Bill Eichelberger

Bill Eichelberger is most known in the realm of firearms for creating a significant number of different wildcat cartridges. Especially in small calibers ike .10 caliber, .12 caliber, .14 caliber which he'd done since the 1970's.

One such example would be the .10 Eichelberger Long Rifle, which is one of the smallest, if not the smallest wildcat cartridges ever produced.

Wildcat Cartridges by Eichelberger

Bill Eichelberger created a good number of wildcat cartridges, but many of them were based on only a few different cartridges. Below is a (possibly incomplete) list:

.218 Bee

• .14 Eichelberger Bee - Necked down for .144 bullets.

.22 Long Rifle

• .10 Eichelberger Long Rifle - Necked down for a .103 caliber bullet.

• .12 Eichelberger Long Rifle - Necked down for .123 caliber bullets.

• .14 Eichelberger Squirrel - Necked down for .144 bullets.

.22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire

• .12 Eichelberger WRM - Necked down for .123 bullet.

.22 Hornet

• .10 Eichelberger Squirrel - Necked down to accept .103 caliber bullets.

• .12 Eichelberger Squirrel - Neck down for .123 bullets.

• .14 Eichelberger Squirrel - Necked down for .144 caliber bullets.

.22 Cooper Centerfire Magnum

• .10 Eichelberger Pup - Necked down for .103 caliber bullet.

• .12 Cooper - Necked down to .123 caliber.

• .14 Cooper - Necked down to .144 caliber.

.222 Remington Magnum

• .14/222 Eichelberger Magnum - Necked down to accept .144 caliber bullets.

.25 ACP

• .10 Eichelberger Dart - Necked down for .103 caliber bullets.

• .12 Eichelberger Dart - Necked down for .123 caliber bullets.

• .14 Eichelberger Dart - Necked down for .144 caliber bullets.

.30 Carbine

• .12 Eichelberger Carbine - Necked down to use .123 caliber bullets.