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No, I'm not talking about the noise-making kind, I'm talking about these cylindrical, unformed "blanks" with the 30-06 head and web. Anyone ever run across these before? If so, what do I need to do to make functional '06 cases out of them? I've got nine boxes of them........
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35 whelen?? Just a thought.
kinda looks like 30-06 basic brass.....several steps before the necks drawn out
From looking at the phone number, they're quite old.
I think they were marketed to folks making wildcat cartridge cases.
That was rather popular in the 50s & 60s.
They'd work for anything based on the back end of the .30-06 family of cases.
If ya want to get fancy- you could do what Browning did in the old days.
He cut off .30-06 brass, thinned it a little and made the cases for his prototype .45ACP.
You would have to neck them down in steps, going from 375 to 358 or 338 first before final sizing to 30-06.
I might would suggest trading them for 30-06 brass. Those are useful for making custom calibers and those such as 35 Whelen.
like j4570 said
I found a box of the Norma basic 30-06 too. Would make a great 40 caliber cartridge. Several flatlander states like Ohio allows for straight wall cartridge rifles to legally hunt deer. Sure could stuff a lot of 3031 into that case!!!
Would have to measure the cases. Maybe they would hold a 45 cal bullet?
400 Whelen as big as you can go. Still may have trouble with headspace as there will be almost no shoulder.
I have head of a “Rimless .444 Marlin” wildcat using cases like those.
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GONRA sez -PLEASE don't mess with 'em, "just for the hell of it" - "just cause ya can", etc.
Some WILDCATTER / EXPERIMENTER / etc. would LOVE to buy 'em! !!
They should be particularly valued by folks shooting the 'Hawk' line of wildcats - if I recall, I think those had a shoulder moved rather forward compared to the '06 family (incl. the Whelen), and these cases would certainly be a boon for that application. Even the .411 Hawk is improved enough to have sufficient shoulder, for example.
I have a .PDF article hosted here, if there is any interest:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/brjzj...noc52rq7g&dl=0
The .358 Hawk is probably the most popular of the larger calibers & would probably find the most traction around here. :-/
Edit: Now I'm not so sure about the Hawk line & their shoulder locations, perhaps I'm thinking of a different line of wildcats ...
I have worked out a trade with j4570 for '06 brass, as said, these are more valuable to wildcatters than to me!