M-14 chambered in .358 Winchester?

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As anyone here ever seen, heard of, or converted an M-14 to chamber the .358 Winchester? Seems like the M-305 short rifle would be an ideal candidate for this under estimated and too often neglected chambering.
 
I don't know about the .358 Win Mag, but Tim LeGendre of LeMag in Fenton MI does conversions in a .338 Win Mag. - Pg. 44, G&A 2000 Annual. Looks like fun. ;)
 
tootall said:
Or any other rounds based off of the .308 case like .243Win, .260, 7mm-08, etc?
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Springfield Armory has offered the .243 Win and 7mm-08 Rem in the past. I also know of a few custom jobs done for both and the .260 Rem as well. The .358 Win is the one I have yet to see or hear about. I've heard rumors that Springfield Armory was working on a .338 Federal at one time but it appears the hype about the cartridge has died down quite a bit and if it isn't available now it probably never will be.

SoBored said:
When guys where talking about the Heron Arms barrels I thought about the 358, but wasn't sure if the heavier barrels would be too much for the OP rod.
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It should be fine. I'm going to contact Heron Arms and inquire about having a barrel made in .35 cal.

Major Commander said:
I don't know about the .358 Win Mag, but Tim LeGendre of LeMag in Fenton MI does conversions in a .338 Win Mag. - Pg. 44, G&A 2000 Annual. Looks like fun. ;)
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There is no such thing as a .358 Win Mag, not in commercial form anyway. The M-14 will not accept cartridges much longer than the 7.62 x 51mm Nato...the M1 Garand will however and I believe that is the rifle that Tim LeGendre has converted to .338 Win Mag. The Garand has also been succesfuly converted to .35 Whelen...another cartridge too often neglected!
 
From 1978 to 1980, you could order a Super Match M1A from Springfield Armory, Inc. in .243, .308 or .358 caliber. These heavyweight barreled rifles were built by Glenn Nelson for SA, Inc.

Reference: Springfield Armory, Inc. catalog for 1978 through 1980
 
Different said:
From 1978 to 1980, you could order a Super Match M1A from Springfield Armory, Inc. in .243, .308 or .358 caliber. These heavyweight barreled rifles were built by Glenn Nelson for SA, Inc.

Reference: Springfield Armory, Inc. catalog for 1978 through 1980
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Thanks for the info! It would be interesting to know how many were sold in .358 Win. An e-mail to Springfield will be on the to do list!
 
springfield made them in 243 winch for export to europe. 308 used to be a band calibre , now it isn't. So they stopped making lots of them.
 
m6tlogistics said:
once upon a time-.243,7-08,.358 were all offered by Springfield Arms-not in the last 25 years though..
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From M14 Rifle History and Development Fifth Edition:

"Springfield Armory, Inc. offered M1A rifles chambered in .243 Winchester from at least 1978 until 1994 and in .358 Winchester from 1978 to 1980. Barrel blanks in .22, 6 mm, .25, .270, 7 mm, .30 and .35 caliber were offered from 1978 through 1980. Springfield Armory, Inc. would install one of their barrels into a M1A rifle during this period for a nominal charge, $10.00 to $14.00. From 1990 and later, the M1A was available in 7mm-08. These M1A rifles were sold in the United States and in countries where civilians were prohibited from owning military compatible ammunition, e.g., France. For example, Super Match M1A serial number 088619 was custom built in 1995 by Springfield Armory, Inc. It had a Hart 7mm-08 heavyweight barrel and the receiver was rear lugged. Armscorp M14 NM serial number 12148 was built with a .243 Winchester 18 " barrel long but it is not known if the barrel was installed by Armscorp USA. M1A rifles exported to Spain are chambered for .307 Winchester."
 
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