Hi Guy´s

The Caliber based on a 408 ct, necked down do .338
8,5x55
With the 300grs bullets i have a speed of 900m/s

For more infos visit my page http://wildtac.at/
Translater is on the end of the page.

The Gun is based on a barnard 408 ct system, with a 32" lothar walther match barrel.
The stock is selfmade on a 5 axis machine.


.338 Lapua Magnum,.338 Little Dave,.338 Big Dave

Thanks for sharing .

Interesting cartridge. Never heard of it before.It looks like a supersized WSM cartridge.
300grain @ 900m/sec its a kind of .378Wea in power.

3280 fps, for a 250 grain bullet! That's fast!

Looks great! A pretty good wildcat. I would turn the rear bag around the correct way though.

That. Is mighty fine.

Mighty fine.

It is a lot of work to make this catridge.
I neck the shoulder in two steps down, than i cut the length.

When are you interest. I can make a topic about the 338 little dave

The parent cartridge is the 408 Cheyenne Tactical. It was developed by Dr. John Taylor, a former researcher/professor at Wayne State University in Detroit.

John is a former Precision Shooting writer and worked on the cartridge and rifle full time after he retired from Wayne State.

I haven't talked to John in quite a while but, the last time I heard, he had bought a company to manufacture the 408 Cheyenne Tactical rifles. He was someplace out West.

If anyone has more information I would be interested. John is a very interesting character. The last time I talked to him he said that our troops were using his sniper rifles in the Middle East. He said the ragheads didn't like it and called it the "Cowards Weapon".

Years ago, when we were both writing for Precision Shooting, John and his gunsmith came up from Detroit for a visit and a long lunch. The gunsmith (Can't remember his name) had a brand new Porsche coupe and wanted me to drive it... I was chicken.

That's an extremely impressive rifle. If you have any more of that wood, please send it my way.

Thanks for the great comments.


For questions, just let me know

in the near future I would like to start a new project

bigger and better

I would like to see some pictures of some 500 yard groups.

Beautifully executed rifle and an excellent choice of barrels.

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Originally posted by Dave_64:

Nice! That looks like my 7mm WSSM scaled up:

http://forums.accuratereloadin...6521043/m/7191005091

What do you use for powder?

Looks like excellent workmanship! How does it shoot?

Thank you guy

I use 300grs Sierra and N560 86grs Powder and have a Speed from 900ms

Yes She shoots as good as it looks.

Ps.: I am planning on a new Gun, the BIG Dave

250grs Scenar and N560 Powder
91grs 960,965,957 v0 m/s

92grs 1000,1000,1003 v0 m/s

300grs Sierra und N560 Powder
86grs 900,900,897 v0 m/s