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One of the things that would interest me in a wildcat is a round that has a long-enough neck to make it easy to load a large variety of bullet weights. It seems that most of the newer rounds are designed with a short neck to get maximum powder capacity for maximum velocity. BUT, that maximum velocity is not REALLY that useful in most of the applications that these cartridges are really used for by their owners.

So, when Ruger introduced a new case design that is the same diameter as the belt on the usual belted-magnum cases, but with no belt and more internal capacity, it gave me some hope. Most regular diameter actions can be chambered for that case diameter. What I would like to see are some cases that would essentially duplicate some currently available cartridges in terms of performance, but be more "reloader-friendly" with longer necks, no belts and shoulder angles that aren't too steep for easy feeding.

Of coures, it is HIGHLY unlikely that any commercial company would spend the money to introduce such designs, because the "wow-factor" isn't there to help them overcome the already established cartridges with the same performance. It would be like the current situation with the .243 Winchester and the 6mm Remington (once Remington fixed the twist-rate problem). So, it would be up to wildcatters to produce something that other handloaders would pick-up on and make more widely used. Remember, it is basically the handloaders who have kept the 6mm Remington from disappearing totally.

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