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Any young wildcat lovers here? I was in my thirties when the bug bit me. What do you guys have?
"Only Christ is the fullness of God's revelation."
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My early twenties I was getting Varmint Hunter magazines. None other than our own Steve Timm's writings got me to have a Holland 280 ackley built and later a 243 ackley. Both are now owned by 24 members. I miss his stories/writeups.
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Partly why I joined the Fire, found out that Steve posted here.
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7mm Mashburn Super and a 35 Newton here. Like them both.
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not very young but love my 270-300 win mag.
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Not a youngster but having fun with a 6mm wsm
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Had an 8mm Gibbs built for my Dad when I was 20...22 years ago. Still love shooting it and working up loads. Dad hasn't used it much since his vision got wonky(his eyes can't focus on a scope very good anymore).
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I don't always shoot Mausers, but when I do...I prefer VZ-24s.
jdi do píči
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Been thru several wildcats. Got rid of them all eventually mainly due to overlap of common cartridges performance wise.
Kept my 280 Ackley and plan to go thru full scale research with it in all bullet weights that interest me.
"I never thought I'd live to see the day that a U.S. president would raise an army to invade his own country."
Robert E. Lee
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No longer "young", but got my first wildcat when I was about 21, a .411 KDF Magnum. I was a sucker for oddballs even then, and an article by Craig Boddington led me to believe I could not live without a .411. He shot a bull Nilgai with one with a Texas heart shot and it exited front of the chest. He said it was the most "sterling" performance he had ever seen from a soft point bullet, a 330 gr Barnes Original if memory serves.
My only other wildcats are a .375-06 JDJ, an 8mm-06 and a 9x57R, which is basically a wildcat now.
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I'm not young any more either, but back in the day I had to have a 240 Gibbs. Built one on a HVA action, douglas barrel, and the very latest in stocks, a thumb hole laminated heavy barrel varmint stock. What a ride. I finally had Fred Sinclair set the barrel back and it became a 6mm. Those were the days.
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I was 18 when I had my first 25-06 Ackley and 280 Ackley put together, and bought my first chronograph. So I was fairly young when I went through the hotrodding and wildcat phase, and subsequent realization of the futility of such ventures.
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So I was fairly young when I went through the hotrodding and wildcat phase, and subsequent realization of the futility of such ventures. Some kids never grow up. 
A wise man is frequently humbled.
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My dad never even owned a rifle, just did a little pheasant hunting. I became a gun looney on my own. I got my first wildcat when I was 27, a Remington 700 LSS I had rebarreled to 30-06 AI, a #5 fluted Shilen. 19 years later I still have that rifle. I also currently have two 6.5 SAUMs, a 6x45 and a .280 AI and have owned and taken game with a 6.5 WSM.
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Late to the party and thought I would swear them off but doing a 6mm AI now and thinking about a series on the 280 AI case from 6.5 to .33. Just one body reamer and then different throat and neck reamers. My 7RM is in danger of becoming a Mashie too the barrel is on it's last legs so why not?
"When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred." Niccolo Machiavelli
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Late to the party and thought I would swear them off but doing a 6mm AI now and thinking about a series on the 280 AI case from 6.5 to .33. Just one body reamer and then different throat and neck reamers. My 7RM is in danger of becoming a Mashie too the barrel is on it's last legs so why not? Sounds like me. I keep thinking this is my last one.
"Only Christ is the fullness of God's revelation."
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I was 18 when I had my first 25-06 Ackley and 280 Ackley put together, and bought my first chronograph. So I was fairly young when I went through the hotrodding and wildcat phase, and subsequent realization of the futility of such ventures. You and me both my man.... I shoot a 7-08 now.....Grin....
- Greg
Success is found at the intersection of planning, hard work, and stubbornness.
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I wonder if I'm still young sometimes, but I just recently took a prewar FN Mauser action in to get some work done on it and have a .411 Ryan barrel installed.
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Went crazy over the 17 Ack Hornet, 223 AI, 22/250 AI, 243AI, 6 AI, then with the 257 Weatheby Mag(100's at 3850), all with zero freebore, then 7 STW with zero freebore with a 11 twist for the 140's at 3700.
Was shooting 20K+ a year on p. dogs, chucks, ground squirrels, j. rabbits, and coyotes.
No down side when you love to see hair fly!
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280AI and 30-338 for me but I'm not young either.
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Had a couple over the years, but none currently. 6.5-06, 223AI and 375CT.
Was reading about the 7mmCreedmoor the other day.
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