Been a while since I’ve been on the hide. I’m still waiting on a build that I posted about on here a while back, which should be nearing completion soon so the anticipation has been killing me. In the mean time I’ve been trying to gather up some reloading equipment and components to keep myself occupied until then. I’ve also been brainstorming components do another build when this one is finished. The build I’m waiting on is a 300 PRC based on a Bat Vampire action and centered around the idea of a putting together a light weight all purpose 30 cal. I’m not sure which direction I’m going to go next but I’ve been doing some research on different calibers to try to decide. If you flip through a reloading handbook chances are you’ll probably come across quite a few cartridges you’ve never seen before or run across something you may have heard of but don’t know much about since it’s not commonly used or discussed, then you read the ballistics on it and you think to yourself, damn that is an extremely capable cartridge. I’ve come across several and it got me thinking, if you could create your own ultimate wildcat cartridge using anything out of a reloading handbook what would it be? We are seeing a lot of cool new cartridges come out these days and it seems like the parent case is usually something that’s been around for quite some time that’s tried and true then it’s tied into something a little more modern. And the possibilities almost seem endless. Im a sucker for .30 cals, so I was looking at the .340 Weatherby. The ballistics on this round are pretty impressive for the time period it came out, Weatherby introduced it to compete with the 338 Win Mag and I think they knocked it out of the park with the .340 WBY. With the right configuration of powder it can launch a 250 grain pill 2,900 fps and I’m sure if tuned correctly it could easily reach 3,000 fps. I know absolutely nothing about making Wildcat cartridges so I may sound like an idiot here lol, but If I were capable of building my own cartridge, I think I’d take the .340 Weatherby and get rid of the double radius shoulder and replace it with the 338 lapua shoulder and then trim the neck to get the proper cartridge length. Not really a wildcat per say, just modifying the case I guess but I’d love to see what a .340 WBY modernized like this would do. What would you build?
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