That little rifle loves cast boolits.

L'man

Your buddy got a deal...I mean a steal.

Winchester brass is readily available at most gun shows and mail order places like Midway, Graf's, Lock,Stock and Bbl.

I have found three powders that work well. IMR4064, IMR4895, and Win 748 with either the 180 gr Speer or the 220 grain Speer. The 180's are plenty for deer. For hogs and bear you can go up to the 220's. Check the Speer loading manual. Most of my loads are about a grain under the max loads listed.

If you just want to plink with that rifle, try some .357" 158 gr pistol bullets with IMR3031 or R-7. Loads are listed in the Speer manual, as well.

WN

If it is a Marlin and he wants to double his money, have him send me a personal message and perhaps we can do business!!

If it is a Winchester, I have one already, and it LOVES 26.5 grains of RE-7 behind either 221 gr. or 250 gr. cast bullets sized to .358", with Blue Angel lube and Hornady gas checks. Will shoot 1st two shots touching or almost so, with third shot less than an inch away (as barrel warms) at 100 yards. Five shots opens groups to about 2" from barrel warming (produces vertical walking), but I don't worry about that. Few game animals I have met allow the opportunity for 5-shot groups at them.

Alberta Canuck

Hey L'man,

I got this data from: http://www.nationalbullet.com/pdf/winpdfcat.pdf


356 Winchester
220 grains SP 748 42.1 2015 31,000 C.U.P.
220 grains SP 760 42.1 1805 27,500 C.U.P.

Good Shooting,

Smoker

Over on sixgunner.com Paco Kelly has an article about shooting the .356 Winchester. As I recall he used .358 Winchester brass and didn't have any problem. Not sure if he had to tweek the extractor or not.

Wish Marlin would bring their rifle back in that caliber.....Bob

I also have a Browning BLR in .358 Win.



Believe it or not, the rimless brass for it can be used interchangeably in my M94 .356 Win, and no, there is no need to cobble the extractor in my Winchester. It has a plenty long enough "fang" to pull the rimless brass.



None-the-less, as a much different load is used in my Winchester, I confine it to the correct rimmed brass. (My Browning .358 loads are "exceeding warm", so I don't want to inadvertantly get one into the Winchester.)



Alberta Canuck

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Originally posted by Smoker*:
Hey L'man,<br /><br />I got this data from: <a href="http://www.nationalbullet.com/pdf/winpdfcat.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.nationalbullet.com/pdf/winpdfcat.pdf</a><br /><br /> <br />356 Winchester<br />220 grains SP 748 42.1 2015 31,000 C.U.P.<br />220 grains SP 760 42.1 1805 27,500 C.U.P.<br /><br />Good Shooting,<br /><br />Smoker

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