.22 Wampus Kitty

Mgderf

March 01, 2015 15:23

O.K. I would have thought this was some kind of joke, but I found a listing for .22 Wampus Kitty brass.
This is obviously a wildcat (no pun intended) round, but I can't find anything about it, other than offers to sell the brass.

Just to satisfy my curiosity, can someone please enlighten me on the ".22 Wampus Kitty" round?

Thank you.

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  charliemeyer007

  March 01, 2015 15:31

  22-243 Wampus Kitty

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  toad67

  March 01, 2015 15:47

  I just can't help but chuckle every time I read that name...Kinda reminds me of a southern horror porno film or something[}:)]

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  rufe-snow

  March 01, 2015 16:01

  Lot more common than the Kitty, is 22-243 Middlestead. Got to really know what you're doing reloading wise, with the way over bore capacity wildcat cartridges.
  
  No reloading while watching the boob tube, or drinking beer with these cartridges. Or your first mistake, might be your last.[xx(]
  
  
  
  
  
  
  EDIT #1.
  
  The useage I was familiar with, was catty wampus not kitty wampus.

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  sandwarrior

  March 02, 2015 11:23

  I might be thinking of the .22-30/30 Imp. But was that called a Wampus Kitty or a Kitty Wampus?
  
  I did do a die search and for $293 you can get actual Wampus Kitty reloading dies.
  
  http://www.midwayusa.com/product/557233/redding-3-die-set-22-wampus-kitty.
  
  http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x285/trophyhunter_bucket/.22 Wampus Kitty_zpsfi2qnu59.jpg
  
  Now we're cookin' with gas....yes a .22-243~Improved

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  dannej

  March 03, 2015 14:05

  Kitty wampus is a term used in the midwest when I was a kid meaning 'not straight or not aligned' or slightly crooked....

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  sandwarrior

  March 03, 2015 15:27

  quote:Originally posted by dannej
  Kitty wampus is a term used in the midwest when I was a kid meaning 'not straight or not aligned' or slightly crooked....
  
  That is a term I used in Nevada growing up too... Maybe the idea of naming it that is to say a cat knocked sideways? Most people where I'm from don't use overbore on the cats we hunted.
  
  Needless to say it was not a SAAMI round, just a wild-cat...there's that cat reference again.... I wonder.....[:0]

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