When I was a kid my dad introduced to to a great old man who was a gunsmith and retired Marine Sniper, which started me down this road of cartridge collecting. The other day I'm looking though my collection and I found something interesting. It is a wildcat cartridge that my gunsmith friend created which he called the 284/45. It is a 284 Win cut off at the neck and loaded with a 45 cal bullet (doesn't sound at all familiar, right). The story behind this was that a customer came to my friend wanting a 45 cal bolt action for hog hunting and this is what they came up with.
My gunsmith friend passed away several years ago now. I never did get to see the rifle that he built and have no idea who or where the rifle went to. I thought this might be a place to start looking. If this sounds familiar to anyone, I would love to see a picture of that rifle. If I am remembering correctly the rifle was built on a Mauser 98 action and would have been built around 1995.