New 358 Norma Mag. ** UPDATED **

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This winter I bought an old 1960s M700 7mag in a Brown Precision stock. I had Bevan King put on one of his stainless bbls in 358 Norma and finally got it out today. Topped with a 2x7 Leupold, it weighs only 8lb scoped, so was a handful at the bench.

The first group measured 1.25' but I checked the torque on the action screws and was able to tighten. Shown is the second group fired from the rifle after the screws were tightened.

I've have had [and do have still] several of Bevan's rifles over the years and none were bad shooters. Needless to say I was pretty happy with the results on this one as well.


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Welcome to the club, SC... Eastern moose will try to hide, for sure... and you may be out of the .375 thing for a while, now! (LMAO/ROFL!!!!)
 
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SuperCub said:
That's mean. ;)


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I can say that because I grew up in NB and was a victim of the system for several years.:p I was lucky enough to get a tag twice in 5-6 years. My mother had her name drawn twice over the years but my father, it took him 18 years of applying every year before his name came out. There's so may moose in NB, there's got to be a better system.
 
358 Norma Nag

I aquired a P14 rifle that had been re-barrelled to 358 Norma Mag from a friend. Sadly he developed MS after having the rifle built and never had the opportunity to hunt with it.

I have not yet fired the rifle. I wonder if I have enough "sand in my ass" to tolerate the recoil.

Cheers,

B
 
blargon said:
Cheer up, 4 years down, 16 to go...:p
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Actually it IS kind of ironic as I have 4 rifles here that would be perfect for moose hunting [30/06, 358Win, 358NM, 375CT] and no moose tags in sight. Whata poser. :D

Next year will be a good one to go to NFLD. Work won't be the usual busy next fall w/o any scheduled shut downs at the refinery.


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Nice, SC! I have a Ruger Number 1 that was rebored to .358 N by Steve Holborn in Warren, ON. It used to be a .338 Win. I like the rifle but the recoil is, well, quite stout. I think I'm going to tone it back to slightly above .35 Whelen velocites so that I don't suffer from shell shock. I hunted moose with it a couple of years ago but was not successful in getting anything black in front of me. Maybe this Fall!

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Nice rifle! That load I started with was manageable enough to shoot from the bench. It might fit the bill for your needs.

What load are you using?

Slooshark1 said:
Nice, SC! I have a Ruger Number 1 that was rebored to .358 N by Steve Holborn in Warren, ON. It used to be a .338 Win. I like the rifle but the recoil is, well, quite stout. I think I'm going to tone it back to slightly above .35 Whelen velocites so that I don't suffer from shell shock. I hunted moose with it a couple of years ago but was not successful in getting anything black in front of me. Maybe this Fall!

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Very nice build SC. I've been want to build myself one, but with 2- 35 Whelens and a 375 Ruger I just haven't felt the need yet. Maybe by this fall or winters project. Very cool caliber. Good shootin' BTW
 
Paul, for me at least with my 8+ pound Norma, the full-house 250 grainers at 2800 fps over 74-75 grains of 4350 are pretty snappy.

You know this already, but a 225 at 2900 kicks a fair bit less. I get there with 73 grains of Ramshot Big Game over the 225TSX. It also shoots a bunch flatter than the 250 grainer. Last year I shot my elk at 418 yards, the bullet drops about 20" at that range when +2.5 at 100. It's a great all-around load.
 
Demonical said:
I know you do that with every rifle you get Paul, but I don't understand the SS barrel. Why put a SS barrel on a blued action/reciever?
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There's a few reasons that make this happen.

1. There's a lot more blued actions FS on the EE and I like ss bbls.

2. Bevan prefers to use stainless over carbon steel

3. If the action is in good condition, you don't have to re-blue the whole rifle.

4. I have found blued actions to be smoother than stainless, esp the older ones which run ammo from the mag like butter.

5. My rifles with synthetic stocks would be visually non-traditional , so the stainless/blued combo appeals to me. If I was going to do a walnut stocked rifle, I would certainly use matching blued action and bbl. The only rifle I regret doing like that is the 375CT, mainly because of the laminated stock and express sights.. I wish I had gone with a blued bbl instead on that one. I may get it coated someday down the road.

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RickF said:
Paul, for me at least with my 8+ pound Norma, the full-house 250 grainers at 2800 fps over 74-75 grains of 4350 are pretty snappy.
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I used those Hornadys as they were orphan leftovers from another rifle. I wanted to use them up to break in the bbl and get a feel for the rifle. I think it would be "pretty snappy" to say the least with another 5 or 6 grains 4350 on top. This rifle seems to muzzle jump up and to the right when fired off the shooting rest.

RickF said:
You know this already, but a 225 at 2900 kicks a fair bit less. I get there with 73 grains of Ramshot Big Game over the 225TSX. It also shoots a bunch flatter than the 250 grainer. Last year I shot my elk at 418 yards, the bullet drops about 20" at that range when +2.5 at 100. It's a great all-around load.
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- 20" @ 418 yds is VERY flat, and powerful to boot. :eek:

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