A Ruger No. 1 in .360 Nitro Express No. 2. Barrel 26 inches. Brass from Jamison successor if possible. I know, I can get a 320-grain .366 to 2250 much more cheaply, but the cartridge itself is just so bloody grand! Eley brought it out in 1905, and some say it would have been the .375 H&H of the 20th century, had not Holland & Holland topped Eley in 1912.
Pacific Tool and Gauge shows the reamer.

I LIKE it!

Bill I am ahead of you a little I already have the reamer and will hopefully be getting it chambered up soon. The stock will be in the Purdey style.

Oh and I have 10 rounds of original Kynoch Ammo and am going to do it with a 26 inch barrel open sights only.

Interesting, but it may be a labor of love more than a practicable endeavor.

Looks and performs very similar to the 9.3x74R.

I think its a great idea, go for it!

Mick if we only stayed practical this forum wouldn't exist. It is for me a little something to show off at my table when I am displaying and a little nostalgia to hunt with.
I am anything but practical. It's all for the fun of it as we all look at and talk about our guns far more than we get to use them. And don't ever let Biebs know that there is something called practical.
Thanks for the drawing.

Bill if you decide to do this don't buy a reamer as I have one and would certainly be willing to lend it to you or your smith as soon as I chamber mine up.

Michael: Please post as your project proceeds. I think a 26-28 inch barrel would be wonderful. I am very curious about your stock profile. Thank you so very much for offering the use of your reamer! Are you planning to use Bertram brass? Jamison listed the cartridge just before its troubles began, and I am really curious to see if CapTech would be willing to pick it up.
Mick, here's the thing with the .360 No. 2 -- the original loading was a 320 bullet at 2200 fps and at only about 33,000 pounds of pressure. Even loading to just 40,000 in a No. 1 opens all kinds of interesting possibilities.

Bill I will post some pictures as I go along I am finishing up my pattern stock right now using a different No1. I was actually talking to Jamison before things went south with them and I would love to see them come out with that caliber offering if not then Bertram it will be.

Michael, if you and I and Huvius, who shoots a Greener double in .360 No. 2, all make a concerted effort we might get Jamison/Captech to consider a run of brass.

Really, I have been happy with the Bertram brass as long as I follow my own annealing technique for the fire forming.
I would use my Kynoch brass if I had more Berdan primers and may consider altering them to accept shotgun primers but that is probably more work than is needed.
I have a No.1 in 375H&H which I should rebarrel to 360No.2 although I think all that makes the 375 uncomfortable to shoot is in the stock design which a rebarrel wouldn't address but maybe a few ounces of longer barrel may help.

Bill and Ben just got off the phone with Captech and the 360 is still in there plans. They said they had other projects ahead of it but they still intend to do it. maybe we could help their timeline along.

Michael, that is great to hear. I will give them a shout tomorrow.
Sure look forward to seeing your Purdy stock treatment. I think the Ruger factory stock contributes to perceived recoil with the No. 1, which Huvius has alluded to. A better butt and a proper recoil pad would take a lot of the punch out of these rifles.

I just saw a beautiful old martini in .360 No. 2 posted on Guns International. That photo and this discussion gets me thinking (always a dangerous thing). Since I have always wanted a classic large-frame martini sporter, building one in .360 No. 2 would be the cat's whiskers. Now to find a suitable donor action.

Loud, was the Martini a commercial or a Greener? I am looking at a Kynoch case sitting on my desk (thanks again, Huvius!) and I really do wonder if it would make it "round the bend" at least in an original Mk. I or II military action.

No way will a Martini accept a 360No.2 case.
You must be referring to the Martini at Barnett's which is a 360 2.5". Very pretty gun.

Huvius, you are correct. I (incorrectly) assumes it was a .360 No. 2. Oh well, another great idea dashed on the rocks of reality!

Heard back from Captech/Jimison today, and they do indeed have the .360 NE No. 2 on their to-do list, but the production manager, Chris Freeman, told me that he doubted they would get to it in 2013.
By the way, they are having a sale on their African caliber brass through 21 December.