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Offline Nobade

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« on: April 24, 2004, 01:28:11 PM »
Just to see what it would look like I tried running a 357 mag case into the 300 whisper die. Same body, rimmed, with a somewhat shorter neck. Hey, this thing looks like it'll work! And a whisper reamer with a shoter neck wouldn't be all that big a deal to get made. What a neat Contender or Martini cartridge, or possibly rechamber a 30 carbine Blackhawk? Hmmm......
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« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2004, 07:58:01 AM »
I have been thinking of doing just about the same thing with .360 DW cases.  They are a bit longer that .357 mag cases but much shorter than .357 max cases.  This would be for a small single shot rifle, probably a de Haas Chicopee C.F.

What weight bullets do you have in mind?  The whispers are usually throated for long heavy ones.  I am leaning toward using a slow twist and setting it up for bullets around 110gr.

I think the popular modern name for what you are creating is .30-221 Rimmed, but Ackley Vol II listed it as the .30/357 Paxton or the .30/357 Hoskins.

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« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2004, 01:38:18 PM »
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