Heck of a project but... Me? I'd take a .338 RUM and run with it. Good factory ammo avail, dies & components readily avail, loading data readily avail and very good performance. Easily done in either a Rem 700 or a Win Model 70.
To me the whole intent of a project like this is simply "Having Fun"!!! If you have the means and it's a enjoyable hobby, why not play? We let our children play all the time "not with these types of toys" but, we still let them play. Obviously Rick isn't trying to reinvent the wheel, just had a brainstorm and followed through with it in which I commend him for.
Great work Rick,
Rob
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If you look on page 375 of P.O. Ackley's hand book for shooter's and reloader's you will find the 6.5/300 Weatherby-Wright Magnum which was developed for the 1000yd. range.two loads shown has 202 Hodgdon = 3429 or H870 at 3400 which should be very close to what your talking about. Cheers NC
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I shot the .375 Chatfield-Taylor for several years and it was a great rifle and duplicated the .375 H&H...I suspect the .375 Ruger is a better bet today than any wildcat.
1] The lack of previous load data makes you think every time you pull the trigger; and
2] You have better appreciation of the potential for catastrophe even with standard cartridges.
We call this fun.
When I bought my first .325 WSM there was hardly any loading data for it yet... so I can relate, 100%. Spooky feeling and it makes it harder to shoot accuratly.
