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A wildcat cartridge is a cartridge that is not commercially loaded by a major ammunition manufacturer, but could be loaded by a specialty or contract reloader. Now, the American Gunsmithing Institute has a new DVD release on Taming Wildcats: How To Design & Fabricate Custom Cartridges.

AGI’s newest course, taught by custom gunsmith Fred Zeglin, renowned cartridge designer and builder of the well-known Hawk series of cartridges, will get the viewer on the road to a thorough understanding of Wildcats and Wildcatting. This DVD will also explain and show the viewer everything he needs to know to do it himself.

One doesn’t need to be a master machinist or tool and die maker to be able to turn out the blank resizing / forming / chamber reamers on the lathe; a tool post grinder is also not needed. A bench grinder with a good fine grinding wheel and some practice will, with Zeglin’s expert and easy to follow guidance, enable the viewer to turn out reamers that will equal anything one can buy – and for a whole lot less! The viewer will also learn how to sharpen and heat treat them.

This DVD includes:

Introduction to Wildcat and Wildcatting
The Five Cartridge Design Steps
Canon Reamers
Resizing Die Reamers
Making a Reamer
Heat Treating a Reamer
Relief Grinding
Sharpening a Reamer
Forming the Brass
Making a Chamber Reamer
Using the Reamer