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Your shooting a wildcat!
Where do all these cartridges come from? Who’s the daddy of my 223, 308, etc. What
about my 9mm or 40 S&W? Most cartridges found in reloading manuals and of course
on your store shelves, started out a little different or totally different
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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
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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
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This show is all about brass prep. We discuss everything from cleaing and how to clean. To how to inspect cases and what to inspect cases for.