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Mark
http://communities.msn.com/20012002HuntingSeasoninAlabama/homepage

I don't know why you should be different; I *always* have cartridge cases or loaded ammunition around for calibers I just know I am going to have one day.

jim dodd

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"if you are to busy to
hunt, you are too busy."

What I can't figure out, is if you have the 300 magnum, why not make a bigger step up to a 375, or 416?

Is the 35 you are looking at cheap to feed?
If you can handle the 300 mags recoil, the 375 shouldn't be much of a problem.

Are you planning on selling the 300 mag?

How about blowing the 300 mag out, and using a 35 caliber bullet, with a rebarrel????
Or, go to the 375 bullet, with the 300 Mag case?

You would then have a RUM 375, and, you could use the 35 for just about anything long range. The Rum might take care of
long range stuff, with the Sierra Boat Tail Bullets...

Just ideas...

gs

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I love 45
santilli@singleaction45.com

For deer, choose a soft bullet like the 180 grain speer FN. For elk, etc., use a 225 partition or 250 Hornday spire point.

I have never recovered a bullet from the 358 because it penetrates.

If I were you (since you want me to talk you out of it) I'd do what your doing but I would go with the 35 Whelen or 9.3x62 and really have something. I suspect this is the reason the 358 never made the big time. All those calibers can be made to the same general demisions of a 358, and they can even loaded DOWN to a 358 or even a 38-55 but you cannot load a 358 UP to a 9.3x62, so there you go!!! Thats my best shot, and one I believe to be true and correct, not just trying to change your mind.

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Ray Atkinson

ray@atkinsonhunting.com
atkinsonhunting.com

Ray, 9.3x62 I've looked at it and you know I'm a big Mauser fan. Hmmm maybe. But its a little like the .340 more gun than needed it Alabama.

I can never make these smilies work.
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It be real, a 223 is a good enough deer round, with max meat.

If you really are into caliber, GET a REAL caliber rifle. Don't stop in the middle.

My sig should read: Get 375

gs

PS: If you are not caliber oriented, why bother?

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I love 45
santilli@singleaction45.com

"Many a fine gunwriter has agonized over this cartridge and pondered the mystery of why it failed to gain the degree of acceptance it deserves. I�ll make no attempt here to offer what those esteemed scribes failed to provide and let it suffice to say that I don�t know either.
I do know that this smallish, singularly unimpressive case, is perhaps the most efficient producer of �wallop�, per grain of powder, ever offered in a short action, general purpose hunting round. For me, the .358 has proven to be an impressive killer and, loaded with �X� bullets, it achieves yet another threshold of lethality. Game reaction to well placed shots with this cartridge / bullet combination is noticeably greater than that of smaller caliber�s on this, or the parent case length. This loading is an eminently effective melding of case efficiency, frontal area, and bullet technology. For our wooded and semi-open timber hunting or for wandering the African bushveld, the .358 Winchester makes for a wonderfully trim carrying rifle of great power and surprisingly good ranging ability.
My Browning �BLR� likes 49 Grains of
�IMR�- 4895 with the 200 grain �X� bullets for 2500 fps and 47 grains of the same powder with the 225 grain �X� bullets for 2400 fps.
Should you encounter someone in the field carrying a .358, you might listen up � he�s likely to be a real hunter".

I have a buddy with both a 9.3x62 (Steyr SBS) and a custom Sako short action in .358 Winch. He blooded the 9.3x62 this year, but the .358 remains untested on critters.

That Sako has a synthetic stock and is unusually light and easy to carry. The Teflon metal coating is nice. Am I discouraging you? NO??

There is a .358 out there calling you....I hear your name....

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358 Win is a sweet round, 308 Win necked up to 35 cal bullet, good balance of case/bore diameter, smooth 35 caliber cartridge concept.

35 Whelen is the '06 case necked to 35, gives ya a little more punch, and it's a little longer.

Kinda the same situation with the .308Win vs 30'06, kinda. Depends on what you are looking for in rifle and ballistic demands..

JR

gs

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I love 45
santilli@singleaction45.com

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I had a 358 Win on Short Remington 700 action
for several years, and it is agreat "woods" rifle.

I have never recovered a bullet. Normally I use 250 gr Hornady's either RN or Spire Points. Just depends on if I think I will get a shot over 100 yards or not.

I have found that 23" is the shortest barrel I want. It looses too much velocity below that.

So Mark, get with the rest of us, GET ONE.

Coming here to be talked out of buying a rifle is like going to a bar for support to stop drinking...

jpb

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Brad Amundson

I have one of those Rugers in 358 Win. with the short carbine barrel. I have to say it is the most accurate factory gun I have ever owned. Awhile back I was on a 35 caliber kick. I ended up with a 35 Whelen, 350 Rem. Mag., this 358 Win. and a 35 Rem. Well they are all gone now except the 358. My favorite load puts 5 200gr. Hornadys into 1 inch at 100 yards consistently.

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Originally posted by HunterJim:
I *always* have cartridge cases or loaded ammunition around for calibers I just know I am going to have one day.

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YA-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A

About 1973 I shot at a buck in Western Pennsylvania from offhand at about 200 yards with the .358 Win and the 200 gr Silvertip. The shot was taken standing as there was a hill in front of me and I could just about see the deer over the hill. The bullet hit the buck in the brisket and put it down. To this day I have no idea how a almost grazing hit like that could keep a animal down. And unlike some others every shot I fire is not perfect.

A .358 should be built light and short. That's it's advantage.

Mine are accurate enough but nothing like I read here.

Do what 500 gr. said on the bullets.

With all due respect you have it wrong.