Hi all. I'm brand new here, just got my welcome letter. I actually have a question for Mr. Taffin, or anyone else who may have known Jim Harvey.
I had the idea recently for the .43 Dunlap. Still at the scribbles on a napkin stage, it's the .450 Marlin necked down to take .429 bullets, given a .400" neck and a tiny, shallow 13 degree shoulder similar to the .375 H&H, with no other changes. That should give me a butter smooth feeding cartridge that can be loaded up and down from light .44 Mag ballistics to nipping the heels of the .404 Jeffrey, while fitting neatly in a lever action or bolt gun. I'd like to put it in a Ruger Scout (being left handed drastically reduces choices in affordable bolt guns, especially if you want CRF). My idea of an everything gun.
Doing a little research, I proved once again that there isn't anything new under the sun. I ran across the Malaska series of cartridges (http://www.cartridgecollector.net/429-malaska-jnr). They were designed by Jim Harvey in the late 50's and appear to be based on the Holland & Holland case, which would make the smallest pretty much what I was thinking about. However, the only info I've been able to find is from the link above. I was wondering if anyone here can tell me more about the cartridges and their creator.
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