Hello all, I officially embarked on my first wildcat journey today. I took a sporter 1:9 .223 barrel and shortened it .635" and chambered it in ".223 short" it's essentially a .223 remington shortened .625 or a shortened .221 fireball which ever way you want to look at it.
I have been wanting to try something like this for years after the 22lr drought. I contacted the developer of the cartridge on grey beard outdoor's and he was kind enough to allow me usage of his reamer. I will also be making a 5.5" AR barrel with hopes of making a PDW style upper. I submitted 3 stamps last July so i'm hoping to see them here within the next month. I will also shorten this barrel and thread it for one of my suppressors once cleared.
I wanted something my kids could shoot and plan to try cast bullets from my 55gr lee mold at subsonic velocities. I doubt it will work as a repeater and I hear cases will fall into the action so we'll see how that pans out as I experiment with it. the case length is 1.25" and has a capacity between a 22 hornet and 218 bee. I also plan to try subsonic loads from the AR barrel as it will have a 1:7 twist
9mm, .223 short with 80gr nosler, .223
rechambered barrel
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