I did not hunt with the Sako TRG-S, but I ve done quite a lot of hunting with a Lazzeroni rifle chambered to the Warbird. Paso Robles, California guide Kyler Hamman showed me this excellent boar, and we were both impressed by how well the Warbird performed. There is a whole lot of trouble and considerable expense involved in engineering your own cartridge, so wildcatters are not a large group but they are persistent, and their efforts have yielded some of our very best commercial cartridges. The 7mm Remington Magnum came about because of Warren Page s wildcatting efforts, and the .338 Winchester Magnum has its roots in Elmer Keith s .33-caliber wildcats.
Most wildcatters are hobbyists who apply their limited resources to producing the perfect cartridge.
It s a possible, although distant, dream that a major manufacturer might someday pick up their brainchild and introduce it to the world. A very few have the dogged determination to carry their dreams into their own manufacturing ventures. Roy Weatherby did, too, and he will never, ever be forgotten. In the 1940 s he not only revolutionized cartridge design, but impacted sporting rifle design to this day. In the 1990 s John Lazzeroni burst upon the scene.