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Allen Precision Shooting, New wildcat chamberings!!
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<blockquote data-quote="Swamplord" data-source="post: 1561300" data-attributes="member: 2460"><p>[ATTACH=full]119997[/ATTACH] Kirby, the 500 Jeffery is probably the fattest case you can safely run in 338 Lapua based actions, as you know I've been playing around with the Big Jeff case near a decade now from 30 cal to 416 cal, one issue that prevented me from pushing these wildcats more is the parent brass was never made to be run at 65k psi, more like 45-50k tops, velocity goals were achieved at the expense of blasting primer pockets and extreme expansion in the web on the first shot</p><p></p><p>due to the issues we encountered with the 500 Jeffery brass, the wildcat cartridges were shelved with minimum fanfare or publicity, </p><p></p><p>Now we have returned full force and completely redesigned everything from the ground up and have what I call the "Executioner" parent case, 375 cal in a full length case mimics case h20 of the 375 CT but is compatible in 338 Lapua actions safely, 30 cal is optimized in case capacity at 338 Lapua case length but still has more capacity than the XC or Raptor making for an easy repeater for hunting use, brass will go into production in a bit after we complete our testing</p><p></p><p>more info here </p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1154798914695763&id=676994269142899" target="_blank">https://facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1154798914695763&id=676994269142899</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Swamplord, post: 1561300, member: 2460"] [ATTACH=full]119997[/ATTACH] Kirby, the 500 Jeffery is probably the fattest case you can safely run in 338 Lapua based actions, as you know I've been playing around with the Big Jeff case near a decade now from 30 cal to 416 cal, one issue that prevented me from pushing these wildcats more is the parent brass was never made to be run at 65k psi, more like 45-50k tops, velocity goals were achieved at the expense of blasting primer pockets and extreme expansion in the web on the first shot due to the issues we encountered with the 500 Jeffery brass, the wildcat cartridges were shelved with minimum fanfare or publicity, Now we have returned full force and completely redesigned everything from the ground up and have what I call the "Executioner" parent case, 375 cal in a full length case mimics case h20 of the 375 CT but is compatible in 338 Lapua actions safely, 30 cal is optimized in case capacity at 338 Lapua case length but still has more capacity than the XC or Raptor making for an easy repeater for hunting use, brass will go into production in a bit after we complete our testing more info here [URL]https://facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1154798914695763&id=676994269142899[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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