I am kinda interested in this one a super 10 mm if it's in a carbine ar or even better ruger mini 14 .It's based on straight 6 8 spc .I think it will have more knockdown than the 350 legend .Irs not out yet but the cats out of the bag .
New cartridge coming maybe good one 400 legend
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Hope they eventually offer it in the Ruger American Ranch rifle! Might also make it more likely that Ruger would do a run of the RARs in 6.8SPC (a chambering I've been waiting for), since the bolts would be the same.
Kinda like 40S&W goes both ways between 9mm & 45. It's kinda like 350 Legend and 450 Bushmaster needed a Pivot man/er round.
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New SAAMI Accepted Cartridge: 400 Legend !? -
SAAMI have published cartridge and chamber drawings of a not yet announced cartridge called 400 Legend (400 LGND). Let's take a look.
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It's alot more powerful than the 350 .I hope they make good bullets for it. WINchester had a 400 Winchester like the 375 win but never released it .I think this one might be the ultimate straight wall repeater for the ar platform
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Although there is no logic in feeling this way, I just do not like rebated rims.
There is logic to it - rebated rims can sometimes cause feeding difficulties. The .350 Legend has a rebated rim, because it's essentially a 9x19 (tapered case) stretched out to 9x43, with a 5.56 rim instead of the 9x19 rim, so it can function with existing 5.56 / .223 / .300 Blackout bolts. It appears to have worked out well enough, that the same approach is being used for the .400 Legend - it is a tapered case like the .350, and NOT a straight 6.8 SPC case as suggested above (the base diameter is larger than the 6.8). And because they wanted to use an existing bolt design (6.8SPC / .224 Valkyrie), it's got a rebated rim.
I'm not sure if they're designing these with tapered cases to increase case capacity, aid feeding & extraction, and/or possibly head spacing, or if it's just to sell brass. Another issue for some folks is the need to lube cases before resizing; if these were true "straight wall" cases, it would be easier to make carbide sizing dies that wouldn't need lube.
But, if it ends up feeding reliably, it could still be a good cartridge (and fun to reload)!
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For anyone interested in wildcat cartridges, here's a big bore round without a rebated rim, that uses existing reloading dies and brass/bullets:
For 44 caliber fans who reload: the .44 GP
Got the following from a gunsmith who specializes in TC Encores and other single shots. I've got no connection to him or his business - but I do appreciate wildcat cartridges that use off-the-shelf dies and easy-to-find brass and bullets: For .44 GP, USE THE BRASS & DIES YA PROBABLY GOT...
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