45 acp wildcats?

[hubcap]

How many wildcat ctgs. are based on the 45acp case and what are they? Is all that's needed for conversion a new bbl and recoil spring?

[Mikey]

hubcap - there are a couple I am familiar with:  the 38-45, the 40-45 (aka 400 Corbon).  I would love to add the 45 GAP (Glock round) in there, but it's still a 45 caliber; but maybe we can add the 460 Rowland or whoever and the 45 Super, all 45 cases just different loadings and power ranges.  

I don't know if anyone has necked down the 45 to take a 44 slug (maybe) or a 41 slug, or anything smaller than the 38 from the 38-45.  Maybe someone else does.....  HTH.  Mikey.

[lgm270]

There was a wildcat called the .41 Avenger which was a .41-45 ACP wildcat.  I think it was SSK that sold the kit and dies.  It was written up very favorably, but was a commercial flop.

The idea was reborn  in the 10 mm Centaur, a wildcat which was the .45 ACP necked down to 10 mm (.40 cal).  This ultimately became the .400 Cor Bon, the same concept but with a sharper shoulder and a shorter neck for greater capacity than the 10 mm Centaur.  The 10 mm is probably a better choice for an auto pistol than .41 because 10 mm bullets are generally designed for auto pistols while .41's are designed for revolvers.

I had a 10 mm Centaur and it was pretty cool.

[HHI 812]

http://www.pistolsmith.com/viewforum.php?f=63 If it doesn't work, go to www.pistolsmith.com at Wild Bill Caldwell's view from the hills. He and Gunner in Canada have been doing quite a few wildcatts for years.