[jim_trent]

I have a GREAT idea for a wildcat. Take a .35 Whelen case and neck it down to 30 caliber. There are a LOT of 0.308" bullets around. It should be able to shoot everything from 115gr to 220gr. 150gr or 180gr should do for just about everything except for maybe a few exotics in Africa. Now, what should I call it? 30-35 Whelen is an obvious choice. Or maybe 30-03 (30 for the 30 caliber and 03 for 2003).

[LibKill]

This is pretty cool for the more technically minded.

For me, there are really good factory cartridges for just about any purpose.

[umgud]

Have you looked at the Lazzeroni line? Real screamers in most caliber configurations.

[Eaglefixer]

I had a pseudo wildcat built last year. A Mauser 98 rebarreled in 338-06. SAAMI registered about 1998 by A-Square. Weatherby introduced the first commercial rifle in this caliber last year.

It kicks out a 200 gram bullet at 7800 FPS without hitting the maximum loads in the loading tables. Kicks hard but really performs.