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Before you comment... yes, I am a wuss.

Good luck hunting and let us know how the rifle shoots.

ANYWAY, I was doing pretty good going through this thread until I got to your next comment about, "He's about as much as a p**sy as I am, so he might not need any ammo after all.", and now I'm having difficulty seeing through the "Wet-Eyes" of laughter to wham this in.

It really isn't all that bad. And the M7KS comes with a good Recoil Pad as has been suggested. But, since you all will be Loading your own, there is nothing that says you must start WIDE-OPEN!! It really is possible to "work your way up".

I got my cases from Midway, but it has been a good while since I've bought any new ones. The ones I have are holding up really well.

Here are a few tips for you all. NEVER hunt with it unless you are wearing Sonic Ear Valves or some other hearing protection. Mine go in my ears(now) before a cartridge goes into the chamber. My ears still ring from having fired mine twice inside the woods without hearing protection. (Kind of lends support to your "money/brains" analysis!)

The 20" barrel length and the 350RemMag do best with Single Base Powders in the H4895, IMR-4064 range. Varget may do as well, but I've just not tried it. However, Double Base Powders just give way too much muzzle flash. Now, I don't mean a little light, I'm talking about serious muzzle flash with BL-C2. Didn't even bother to try WW-748 since it is also Double Base.

Seems like a lot of folks want to use the 225gr and 250gr bullets. Well, I can tell you it is going to be extremely difficult to find a better bullet than the 200gr Hornady Spire Point (#3510). It is quite a fine "tough" bullet. If you all decide to use it on Deer, it would be best to include one or both shoulders in the shot. If you go only for the lungs, then either the 180gr Speer or the 200gr Sierra works real well.

I have a 3.5-10x VariX-III on mine and it weighs 7 3/8 pounds. Which reminds me, you will want to use a good solid Scope Mount. If you use the old Redfield style with the adjustable Rear Base screws, you might have some problems holding the scope still. I've got the Leupold Dual Dovetail mount and Rings which do a fine job. But, I believe a Dual Dovetail Base coupled with Burris Signature rings would be the best of all.

Really a great accurate Deer killer which never takes more than 1-shot.

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Good hunting and clean 1-shot kills, Hot Core

[This message has been edited by judgeg (edited 07-29-2001).]

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Although this makes the neck from the former shoulder area, I never needed to ream or turn the necks to reduce thickness. Everything worked fine and the gun shot well. Virgin brass would probably be better than once-fired. I never needed to anneal.

My suggestion would be to buy a supply of whatever the cheapest magnum brass you can find is (probably 7mm Remington), and go from there.

Blue Star lists it in stock.

I think the 350 RM is a fine cartridge in search of an equally fine rifle. Too bad Remington never figured out how to market it. Same for the .35 Whelen and their 1-16 twist that crippled it for use with heavy bullets. DUMB!

The inside dimensions of 2.500" brass taper from thin to thick. So when you size it down to 6.5 Rem. Mag. length you have compressed thin brass to thick brass let alone going from 7MM to 6.5MM. The necks will be thick both inside and outside and will not chamber. This is after more than 1000-6.5 Rem. Mag. conversions from .264 brass. You have to neck expand slightly(0.001) then neck turn to reduce the O.D. while still trying to maintain neck tension on the bullet.

Maybe we should discuss this further?

Bill

My rifle is a Rem. 700 Classic. I have lost track of all the 5-shot groups it has fired under 1 inch. The consistently most accurate load is the 220 gr. Speer with 56.0 gr. of IMR-4320. It worked well on a lot of feral hogs, but seems to be a little soft on anything bigger. I took a nice black bear with the 250 gr. Speer with the lead tip filed down to the jacket so I didn't have to seat the bullet so far into the case. The bullet hit near the back of the ribs and went forward, stopping at the base of the skull. The recovered weight was 171 grs.

My wife does not mind shooting the rifle, but she is not a wimp.

Yep, absolutely correct. I was confusing the .350 with the 6.5 which is what I have been working with. I like the idea of removing the lead tip from the bullets. We have played with that on some occassions and haven't seen any ill effects.

Bill

Yes, I was a bit surprised that I didn't need to neck ream or turn when producing 6.5's from .264's. But as you know, chambers vary and the Ruger 77 I was loading for accepted the reformed brass without any neck thinning.

I wouldn't suggest that it would be this way with all chambers, but none the less, forming 6.5 or 350 Remington from 2.5" magnum cases is pretty easy. As with any round, your neck wall thickness has to be adjusted to your chamber if the two don't happen to match.