just thinking about what my next purchase will be and was reading a little about 300 whisper. it got me thinking about what other wildcats may be out there based on the 223. if i remember right there is a 7mm or 270 wildcat? what about 243? or 257?
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just thinking about what my next purchase will be and was reading a little about 300 whisper. it got me thinking about what other wildcats may be out there based on the 223. if i remember right there is a 7mm or 270 wildcat? what about 243? or 257?
Sure, there are a bunch of wildcats based off the 223 case... or close to it.
But the 300 Whisper is not based on the 223. It is based on the 221 Fireball. It is a shorter case than the 223. SSK Industried patented the Whisper trademark and many others have built the same cartridge under differrent names like 300/221 Fireball, 300 Fireball etc.
17/223
17 Remington
19-223 Calhoon
20 Tactical
20 Practical
20/223
223 Ackley Improved
6x45
6mm TCU
25/223
25x45
6.5x45
5.5mm TCU
7x45
7mm TCU
This is just a short list, but just what I could come up with off the top of my head.
There's pistol ammo that the .223 case can be used for like 9x23 also I'm sure a guy could blow out the case shorten it and basicly have a rimless .357 mag (is that the .357 auto mag?) Imagine blowing out the case straight and having a .357 insano mag haha (basicly 9x43) that would be a thumper.
On a side note I've though about blowing out a 7.62x39 and cutting it down, might work for a rimless .44 mag