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Can anyone think of a belted cartridge case with a smaller base diameter than the H&H?

224 Weatherby Magnum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.224_Weatherby_Magnum


Edit: If this is for your subsonic round another couple to consider are the 220 Swift and 225 Winchester - sourcing brass for the later might be problematic.

The .240 is larger than the .224 but still a fairly small case, but I doubt cases are plentiful.

I had forgotten about the 224WM240WM however they are still a bit small for my needs, I am just trying to cover all bases for my winter project and a belted cartridge to suit a .308 bolt face (.470") might have been helpful

Go for the 220 Swift - semi rimmed in a 308 bolt face.

Or a rebated rim...

Hmm... given that I wanted to build a cartridge based on the readily available and cheap .308 Win with a pistol calibre bullet the move to more obscure and esoteric brass is probably not a good idea.

Back to the original concept I guess...

Hadn't picked up that it was specifically pistol calibre bullets.

ovenpaa wrote:Hmm... given that I wanted to build a cartridge based on the readily available and cheap .308 Win with a pistol calibre bullet the move to more obscure and esoteric brass is probably not a good idea.

Back to the original concept I guess...

Then 358 Win is your best bet or shortening the 375 Scoville to 308 Win lengths - any bigger than 375 is awkward.

I think I have just found the perfect solution to this problem, thing is can the forum cope with yet another post on my musings on wildcats for SOWR's