[cpileri]

Where if anywhere can I find a complete list of all the wildcat cartridges cased on the 30-06 brass?
either necked down, necked up, or even by cutting the brass down?
You'd think there'd be a list somewhere, but i can't seem to find it.
thansk,
C-

[Jagermeister]

This is what I have. There is also a 25-06 and that follows on another post. These are taken from Ctgs of the World.

6.5mm/06
Introduced: 1913
Originator: Charles Newton
Other Names: 256/06
Dimensional Data:
Bullet: .264
Neck: .300
Shoulder: .439
Base: .471
Rim: .473
Case Length: 2.50
Ctge Length: 2.80
Twist: 9-10
Loading data:
Bullet: Pwdr: Gn: MV: ME:
85gn H-414 55 3610 2461
100gn H4831 62 3445 2625
120gn H4831 58 3175 2680
140gn H4831 56 3000 2800
165gn H4831 54 2825 2922
There is little difference between the 256 Newton and the 6.5mm/06, the latter being the wildcat version. The 6.5mm/06 achieved a degree of popularity in the immediate post-WWII era because of the influx of surplus 6.5mm military rifles. This case is easy to form and will work through any
standard-length bolt action with little or no alteration.

7mm-06
Introduced: 1940
Other Names: 285 OKH
7mm-06 Mashburn
Originator: O'Nkeil-Keith-Hopkins
Dimensional Data:
Bullet: .284
Neck: .315
Shoulder: .442
Rim: .470
Base: .472
Case Length: 2.55
Ctge Length: 3.25
Twist: 10
Reload Data:
SEE REMINGTON 280
Although different cartridges, they are put together because they are practically identical and also identical to the 280 Remington. The 285 OKH originally used a duplex loading consisting of different powders with different burning rates loaded one on top of the other. It also employed a
long flash tube that ignited the power at thefront of the case instead of the rear.

8mm-06
Introduced: Shortly after WWII
Other Names: 8X63mm
8X63mm (S)Caliber
Dimensional Data:
Bullet: .323
Neck: .351
Shoulder: .441
Base: .470
Rim: .473
Case Length: 2.47
Ctge Length: 3.25
Twist: 9-10
Immediately after WWII, numerous individuals found themselves in possession of 8mm Mauser military for which the could not obtain suitable ammunition. The rifles were then re-chambered for the 30-06 case, then expanded the neck to take .323" bullets. The end result was the 8mm

338-06
Introduced: 1958
Dimensional Data:
Bullet: .338
Neck: .360
Shoulder: .440
Base: .470
Rim: .473
Case Length: 2.48
Ctge Length: 3.37
Twist: 10

30-06 IMPROVED:
Introduced: 1944
Originator: P.O. Ackley
Dimensional Data:
Bullet: .308
Neck: .340
Shoulder: .454
Base: .470
Rim: .473
Case Length: 2.49
Ctge Length: 3.35
Twist: 10
The 30-06 Improved is the standard 06 fire-formed in the new chamber. Headspace is the same, but the improved case has a more abrupt shoulder4, less body taper and a larger shoulder
diameter.


JM

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25-06

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[cpileri]

I saw the Hawk line of 30-06 wildcats, and some over on the SSK website: even some that use a 50BMG projectile- although I can't figure out if that stumpy looking case of the 50 BMG Whisper is a cut down 30-06 or not.

Will that even work? The interior diameter of the 30-06 never approaches .510 does it? The rim is .473!

I am just trying to see what kind of versatility the venerable -06 can have in all its forms.
C-

[Vern Humphrey]

Then there is the .35 Whelen (the .30-06 necked up to .358) and the .35 Brown-Whelen (a more radical form, with the chamber blown out and the shoulder sharpened and pushed forward.)

Bigfoot Wallace, my elk rifle, is a custom ,03 Springfield in .35 Brown-Whelen and drives a 225 grain Nosler Partition Jacket an honest 2,800 fps.

[Jim K]

There really are too many to list, and more are being invented all the time. At a minimum, .240 Gibbs, .240 Super, .25-06, .26 Epps, .263 Sabre, 6mm-06, 6.5mm-06, 7mm-06, 8mm-06, .270-06, .35 Whelan, and all the "improved" versions with blown out shoulders. If you count all the rounds using the .30-'06 base diameter, you can add dozens more. You would also have to include rounds using the 8/7mm Mauser, .300 Savage, and .308, since they have the same base diameter as the .30-'06.

Jim