Roy Weatherby began his career in the firearms industry as a “wildcatter”, developing his revolutionary ideas about rifle cartridge performance and design.
{i} person who hunts for oil (Slang); promoter of risky enterprises, person who takes risks (e.g. in business)
an oilman who drills exploratory wells in territory not known to be an oil field
spekulant, der in unerschlossenem gebiet erölbohrungen durchführt
Hyphenation
spe·ku·lant·, der in u·ners·chlos·se·nem ge·bi·et e·röl·boh·run·gen durc·hführ·t