, something that can't be said for the majority of them.

Ray Atkinson
Atkinson Hunting Adventures
10 Ward Lane,
Filer, Idaho, 83328
208-731-4120

rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com

06 July 2015, 02:53

416Tanzan

You just made a good case for the 338-06.

(PS later: I missed the point about using an old 8mm barrel. Still, a person needs to ask why the ONE wildcat for someone would be to neck up a 30-06 one and a half calibers?)

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