My new Ruger Stainless 350 is coming in a brown truck soon.

Can I get some loads please for 180 speer, 225's-What bullet do you recommend? Ballistic tip vs Sierra?

Primary use right now-Deer
Plinking with pistol bullets also ie. 158's

Does RP make the old 150 CL anymore?

Is a magnum primer helpful?

Thanks guys.

Well let me say you have picked out a great rifle. I got one back in march best money I ever spent. Extremly accurate and knocks deer down like you would not believe. They just drop they don't even kick. I have only tried one load it shoots so well I stopped right there. First thing you should know is this rifle is based on the wsm reciever. This is a good thing. You have a long magazine. You can load the cartridges a little longer than recommended. If your chamber will let you I suspect it will. I measured mine at 2.930. The mag will let you go as much as 2.900. The load that did the trick for me is as follows. First the typical bs this is what worked for me and I cannot say it will work for you or be safe in your gun. I used remington cases trimmed to 2.165 cci 200 primers and 57.2 grains of IMR 4320 under 225 grain sierra oal of 2.895. This load will produce honest 1/2 inch three shot groups measured edge to edge at a 100 yards. I have not chronographed these loads but data would suggest this load to be moving about 2650 fps. I have no signs of excessive pressure feeding is smooth and reliable. I topped my rifle with a bushnell elite 4200 1.5x6 perfect match for this rifle and cartridge. Recoil is a bit stiff off the bench but in real world shooting posistions it is very comfortable to shoot. Enjoy your new toy any other questions just ask.

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Originally posted by 6.5BR:
...Can I get some loads please for 180 speer

Hey 6.5BR, I believe you will find H4895 and IMR-4064 to work well with the 180gr, 200gr, 220gr and 225gr Bullets. I've not used above the 225gr bullets so I can't comment on them.

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What bullet do you recommend? Ballistic tip vs Sierra?

200gr Hornady SP or RN. The SP is my favorite and as long as it goes in or comes out a Shoulder, you will be well pleased with the results. But I much prefer both shoulders when things align properly.

The 200gr Hornady SP is a tough bullet and needs the Shoulder to have it perform the best. If you go Lung-to-Lung, it will kill, but there is generally a good bit of tracking needed.

If you prefer Lung-to-Lung, then the 180gr Speer FP or the 200gr Hornady, Remington and Sierra RNs will do just fine for you.

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Does RP make the old 150 CL anymore?

There was a guy on here who purchased a Special Run of them from Remington maybe two years ago. I believe he had to get 50,000, but they sold quickly once people knew he had them.

You might find some at Gun Shows. As luck would have it, they are EXTREMELY accurate in my rifle and have to jump 0.264" to reach the Lands. Only real problem if you find some is finding a Load for them. I'd rather not comment on what I'm using because it has not been through a Ballistics lab for verification as being SAFE.

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Is a magnum primer helpful?...

Maybe, depends on what Powder you use. Lots of good Loads for Ball Powders in the Manuals and on the Powder sites which seem to do a bit better with Mag Primers.

I use Mag Primers in mine as a matter of convenience. Some Loads I have use the Rem 9 1/2M and some use the Fed-215.

A GREAT cartridge, but my rifle has a 20" barrel and you absolutely must wear hearing protection when shooting or when hunting with mine.

Thank you VERY much for the great info you sent, yeah, my 600 sounded like a cannon-so did the fireball coming out of it near dark-I suppose my 22" Ruger stainless won't be so bad.

Have a great day. Thanks again.

6.5

My .350RM loads are:

225 Nosler Partition with 58.5gr of IMR4895 and CCI Mag primer.

250 Hornady RN with 55gr of IMR4064 and CCI Mag primer.

Neither of them are hot loads but they are very accurate.

WN

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Originally posted by 6.5BR:
...my 600 sounded like a cannon-so did the fireball coming out of it near dark-I suppose my 22" Ruger stainless won't be so bad...

Hey 6.5BR, I believe those M600s came with 18" barrels, so it would even be worse than my 20" M7KS. That 22" sounds(HA) like a fine idea. I would "guess" it will still be on the noisy side, but much much better than the M600.
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Should have mentioned before about Double Base Powders which your "fireball" comment reminded me of.

I "had" some Loads made up for mine using BL-C2, which is a Double Base Powder, and it would also create a MASSIVE fireball. Once I noticed it, I decided it could create a vision blindness problem if fired during early morning or late evening. We can legally hunt 1 hour prior to sunrise until 1 hour after sunset where I do the vast majority of my hunting. No doubt it would create the same blind spot you get when looking at a camera flash or worse.

So, I switched over to the H4895 and IMR-4064 which reduce the muzzle flash considerably. By the way, if I ever run out of IMR-4064, I intend to try some Varget. It has about the same burning rate as IMR-4064, but the individual grains are smaller so it is easier to reload with. Haven't tried it yet though.

Best of luck with that 22" barrel.

Thanks again, gun arrived today, ordering supplies soon-dies on backorder.......

My favorite .350RM load is a Hornady 200gr. SP over 59.0 grs. of IMR-4895 with Federal GM210M

BTW..Here is a picture of my .350Rem Mag

Hey T/C Nut, Can you "hear" it when it goes off?

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Originally posted by Hot Core:
Hey T/C Nut, Can you "hear" it when it goes off?

Huh... what did you say.? LOL it sounds like two sticks of dynamite going off.....I love it!

My favorite is the 225 Nosler Petition or 220 Speer FN with 60 grains of WW748@2660 fired by a CCI Magnum primer from a 22" 700 Classic barrel. I now have a M600 18.5" barred gun but have not had the chance to chrono the difference.

One thing I would recommend if you are going to load bullets over 200 grains is order a Lee Factory Crimp Die. All you have to do is load your favorite bullet to 2.800 (or I beleive 2.813? in the Ruger) and send it to them...the cost was $27.00 I believe delivered.

Because you have to seat bullets so deep the case mouth is not actually in contact with the bullet in many cases. This will sometimes result inthe bullet setting back into the case if you put the nose on someting firm and just push down. The factory crimp die eliminates this and the possibility of bullet setback during chambering. Doesn't seem to effect accuracy at all.

I am hoping to find one of these Ruger AllWeather rifles for a rainy day gun...only wish that they had put the front sight on...

Bob

Agreed! In this case, because the rifle is a practical ALL around big game gun in my opinion, it should have irons just as a back up option. I doubt those scope rings would ever come loose, a long outing might make one take a pre-sighted in scope -say 4x in an extra set up rings just in case.

Does ANYONE KNOW what twist is in the NEW mfg Rugers in 350 RM?

I have a rem 700 classic, so 22" barrel.
I have one load for everything. I file the tips from speer 250 grn bullets until they are flush with the jacket, a mag tip if you will. I can seat them out a good bit more that way, and the long throat in the rem handles it fine. 58 grns of IMR 4895 does 2610 fps and is perfectly safe IN MY RIFLE. That load has hammered a pile of deer, bear and moose, no complaints from me!

Wow...Velocity out of my .350RM XP is 2457fps with 59.0grs of IMR-4895 with a 200gr Hornady SP. I'd say thats not bad for a pistol with such a short barrel.

This caliber has long been a favourite of mine and since 1989 we have taken loads of caribou together. I have played with almost every bullet made from 150 CL's to 300 Barnes and can pretty much say that the 225 Nosler partition and either 748 or 4320 is the way to go. I'll let you develop your own max.

IMO stay away from the ballistic tip...even at 2.9 it will load past the case mouth and it sheds it core every time. The Sierra isn't much better at sticking together. I use the 225 partition for everything from caribou to Moose with zero problems from 10 yards to 300.

In my Rem 660, 748 gets about 50ft/sec more than 4320 and in 20" gets comfortably more than 2600 with excellent case life. The 4320 tends to be more accurate depending on the bedding job.

Good luck

Ck out this site http://www.35cal.com/

Lots of loading data for 35 Whelan and 350 Rem Mag...beware some of it is on the hot side as the site owner is a fan of Paco Kelly. he likes RL15 and is a good fellow.

He was kind enough to publish an article I wrote about 35 bullet performance. It is available under articles on the left side scrolled down.

Ck it out if you wish.

North61

Thanks for the site. Very good info and fun reading.

WN