375 RUGER

Developed in a joint venture between Ruger and Hornady, the .375 Ruger was first introduced 2007. The idea was to create a cartridge similar in length to the .30-06 Springfield, but with a case capacity comparable to the .375 Holland & Holland. A major selling...

228 ACKLEY MAGNUM

   The original version of the 228 Ackley Magnum was developed by P.O. Ackley in 1938, although the idea came from around 1936 and was one of his first wildcat designs. He was looking for a better version high velocity .22 cal. rifle and his design is based...

375 MERCENARY

This is another design by Alaskan ELR shooter Pro Martusheff (aka Swamplord) from Precisioned Rifle Ordnance and dates from 2013 but was officially launched in August 2014. The original cases were made by Bertrams Australia, but current production is by RCC Brass in...

375 KNOCKOUT

   The 375 KO is, as its name suggest, a true knockout blow. It's ballistics are superior to any other suppressed round for the AR-15/MSR platform. It leaves the muzzle with 1050 fps and 857 fpe. While the 857 fpe is remarkable enough for a subsonic as it is...

375 JURRAS

One of a series of cartridges designed by the Late Lee Jurras, one of the greats in handgun hunting. He was very interested in the exploits of the old hunters with their Howdah pistols and in the early 1970’s brought out his own versions chambered in 6 different...

224 VALKYRIE

This is a new development by Federal that was introduced in December 2017 as a definitive cartridge for the AR based platform. The 22 Nosler provided about a 25% improvement in velocity and 30% in energy over the existing 5.56 NATO round when it was introduced in...

375 JDJ

The 375 JDJ was designed and developed by J.D. Jones, from SSK Industries as part of a series of handgun and metallic silhouette cartridges around 1978. The purpose of these cartridges was to give added range and power to the Thompson - Center Contender pistol for...

375 ICL KODIAK

The 375 ICL (Increased Case Load) was developed by Arnold & Vern Juenke, gunsmiths who owned Saturn Gun Works in Reno, Nevada and is based on the 375 Holland & Holland case. It resembles the earlier Ackley Improved version, but with slightly lower and slightly...

257 CONDOR

   This is the original story about the 257 Condor taken from GUNS MAGAZINE, Jan 1960 When a competent engineer decides to design a wildcat cartridge, some old ideas are given some new twists. The usual wildcatter reshapes an existing case, uses existing...

375 DAKOTA

Developed by Don Allen, owner of Dakota Arms in Sturgis, SD and was developed as an alternative to the 375 Holland & Holland but a rimless, shortened case that is based on the 404 Jeffery case, so as to fit in a standard length action. This is almost the same idea...