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Offline S.S.

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What are these Wildcats called?
« on: September 27, 2006, 09:49:39 AM »
The parent case was a .35 Remington (Says on Headstamp)
But it is necked to .323.

The other was a .30-30 Win. parent case that is blown out to where there
is hardly no neck at all. It is still a .308 though?
looked kind of like a baby .303 British
It is not an Ackley Improved.

Seeing some strange stuff at the range this year !
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Re: What are these Wildcats called?
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2006, 06:16:30 AM »
No idea about the .35/.32 Remington. The description of the .30/30 reminds me of cases I have seen in guns with too much headspace. Case backs up and the shoulder blows forward... results in a short neck. Otherwise the case resembles the parent with short neck... luck

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Re: What are these Wildcats called?
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2006, 03:27:32 AM »
I think that the .30-30 round you decribed would problbly be call an Ackley Imp round even if not held to his formula. There was alot of varaition in these old wildcats as each smith would have his reamers cut to different specs. I could find nothing in any of my books my the .32 cal. round.

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Re: What are these Wildcats called?
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2006, 11:01:50 PM »
The 30-30 blown out that way is a .38-55 winchester, or 32 Winchester Special. the 38-55 doesn't usually have a shoulder at all but the 32 Win.Spl. does.
As far as necking a 35 Rem. down to 32 caliber you end up with a round that is virtually the same as a 32 Win. Spl. in a rimless configuration that would work easier in a clip fed bolt, pump or auto rifle.
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Re: What are these Wildcats called?
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2006, 12:52:42 PM »
Your .32/.35 Remington is probably just an expedient for someone who owned a .32 Rem (on the .30 Rem/now 6.8 Rem case) who gave up trying to find brass and rechambered for the more common .35 brass.  .30 and .32 Rem brass  became vary scarce during the '60's and '70's.
The .30-30 was wildcated in every imaginable way, especially in the '40's and '50's.  Most were one of a kind.  Folks finally gave up on the .30-30 case.  The best known .30-30 enhancer was the .30 Leverpower on a .30-40 case blown forward to a short neck with an Ackley type shoulder, whose place was later taken by the .307 Win.