7mm Ugalde Question

[Riesel]

Is the 7 Ugalde the same as the 7mm TCU?
Asking for a friend

 

[Ramblerman]

I believe so...but @JSH would know for sure I'm bettin'.

 

[lb-ft]

I know the U in TCU stands for Ugalde.

 

[JSH]

Maybe slight differences. I would say over all chamber may be better than the TCU, but as I recall the same dies could be used. I have not layed eyes on a Ugalde chambered anything for a long time.
If it is a Ugalde barrel for a Contender, it may not work on other frames. He used a tapered pin of his design.

Maybe my next barrel for a Howa Mini and mark it 7mm Ugalde, much like Ruger doing the 257 Rigby. It is one of the easiest wildcats (my first) to work with. OAL may be the major issue in a magazine rifle.
Jeff

 

[Pawnee Bill]

Is that anywhere close to a 7 Bascum?

 

[JSH]

Is that anywhere close to a 7 Bascum?

That’s a new one on me.
7TCU just a necked up 223

 

[SEM]

7 TCU was what TC finally settled on for their nomenclature Thompson Center Ugalde, it is the same if it was the final cartridge 7 Ugalde more than likely it is

 

[Pawnee Bill]

That’s a new one on me.
7TCU just a necked up 223

It was new to me too. A friend of mine was telling me about one. Sounds like a short, blowed out 30-30.

 

[JSH]

It was new to me too. A friend of mine was telling me about one. Sounds like a short, blowed out 30-30.

Sounds similar to a 7US.

 

[Riesel]

I thought it would be a terrific pistol to shoot and it looked to be in really good condition. I bowed out at 356.00 as it was losing some of it's terrific-ness.
Gets to the point were the enthusiasm starts to wan. Four days left on this to bid so I'm thinking it's moving on up there. It's a Remington XP-100 pistol
with a 13 inch barrel. Would have been a hoot to shoot in 7mm TCU.

 

[Old Navy]

I thought it would be a terrific pistol to shoot and it looked to be in really good condition. I bowed out at 356.00 as it was losing some of it's terrific-ness.
Gets to the point were the enthusiasm starts to wan. Four days left on this to bid so I'm thinking it's moving on up there. It's a Remington XP-100 pistol
with a 13 inch barrel. Would have been a hoot to shoot in 7mm TCU.

If it is a center grip XP it is worth a lot more than that. All my XPs came with 15" barrels.

 

[7mm TCU]

The 7mm Ugalde came out years before it was tied to Thompson Center, it took on the Thompson Center Ugalde or TCU name after Wes Ugalde was contacted by Thompson Center to make a partnership & start production of Wes's Wildcats, The first Wildcat that he came up was the 6.5 Ugalde, it came out in 1967 i believe.

 

[k80skeet]

7 TCU was what TC finally settled on for their nomenclature Thompson Center Ugalde, it is the same if it was the final cartridge 7 Ugalde more than likely it is

You are 100% correct. That's why it is called TCU.