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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of wildcat.

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Examples

  • He wildcatted the first 7mmMag I ever heard about, with P.O. Ackley making the specified changes.

    Petzal: .270 vs. 2009

  • He wildcatted the first 7mmMag I ever heard about, with P.O. Ackley making the specified changes.

    Petzal: .270 vs. 2009

  • By the way, a guy in Alaska wildcatted the .375 Ruger, necking down to .35 (.358 Nukalpiaq, pronounced Nu-guth-pac).

    Rifles of Interest: Remington Model 700 Custom Shop AWR II 2009

  • By the way, a guy in Alaska wildcatted the .375 Ruger, necking down to .35 (.358 Nukalpiaq, pronounced Nu-guth-pac).

    Rifles of Interest: Remington Model 700 Custom Shop AWR II 2009

  • She added, "It's our understanding that, based on reports of the attempted arrest on Wednesday of ILWU President Bob McEllrath, that longshoremen in Tacoma and Seattle wildcatted and left their jobs to go to Longview."

    Union Fight Closes Two Pacific Ports Joel Millman 2011

  • White [27] says: "At the present stage of our knowledge, fresh-water basins appearing otherwise to meet the requirements should be wildcatted without prejudice."

    The Economic Aspect of Geology 1915

  • It is similar to a wildcatted .50 BMG case, shortened to 3.27 inches (83.06 mm) and necked down to accept a .416 caliber, 400-grain (26 g) projectile; [1] [2] It is however of proprietary dimension. [

    Odds and Ends 2008

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