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Well i ask if any listener would like to host their own episode(s) and Eric McClure anwsered that call for wildcat ammo.

This is a 3 part segment.

The Wildcat

Common Sense Approach to Wildcats

• What do you want to do?

• Is there ALREADY a cartridge that can do the job?

• If not, is there ALREADY a wildcat that can do the job?

• Am I fixing a problem?

• The 44/40 Ruger fix

• The 375 SuperMag fix

• The 7.62X54R fix

• The story of the .38/45 Clerke

• Is this a rechamber job?

• Will this involve a barrel swap?

• Will the action contain the intended cartridge?

• Single Shots

• Bolts

• Pistols

• Lever guns

• Semiautomatics

• Brass cost and strength issues

• Questions about types of brass

• Is there a cheaper solution?

• 30-30 vs. 375 Winchester

• .400 Corbon vs. .40 S&W

• Brass life

• Manufacturers of brass

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Hornady Brass

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Starline Brass

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Jamison Brass

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Lapua

•

Nosler

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Norma

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Grafs & Sons

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Buffalo Arms

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Cowboy Brass

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Top Brass

• Bullets

• The sub calibers

• 10-20 caliber

• .22 and the rest

• What is the intended purpose?

• Hunting

• Varmint

• Dual rig

• Target

• Obsolete