Hi Gents
Any of you gentlemen know about any wildcats developed on the the 303 British??

I imagine that 303 British would be a good "foundation" for a good medium bore rimmed hunting / sporting caliber!!!

// voyager

Yes the .303 has been the parent case for many wild cats here in Auz for many years probarly the most popular being the 25-303 .Most of these "wildcats " had factory ammo made for them some years ago !But there were about 5 types of .22 -303 ,243-303 ,25-303 ,6.5-303 ,270-303 ,303 EPPS,35-303 that I know of & have used & owned many of them over the years.

Check out the Ontario Canada web site 303british.com
It has an excellent paperbook which lists many, many of the 303 based wildcats.

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Originally posted by voyager:
Hi Gents
Any of you gentlemen know about any wildcats developed on the the 303 British??

I imagine that 303 British would be a good "foundation" for a good medium bore rimmed hunting / sporting caliber!!!// voyager

I understand that the Aussies made a lot of them in different calibers, as did Elwood Epps of Canada. The Epps .303-based wildcats I have seen are all nice, very interesting cartridge, particularly when chambered in a P14 rather than a "Smelly".

As a matter of fact, in a strong action, the .303 Improved can rival a FACTORY-LOADED.300 H&H (as can the .30/40 AI).

i saw the title on this one.. and thought
:"hmm, now there's a diehard wildcat hater, if he's still calling the 303 a wildcat"..

ditto on the epps.. blow it out, improve it, neck it around, and it can be about the same boiler room.

el deguello,
i wound up in a nasty conversation over a statement i made just like yours, but on the 375...

and yep, a skilled handloader can work those rounds to match NOMINAL/Standard 3XX HH balistics ... (and the part this is naturally implied) but, of course, that same skill could make the HH go faster too.

jeffe

deciple-of-keith,
Any experience with the 303-35? I went cold but am now reconsidering getting Keith Bridgeman to put a 303-35 together for me. Just not sure whether he can make me a FL resizing die.
Cheers...
Con

The .303 Epps is probably the best heard of in the U.S. It's basically an improved case.

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Originally posted by Con:
deciple-of-keith,
Any experience with the 303-35? I went cold but am now reconsidering getting Keith Bridgeman to put a 303-35 together for me. Just not sure whether he can make me a FL resizing die.
Cheers...
Con

I'm having a .303/25 done this spring. Lyman and C4HD makes dies.

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Originally posted by deciple-of-keith:
Yes the .303 has been the parent case for many wild cats here in Auz for many years probarly the most popular being the 25-303 .Most of these "wildcats " had factory ammo made for them some years ago !But there were about 5 types of .22 -303 ,243-303 ,25-303 ,6.5-303 ,270-303 ,303 EPPS,35-303 that I know of & have used & owned many of them over the years.

tera
Whether it its measurement of these wildcat what the casings its are shortened or not

Where can I get data on the .303 Improved?

Thanks!

tera
Whether it its measurement of these wildcat what the casings its are shortened or not[/QUOTE]

tera,
Finding standardised measurements for the 303 wildcats is very hard. The Australian wildcats with the word "Falcon" in them tended to be the .303 case necked down eg. "303/22 Falcon". I've just bought a 303/25 and it uses a shortened case. Many also were "improved" designs with less body taper, sharper shoulders or both.
Its a very confusing area.
Cheers...
Con

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Originally posted by tera:

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Originally posted by deciple-of-keith:
Yes the .303 has been the parent case for many wild cats here in Auz for many years probarly the most popular being the 25-303 .Most of these "wildcats " had factory ammo made for them some years ago !But there were about 5 types of .22 -303 ,243-303 ,25-303 ,6.5-303 ,270-303 ,303 EPPS,35-303 that I know of & have used & owned many of them over the years.

tera
Whether it its measurement of these wildcat what the casings its are shortened or not

I think that some of the smaller-caliber Epps wildcats on the 303 case were shortened, but the larger aliber ones just had the full-length case shoulders blown out and forward to hold more powder.

Dimensios of some wildcat cartridges aree conmtined in P.O. Ackley's HANDBOOK FOR SHOOTER & RELOADERS; others are included in CARTRIDGES OF THE WORLD.