I talked with Tyler at Sherman Wildcats yesterday and I was really impressed with his business model – he’s filling niches a lot of wildcatters ignore. I’ve had a fair number of customers asking about Sherman rounds, so this was great timing.
I’m not usually a fan of wildcats because most don’t have factory head-stamped brass – but what’s neat about Sherman is that it does. Most of their brass is fire-formed, too. We’ll probably start buying reamers for these as customers request them.
The round that caught my eye is the 25 Sherman SST
– essentially a shortened 7mm SAUM with a 30° shoulder and more case capacity than a 6.5 PRC.
Rumor has it it’ll launch a 135-gr Berger Hybrid at 3000 fps even from a short 20″ barrel. With a .650 bc it should make an outstanding long-range deer and coyote rifle.
Go check them out: Sherman Wildcat Cartridges (and their Facebook group).
