When there is a lull in the hunting, glassing of the far corners of the fi eld will show ’chuck burrows. With the coyote population growing, woodchucks have built their dens close to stone walls and higher grass for protection.
218 brass. Ditto for the 22 K-Hornet. This is a neat variation of its parent, the 22 Hornet. The 219 Zipper is a re- cent addition from Thompson/Center but it’s a cartridge that takes effort. The 219 Donaldson is another of my favorites and also takes some work in case forming. That can amount to as many as seven steps, depending upon the brass you use. Chambered in the Ruger No. 1, it is one accurate cartridge that is easy to load. The 22 BR Remington is formed by a pass through the die with 6mm BR brass. Again, the rifle was a Remington Model 700 redone by Shaw with a new barrel that was an exact copy of the Remington barrel profile. Hence, it fits the stock perfectly without any modifications. Shaw came out with a new rifle
and offered me a chance to chamber it to just about any wildcat I wanted so I picked the 22-250 Remington Ackley Improved. The good thing about the Ackley wildcats is they are formed from commercial ammunition and offer slightly more velocity over the same parent cartridge. The 225 Win- chester is not exactly a wildcat in the strict sense of the word, as brass and factory ammunition are still available on a limited basis … so all you need is a rifle. One of my Ruger No. 1s again stepped up to the plate, with the help of the Montana Rifleman. They fitted it with an octagonal bar- rel. Finally, I always wanted a gun in the 220 Weatherby Rocket. It’s a high
Thompson/Center makes custom barrels for both their pistol and rifl e line of single-shot fi rearms. The barrel on this rifl e is chambered for the 22 Remington Jet, a cartridge that originally was made for handguns but works much better in rifl es.
stepper that’s comparable to the 220 Swift. I mated it with a Ruger Tar- get rifle complete with a two-stage trigger. Work up this one slowly, as Weatherby factory data from Roy Weatherby’s notes can be excessive … as I found out! Wildcatting can be fun and the
custom shops from Redding and RCBS have a long list of dies made for these specialized cartridges. On the other hand, a company called Quality Cartridge (PO Box 445, Hollywood, MD 20636) forms brass to more than 600 wildcats, helping you to get into the field quicker. The choice is yours.
Scopes are an important part of
the package and, depending upon the application, there are plenty out there to choose from, including Leupold, Bushnell, Burris, Nikon, Meopta, and Weaver … to name but a few. While high magnifications up to 20x and 24x seem to be the way of the small game hunter, those starting out at closer distances can mount a common 3-9x or 4-12x 40mm scope and have great success. The key is to know your rifle, the trajectory of your cartridge, and your personal limitations while never overshooting because you have a high-powered scope.
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