243-06 bullet
jsantee
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Sunday, December 22, 2024, 13:03 (584 days ago)
looking through a box of reloading stuff from my grandfather today from when he reloaded. and found these reload bullets with the powder number and grains on the side of the case. he had a gun that was a double trigger and said wildcat on it but has disappeared. no one in the family can remember the caliber has anyone heard anyone doing this caliber.
I may be wrong but is`ent that similar
JFS
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Sunday, December 22, 2024, 15:32 (584 days ago) @ jsantee
to a 240 Weatherby without the belt....
there was a wildcat cartridge back in the 60s and 70 based
jthomson
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Sunday, December 22, 2024, 21:08 (584 days ago) @ jsantee
on the 30-06 case. Both the 6mm-06 and the 25-06 were some of the results. The 25-06 won the popularity contest between the two.
I have a 6.5-06 in a Ruger #1. I was told that it was based
Andy S
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Sunday, December 22, 2024, 21:17 (584 days ago) @ jsantee
off of the 6mm-06. The individual I purchased it from was a long range shooter at a 1000 meter range in Bloomsburg, PA.
Back in the late '50s and into the low to mid '60s
Gary Reeder
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Monday, December 23, 2024, 11:11 (583 days ago) @ jsantee
there were quite a few wildcats based on the 30-06 case. Any time we are involved in a war when it is over there is plenty of surplus brass and ammo so it is perfect for wildcatters to experiment with.
The 6mm/06 was one of those. I don't think it went anywhere but it was fun to experiment with as brass was plentiful and in many cases was free so why not. There were the 25-06 (which caught on and became a standard cartridge), the 6mm/06, the 6.5/06, the 7-06 and maybe one or two more. Of all these as far as I can remember the 25-06 was the only one that became a factory chambering.
After the Korean War the 308 case was [plentiful and there were several wildcat cartridges based on the 308. Several of them became factory loadings.
After Viet Nam the 223 case was plentiful and there were a whole batch of cartridges based on it.The silhouette games were popular as they still are and there were several wildcats based on the 223 (or5.56). Some of these like the 223 necked up to 243 and 7mm that caught on and were being loaded by a couple of companies. Good friend Bob Milek came out with his 6mm/223 and it was popular in the silhouette games but they never made a factory chambering from it. We tried the 223 neckd up to 7mm in the 7mmTCU, developed by Thompson Center and Wes Ugaldi, hence the name TCU. It was accurate but just didn't have the needed punch for large bodied deer.
Just today I saw a rifle JD Jones did a long time ago
WB
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Monday, December 23, 2024, 19:22 (583 days ago) @ jsantee
I figure when he was first getting started perhaps. It’s a 1949 Winchester M70 chambered in 6.5x.270 Winchester. I’m not exactly certain but it sounds like a simple neck down keeping the .270 shoulder. I know JD is a 6.5 fan. The rifle is super slick and not really modified except for the re-barrel. I think the LGD was asking $1800?
Some interesting stuff out there to be discovered.