Has anyone ever heard of Reuter & Reynolds Brass?

[.30 Hembrook Long]

Howdy.

I saw for sale on gunbroker a .30 Hembrook Long cartridge made by "Reuter & Reynolds" with a RR headstamp.

I have never heard of Reuter & Reynolds, and as the creator of the .30 Hembrook Long, I was wanting to ask how they ended up creating it.

If anyone has any information about them, I would welcome it.

Thanks,

Robert Hembrook

 

[Hoot]

I found this mention with Google:

"those are made in South Africa for Will Reuter and Ed Reynolds, (Reuter & Reynolds) Both of whom like & sell wildcats."

Not much to go on, I admit...

Hoot

 

[.30 Hembrook Long]

Hoot:

Your google-fu is better than mine.

I will try digging some more. I am flattered and all. The info for the cartridge has been available in wildern.de, a German wildcat site for a decade or so. Likely they got it there.

Thanks,

 

[piie]

Taking a wild stab here that may or may not help you further - if the brass was indeed made in South Africa - PMP (Pretoria Metal Pressings) would jump to mind as the probable manufacturer...

 

[old_heli_logger]

Howdy.

I saw for sale on gunbroker a .30 Hembrook Long cartridge made by "Reuter & Reynolds" with a RR headstamp.

I have never heard of Reuter & Reynolds, and as the creator of the .30 Hembrook Long, I was wanting to ask how they ended up creating it.

If anyone has any information about them, I would welcome it.

Thanks,

Robert Hembrook

Interesting! Please tell us more about your wildcat cartridge.
Thanks!

 

[.30 Hembrook Long]

Essentially I was looking at some cartridges and held a 9.3x64 in my hand along with a 9,3x62 (one of my favorites) and a .30-06. It tumbled to me "what if I use the Brenneke brass, but in .30 caliber" so that was the nugget of what I started with. I moved the shoulder forward, made it a 30 degree angle, and took some taper out of the case, to make sure it would not inadvertently be dropped in a 9,3x64 chamber if someone reformed that brass.

So I ended up with a cartridge that fits standard actions, has a 1-caliber neck, and does pretty well for itself. Case capacity is 82 grains of water, so squarely in the range of the .300 WSM and .300 WIN Mag for capacity with similar performance. 165s in the 3350 range with a 26" barrel, that sort of thing.

Both Manson and PTG have reamers available for it. I had Quality Cartridge make a run of correctly formed and headstamped brass. You can also reform 9.3x64 brass. Necking it down creates a false shoulder you can fireform from.

Here is a quick picture:


I had Mcgowen make me some barrels. One on a Savage long action and a couple which they fit up to Dumolin Mauser actions. It shoots well:

 

[.30 Hembrook Long]

Reviving a zombie thread, here is what a .30 Hembrook looks like in South Africa, on a Lechwe I shot in the Karoo in 2022