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Offline Westbound

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Wildcat Idea
« on: June 13, 2009, 07:14:45 PM »
I was playing around with some 223 brass, and for the heck of it necked one up to accept a .277 bullet.
I suppose it would be similar to the 6.8SPC.
I probably wouldn't take the time to develop it, but it sounds interesting none the less.

A google search didn't return any hits.
Has this been done that anyone knows about?
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Re: Wildcat Idea
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2009, 07:57:00 PM »
Using lighter bullets in .277 it most likely would be pretty close to the 6.8.  I would imagine that this has been done before by someone although it might not have garnnered as much attention as the 6mm/223 or .300 Whisper.
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Re: Wildcat Idea
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2009, 02:38:00 AM »
there is a 7mm TCU and 6mm TCU....you would be right in the middle of those and i imagine you couldn't fill a teaspoon with the difference between the 3.

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Re: Wildcat Idea
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2009, 03:52:13 AM »
Quote from: mjbgalt on June 14, 2009, 02:38:00 AM
there is a 7mm TCU and 6mm TCU....you would be right in the middle of those and i imagine you couldn't fill a teaspoon with the difference between the 3.

-Matt

And a 257TCU and a 6.5 TCU and a 6X45 and a 7X45 and a....   It's been done by at least one gent on another board some years ago that I remember him posting about.
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Re: Wildcat Idea
« Reply #4 on: June 17, 2009, 04:57:25 AM »
What gun are you planning on chambering this in? That will ultimately make the biggest difference.
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Re: Wildcat Idea
« Reply #5 on: June 17, 2009, 12:40:23 PM »
There was a .270 Ingram that was marginally popular in the early 1980s for silhouette.  Nothing special over a 7mm TCU, just different.

http://www.custombrassandbullets.com/ch4d0338.html

The 6.8 SPC has considerably more case capacity than any .223-based cartridge.


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Re: Wildcat Idea
« Reply #6 on: June 17, 2009, 01:40:40 PM »
Quote from: Reed1911 on June 17, 2009, 04:57:25 AM
What gun are you planning on chambering this in? That will ultimately make the biggest difference.

I hadn't really thought about it.  This was more of a musing than an idea I am going to push foward with.
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