The only wildcat with the Clark name that I am aware of is the "224 Clark". When and where did you become aware of a 264 Clark?chuckls said:Can anyone give me some information on this cartridge? What standard cartridge was it developed from?
Any info on reloading?
I came across the gun at a show in California. The fellow that had it got it from an estate nearby and had no ammunition, dies, etc. to go with it. Looked to me like an interesting project if I could get a little insight about it.NITRO said:The only wildcat with the Clark name that I am aware of is the "224 Clark". When and where did you become aware of a 264 Clark?
chuckls said:I came across the gun at a show in California. The fellow that had it got it from an estate nearby and had no ammunition, dies, etc. to go with it. Looked to me like an interesting project if I could get a little insight about it.
chuckls said:I came across the gun at a show in California. The fellow that had it got it from an estate nearby and had no ammunition, dies, etc. to go with it. Looked to me like an interesting project if I could get a little insight about it.
Well, when we deign to go off the beaten path, we can expect to pay a price for it. Years and years ago, I coined a phrase that has come back to bite me over and over again: "There is a price in life for everything you do. Sooner or later, you will pay it." I've been paying the price ever since I turned down the Navy, who wanted to put me through school and then onto nuclear submarines as a LT-JG. I'd be an O-6 by now, or maybe even retired. I declined to join on November 2, 1976-- the day Carter was elected. Biggest mistake I ever made in my whole life. But you can't go back...You will not like the price.
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I have a dream also so how do you find a gunsmith willing to take a challenge to help build a new wildcat cartridge that will put a 6.5 140gr bullet over 4000 fps?Well, when we deign to go off the beaten path, we can expect to pay a price for it. Years and years ago, I coined a phrase that has come back to bite me over and over again: "There is a price in life for everything you do. Sooner or later, you will pay it." I've been paying the price ever since I turned down the Navy, who wanted to put me through school and then onto nuclear submarines as a LT-JG. I'd be an O-6 by now, or maybe even retired. I declined to join on November 2, 1976-- the day Carter was elected. Biggest mistake I ever made in my whole life. But you can't go back...
Per wildcatting and costs thereof, we expect to pay through the nose for ammo that we can't just go down to the sportin' goods store and buy right off the shelf. But therein is the allure. It's the uniqueness of what we've created that drives us. And we get to experiment over ground that relatively very few shooters have ever tread.
I'll spend roughly $2,500 on my project before the first bullet is launched. The idea for my round emerged from the mist in my mind in July of 2008. Various stumbling blocks kept any real progress from obtaining until January 2011. I lost ten months to a super-premium, cut-rifled barrelmaker who said he could do the job but never sent Chip One flying. I canceled that order on March 19. My new Hart barrel should be in my gunsmith's hands in about two weeks. I hope to see the rifle by middle to later July: Four years from vague idea to flyin' lead.
So don't blanch at the price for a single set of oddball reloading dies. Look at it as an investment in something that interests you. Try to optimize your numbers. Fine-tune your best load such that you can predict the velocity and point-of-impact down to splittin' a red hair. Then take that gun to a shoot-- and take home a prize...
There are several guys who do these kind of wild and crazy things on another gun-related site at which I am a member. PM me if you want the name of the site. Good manners dictates that I not mention it here.... . . put a 6.5mm, 140-grain bullet over 4000 fps?
