What Wildcats Made From .223 Brass

[USMCDOC]

Where the shoulders are pushed back.. reason that i ask is that i made the error of pushing the shoulder back on about 106 new and once fired Lapua brass.. if there is a chance that someone can salvage them in a wildcat, then i would rather sell them than trash em in the recycle bucket..

 

[Keith Glasscock]

Don't know for sure, but 221 fireball or 300 Blackout are likely candidates...

 

[USMCDOC]

Don't know for sure, but 221 fireball or 300 Blackout are likely candidates...

Thanks Keith!

 

[sawcarver]

If the bullet is jammed into the rifling and fire formed the shoulders would go back to where they need to be then you could use them.

Or if you don't want to mess with them really anything you have to fireform would work. 221FB, 6TCU, 6.5TCU, 7TCU, 300whisper, lots of other options

 

[USMCDOC]

If the bullet is jammed into the rifling and fire formed the shoulders would go back to where they need to be then you could use them.

Or if you don't want to mess with them really anything you have to fireform would work. 221FB, 6TCU, 6.5TCU, 7TCU, 300whisper, lots of other options

Understand where your coming from. My load is the bullet in the lands.

 

[swd]

The Tac 20 pushes the shoulder back just like the 6SLR.

 

[Greyfox]

Where the shoulders are pushed back.. reason that i ask is that i made the error of pushing the shoulder back on about 106 new and once fired Lapua brass.. if there is a chance that someone can salvage them in a wildcat, then i would rather sell them than trash em in the recycle bucket..

Lots of stuff. .222 and all it's variations can be made. .221 Fireball and it's children, 20 Vartarg, 20 Vartarg Turbo, 17 MKIV or 17 Fireball, 300 Blackout or Whisper was mentioned. All of the TCU cases, but they use a full length case, so it might now help if your shoulder is too far back. The Vartarg and Fireball would like be the best candidates. These are probably the best known and depending on the price, someone will want them. I'm pretty sure that you can list them with a price that will allow the buyer to deal with the possible problems and you will sell them.

Rick

 

[lpreddick]

Depending on how far you pushed the shoulder, you might have a neck thickness problem if used for one of the mentioned cases. I needed 222 Rem mag brass and decided to push shoulder back on some 204 Ruger. This worked, except shoulder brass was now the lower part of the neck and it was much thicker. If I seated bullet above the thick area...no problem, but any deeper, I had to turn lower neck. I doubt you pushed them too far to salvage by jamming bullet and "fireforming" them.

 

[grovey]

How about expanding them up to 6mm, and then resizing to form a false shoulder?

 

[USMCDOC]

Depending on how far you pushed the shoulder, you might have a neck thickness problem if used for one of the mentioned cases. I needed 222 Rem mag brass and decided to push shoulder back on some 204 Ruger. This worked, except shoulder brass was now the lower part of the neck and it was much thicker. If I seated bullet above the thick area...no problem, but any deeper, I had to turn lower neck. I doubt you pushed them too far to salvage by jamming bullet and "fireforming" them.

Oh.. as much as 10K

 

[USMCDOC]

How about expanding them up to 6mm, and then resizing to form a false shoulder?

i have thought about that or jamming the bullet..

 

[wholman]

just jam hard and shoot with a stout load.
you can save the brass.

 

[223Randy]

223 short is made from. 223 brass
New wildcat that is being worked out
Probably could just reload and ff as mentioned above

 

[USMCDOC]

223 short is made from. 223 brass
New wildcat that is being worked out
Probably could just reload and ff as mentioned above

You're going to have to give more details.. i "DuckDuckgo Fu'd" it and didn't come up with anything..

 

[geraldgee]

Have you considered the 7.62x49 WT - AR15 platform.

https://www.wilsoncombat.com/7-62x40-wt-rifles/

 

[USMCDOC]

Have you considered the 7.62x49 WT - AR15 platform.

https://www.wilsoncombat.com/7-62x40-wt-rifles/

Thanks for posting that.. wonder how well this would work say with 115s in a 24" 17 twist barrel? or a 13 twist even!

 

[223Randy]

usmcdoc,
Sorry thought there was info on here about, guess not. It is on Savage shooters site, and looks interesting. I am in process of making one, as i like that kind of thing. For more info start here
http://www.savageshooters.com/showthread.php?58496-223-Short-Savage

 

[snert]

DOC,

Can' believe no one thought of this yet.

"Sorry for your loss. Since they are totally hopeless and could be thrown in the trash for scrap, I will help you out. I will pay bulk shipping USPS and $5 to soothe the pain, just send them to me..."

Thinking of ya,
Snert

 

[USMCDOC]

DOC,

Can' believe no one thought of this yet.

"Sorry for your loss. Since they are totally hopeless and could be thrown in the trash for scrap, I will help you out. I will pay bulk shipping USPS and $5 to soothe the pain, just send them to me..."

Thinking of ya,
Snert