6.8 western based wildcats

[Grizzle]

With adg now making 6.8 western brass has anyone here started necking up or down? Seems like a great case to build off dimensionaly, short action steep shoulder ect.
Neck up to 7 or down to 6.5 in one step, two bushings to 6mm or 30, hell I'm sure someone will .338 it for that matter. Lots of possibilities now that quality brass has been confirmed. I could see the 7mm being very popular and selfishly hope someone is working on a 6mm.
Anyone already try this?

 

[Brandon.miller.4]

I thought about it very seriously for a 25 wildcat but lack of a reamer already made, ultimately pushed me to a 25-7prc. I did like the case specs for use with a 25 cal 133 berger.

 

[Grizzle]

Fair enough, hopefully with the brass comes interest and tooling will follow. I think the case would really suit something in the 6 to 7mm range

 

[Brandon.miller.4]

If tooling becomes available I'm sure people will jump on it.

 

[tater]

A great start here:

The .257 Marksman (25 western)

As some of you guys know I've been putting together a wildcat, well it's here. Purpose is a cartridge that fits good in a SA magnum launching the 130 class .257 projectiles at 3000 fps plus with a 20 inch or less suppressed rifle. Barrel life be damned 😁 It's not anything too crazy, simply a...

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[TaperPin]

 

[Lawnboi]

Might be a good case if quality brass continues to be provided for it. I don’t see it being a regular offering though, for that reason if I was going to wildcat it would be off something that has a good source of quality brass.

 

[Grizzle]

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Am I reading this as it's too close to a wsm case and with tooling available for 7 wsm it wouldn't be worthwhile? I'm not an expert at reading those schematics but I was under the impression the western case was an improvement on the wsm although I realize they are quite close

 

[Hoghead]

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[TaperPin]

The WSM is close, but the SAUM is really close and is a common source of brass for the 6.8. Using the same fast twist barrel, any difference would be very slight. The other two have a normal SAAMI barrel twist that’s slower, but in a custom barrel that’s not a concern since any twist can be specified (and it should be specified or you’ll get the SAAMI standard).

 

[WKR]

25 Cal is done and is awesome. Reamer is currently available for rent

6mm version coming soon

Overall it's a great case to work with, if anyone is wanting to design their own reamer, pm me and I'll let you know what I've learned

 

[SloppyJ]

25 Cal is done and is awesome. Reamer is currently available for rent

6mm version coming soon

Overall it's a great case to work with, if anyone is wanting to design their own reamer, pm me and I'll let you know what I've learned

A man of the community!

 

[Brandon.miller.4]

What did it cost to design your own reamer?

 

[B23]

To me the 6.8 Western is kind of like a RSAUM improved but without having to fireform it.

With good brass from ADG now available I could see the 257 Western and 6 Western wildcats becoming popular choices.

 

[can1010]

have been shooting a 30-6.8W since the SAAMI prints came out. it is an accurate, easy to tune round that keeps close to factory 300wm ammo with velocities in the 3000-3050 fps range with 180gr and using about 10gr less powder.
if you look closely the western reamer is basically the WSM ran short making it an easy wildcat to do and just shortened the WSM sizing, seating dies which saves on custom dies.

 

[WKR]

What did it cost to design your own reamer?

$320 for a jgs reamer