234 Wildcat Family....ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY
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Johnn Peterson
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- Chemainus B.C.
Interesting. In addition to what you will be making, any indication as to what else in the way of 23 cal bullets will be available and by whom?
I cant find any & that surprises me, for as many bbls as there appears to be. I have no intention of making them for anyone other
than the this group though.
than the this group though.
I did a bit of Googling after you mentioned that there should be more bullets out there. The name Gardiner bullets kept coming up , but it appears they were made some time ago and are no longer available.
Anybody that builds one of these should stock up on as many bullets as Marshman will sell them!!
I suppose if the bullet supply runs low in the future, a guy could always buy some tooling and make his own bullets, but if it comes to that, swapping barrels to a .243 might be a much easier and cost effective solution.
rebarrel a Penguin!! that would ruin all the collector value!
As this will be mainly a small game/ plinking/ collectable obscurity I doubt very much there will be many bullets to be made.
& I still think the Penguin should make it to the book Cartridges of the world, as publishers are always needing more material
to fill pages.
Having said that I think there should be a collaboration of collective wisdom to get a complete reamer made to spec.
But again, not my show, just my 2 bits..
As this will be mainly a small game/ plinking/ collectable obscurity I doubt very much there will be many bullets to be made.
& I still think the Penguin should make it to the book Cartridges of the world, as publishers are always needing more material
to fill pages.
Having said that I think there should be a collaboration of collective wisdom to get a complete reamer made to spec.
But again, not my show, just my 2 bits..
Johnn Peterson
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Chemainus B.C.
On that note, what variety of weights do you plan on making?
I did a bit of Googling after you mentioned that there should be more bullets out there. The name Gardiner bullets kept coming up , but it appears they were made some time ago and are no longer available.
Anybody that builds one of these should stock up on as many bullets as Marshman will sell them!!
I suppose if the bullet supply runs low in the future, a guy could always buy some tooling and make his own bullets, but if it comes to that, swapping barrels to a .243 might be a much easier and cost effective solution.
Johnn Peterson
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Chemainus B.C.
Long ones, that work well with 8 twists.
Let me rephrase or change the question a little. Ideally, what weights would you like to see available?
Long heavy ones that work well with 1-8 twists...........Sorry Johnn couldn't resist.........
Johnn, I'm not committing to specific weights until Douglas dos some testing. I have only tried 105gn and for my testing purpose
that weight worked well for me.
that weight worked well for me.
Johnn Peterson
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Chemainus B.C.
Sorry guys, I wasn't looking for a definate & defined committment, merely a possible opinion to assist in my decission making process.
tylerjwitty
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Northern Ontario
Any one have any info on extrem long boolits ? I mean like 3 -5 inches long ? Has it been tried ?
What's wrong Bruce?.... you're a damn fine reloader by reputation.... you don't think a 5 inch bullet would fit nicely in a 2.494" .30-06 case?..... lol
tylerjwitty
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Northern Ontario
Ha one of those brainstorm out loud moments...
Kinda went like this .
Heavy for caliber bullets in 234
Hmmm wonder what a super heavy for cal would do for trajectories and bc and sd ?
Arrows have crazy penetration at super slow fps hhhhhmmmmmm so quarter length of an arrow skipping along at 2000 fps interesting .... Wonder if it's been done ? Hey these guys seem half ways smart , let's ask
Hey guys
Any one have any info on extrem long boolits ? I mean like 3 -5 inches long ? Has it been tried ?
Kinda went like this .
Heavy for caliber bullets in 234
Hmmm wonder what a super heavy for cal would do for trajectories and bc and sd ?
Arrows have crazy penetration at super slow fps hhhhhmmmmmm so quarter length of an arrow skipping along at 2000 fps interesting .... Wonder if it's been done ? Hey these guys seem half ways smart , let's ask
Hey guys
Any one have any info on extrem long boolits ? I mean like 3 -5 inches long ? Has it been tried ?
