Shooter's Bible Guide to Handloading by Wayne van Zwoll

Author:Wayne van Zwoll
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 2015-10-26T04:00:00+00:00

A compact .33-caliber wildcat cut this group with a 200-grain Speer and 43.5 grains Accurate 2015.

Some wildcats come from the benches of experimenters willing to submit them to SAAMI. They include rifle-makers with ideas for a proprietary cartridge line. Roy Weatherby developed his magnums in this fashion. So did Don Allen (Dakota) and John Lazzeroni. Kenny Jarrett of “beanfield rifle” fame has several wildcats with his label, from the .220 Jaybird to the .338 Kubla-Khan a .378 Weatherby necked to .33. Jarrett’s .243 Catbird is a necked-down .270 Winchester, with the shoulder blown forward. His .300 Jarrett, on the 8mm Remington Magnum hull, is ballistically a .300 Weatherby.

Speed and power are compelling seductresses. Many wildcats carry more sizzle than utility. The .408 CheyTac (Cheyenne Tactical) was developed for military snipers by John Taylor and Bill Wordman. Its case, based on the .416 Rigby, holds enough slow powder to drive 419-grain bullets 3,000 fps. These missiles, hand-turned from a copper/nickel alloy, remain supersonic beyond 2,200 yards and deliver more energy than a .50 BMG past 700! A 305-grain .408 spitzer can be started at 3,400 fps, about what you can get from a 50-grain bullet in the .223. As the CheyTac can generate 7,700 ft-lbs of muzzle energy, it has more thump than hunters need. And more recoil than you’ll want.

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