.375/.308 Wildcat

COLORADOJEFF · #1 10-08-2010, 10:37 AM

Has enyone tried the .375/.308 or .375/.356?

broom_jm · #2 10-08-2010, 10:43 AM

Safe to say that someone has tried virtually everything you can think of, but there's no reason not to do it again!

http://shootersforum.com/printthread...9&pp=15&page=2 (Find the 375 Jaguar, about halfway down the page)

Blackhawk44 · #3 10-08-2010, 07:32 PM

Check with Handloader magazine. They had an article on the .375/.308 back in the late 1970's or early 1980's.

Huntdaddy1 · #4 10-08-2010, 07:38 PM

I know of a fairly obscure wildcat called the 375 Forsberg that was a 375 bullet in a shortened 308 case. I think Frank Barnes listed it in a volume of "Cartridges of the World". HD1

broom_jm · #5 10-09-2010, 05:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Huntdaddy1

I know of a fairly obscure wildcat called the 375 Forsberg that was a 375 bullet in a shortened 308 case. I think Frank Barnes listed it in a volume of "Cartridges of the World". HD1

HD - do you happen to know what the case length was for the 375 Forsberg?

Huntdaddy1 · #6 10-16-2010, 03:57 PM

I think the .375 Forsberg uses a similar case length as the 308 x 1.5" cartridge. I'll look for my copy of C.O.T.W. I can't remember what edition it was in, but I'll check. HD1

Huntdaddy1 · #7 10-16-2010, 04:12 PM

I just ran across some ballistics.....Muzzle Energy: 2,440
Velocity: 2,016
270 gr. Bullet

Con · #8 10-17-2010, 11:17 AM

Dies from CH/4D ... figure on about 2400-2600fps with a 200gr projectile from a 20" barrel.

I built one, sold it ... about to build another. Wont do anything a 358Win wont do, but its a fun little cartridge.
Cheers...
Con

Old Grump · #9 10-17-2010, 02:12 PM

Don't know anybody who went down to 30 caliber but I know of a guy who went down to .338 and he loves it. I have no numbers only that he seems to be pretty pleased with the results.