I just purchased and started shooting a 7mm-300 WM and I love it. It got me thinking, what are some of your favourite wildcats for long-range and precision use? Maybe a few short sentences on why you chose it and some specs of your rifle/cartridge. Curious to see what you all use!
Favourite Long-Range or Extreme Long Range WILDCATS?
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I gotta say my favourite was 7-300 cut for the bullet of your choice
300 win mag brass is easy to find
Fits a standard magnum bolt face
Lots of high BC 7mm bullets to work with
You’re not burning huge amounts of powder and buying heavy, expensive 338 and up bullets
And if you wanted to get going long range on the cheap you could just run the reamer into a 7mag with the appropriate twist rate and you’re done. Assuming of course the original barrel was screwed on square to begin with
I do have a 30-338 lapua reamer to try next but as of yet the 7-300 has been my favourite
300 win mag brass is easy to find
Fits a standard magnum bolt face
Lots of high BC 7mm bullets to work with
You’re not burning huge amounts of powder and buying heavy, expensive 338 and up bullets
And if you wanted to get going long range on the cheap you could just run the reamer into a 7mag with the appropriate twist rate and you’re done. Assuming of course the original barrel was screwed on square to begin with
I do have a 30-338 lapua reamer to try next but as of yet the 7-300 has been my favourite
If I were to build another long range boomer it would be a 300 norma mag. Lapua makes brass and with the new 250 gr atip from hornady that rivals everyother bullet for bc out there it should be a winner. I'd run a 1:8 twist barrel 30 inches or longer on a rem 700 clone in a chassis. That would be my ultimate long range magnum. I've just started getting comfortable inside of 800 and for what I do standard rounds like 308 and 7mm08 are my go too. Little recoil and great accuracy
7.62x51+6. This is made by simply running a 308 reamer in an extra 6mm. Brass is formed by necking down 8x57 and fireforming. The result is a cartridge a little more than halfway between a 308 and 30/06. This yields just enough capacity to stay supersonic to longer distances and enough to improve ballistics with heavier vld bullets. Alternatively, one could simply use the 7,5x55 Swiss and do the same thing!
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The question really depends on how far "long range" means to you.... There are now a number of accurate, high bc bullets in small cals that don't need alot of case to get out to 1 mile+
1800yds, is not that far anymore. 2000yds, gets a little more demanding. 2200yds and beyond more so.
If you are thinking 2 miles, then we enter the world of the big boomers.
So how far do you want to reach out?
Jerry
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If I was going to have another one built now I would prob go with a big cased 375. Have a 338 edge ai, the 300gr berger and some h1000 has given some great accuracy at 1200+ its a pretty awesome LR plinker.
My supply of wildcats is dwindling but of those left I'll take the 7-300 Win. It's got a lot going for it; abundant brass, no need for muzzle brakes in portable rifles, or need for custom dies, COAL/Mag-box compatability with long and slippery bullets, and being about all the powder you should reasonably try to shove down a .284 hole anyway. If you don't mind wrecking your brass you could shoot 7 Rem in it in pinch (But you never heard that from me) Mine's a 26" 1-8"and keeps up with a 28" STW that I use the same 180 VLDs in. It also kills the hell out of things if that matters to you at all. I like using mine silenced and watching the bullets hit unhappy goats.
Or the .338 Edge; in a 15 pound rifle sort of way. Can't not like it.
Or the .338 Edge; in a 15 pound rifle sort of way. Can't not like it.
Yeah; they don't have time to acquire a taste for it.
6mm Mach IV, 7 STW when it was still a wildcat. 338 Lapua improved. 240 and 7mm Gibbs. Too many choices. - dan
I built a 338 Sherman short mag, SAUM based wildcat. I'm shooting a 250 berger in the 2750-2850 range while testing different powders. I'll likely settle around that 2750 mark after some fine tuning to save brass, even thoiugh I'm using good quality brass made by ADG. I'm getting that in the 60 ish grain range of powder and a COAL of 2.90". It's built on a Remington 700 WSM short action.
