rahtreelimbs,
Lonie and I had a few conversations about cartridges before I made my last wildcat. He told me he does 1000 yard competition. He said his first "test" was with a .243 Win necked to .224. He didn't even get 500 rounds before it lost its competitive accuracy. He then did a .244 Rem with which he got 2,000 rounds of competitive accuracy. He check with the guys who do the bullet testing and load developing. They told him the cases like the .234, .300 Win Mag, 7 Rem Mag and all the new short fat magnum barrels get replaced at about 350 rounds.
Therefore my newest .224 wildcat is a .264 Win Mag neck down and shortened to achieve .30-06 case capacity with a 7/16" long neck. The case diameter to the neck diameter is 2.1:1. I modeled it after the new 5x35 neck and shoulder. That is suppose to be good. I don't know if it is, but it looks cool.
