Whatever came of the 375 Beartooth?

I am glad someone else is looking at this.
I am thinking the total water capacity is about 60.0 grains of water.
With a bullet seated to the bottem of the neck this would leave about 44.3 grains of water.
With bullet seated to .375 deep, you have about 49.9 grains of water.

this meanswith a 380 grain bullet and 40.0 gr of IMR 4064 you should get about 1,850 fps. at about 46,800 PSI.

With a 400 grain bullet I was thinking you could get 1,850 fps with 42.5 grains of IMR 4064. this at about 49,350 PSI.

I was thinking about a 24" barrel.

This cartridge should also be interesting with Black powder and paper patch bullets.

What do you think is the best bullet weight?

Gentlemen,

The cartridge is based on a .458x2" case originally, but since have altered plans and will employ the .350 Remington Mag case for a basis, but the dimensions will remain unchanged. (the neck thickness is better suited using the .350 Rem brass).

Here's the link, with the case drawings and other pertinent specifications.

<a href="http://beartoothbullets.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/topic.cgi?forum=15&topic=11" target='_blank'>http://beartoothbullets.com/cgi-bin....opic=11</a>

I think this will be a real performer once put into the field!

God Bless,

Marshall

To be honest I have no experience wildcatting so probably don't have much constructive to say about this choice of parent case, but isn't there another case with similar qualities that isn't obsolete.  I don't know of any popular cartridges that are based on the 350 Rem Mag.  The 348 Win at least has hardcore 500 Linebaugh fans to keep it alive not to mention the dyed-in-the-wool 348 shooters that hang around here.  How about basing on a common case with simple forming requirements, a la JDJones?  Maybe use a 45/70 case or something.  I don't know how original this wildcat has to be but there are changes that can make it different (shoulder angle, neck length, etc).  It was mentioned by Alk8944 that the 45/70 version of this caliber has been done before.  Was that with cast or jacketed bullets?  Your's would be a cast bullet cartridge I'm sure, perhaps providing a differentiation on that point.

Don't get me wrong here...I'm not being critical to be a jerk.  I'm just interested in the practicality.  Besides, one of these days I'll be interested (as in "afford") in building a 375 SLG (SuperLeverGun) and want to be sure that cases are readily available.

Hope you get a chance to get started on this project soon. I'm extremely interested in seeing the results.

There continues to be some confusion on the .375 Beartooth. Maybe this post will clear up some of it.
The revised case is made on the .350 Rem Mag. Any .375 H&H case will work, however to gain a little case capacity and require less neck reaming, the .350 Rem case was recommended. It should be undestood that this wildcat was tailored to fit the big Marlin .450 action. The length of the case was designed for cast BTB's, with the shoulder moved back to cover all the lube grooves!This gave less case capacity than some people wanted, but due to the ovarall length needed for the Marlin, we still have to live with it. There are many wildcats out there, but this one is designed anound BTB's and the Marlin .450 action. There has to be no modifacation at all to the action.
The posted loading data was designed around IMR powders and their avg .86 density to water. The loads were based on the working pressure most believe is suitable for the Marlin action. For the brave at heart. there is plenty of case capacity to up the pressures with high density Ball powders.