anybody here hunt with 350 Legend?

I built a specter ballistics LPC in 350L. 16.1" barrel, nice compact rig with little to zero recoil. Can load any 9mm pistol bullet. I loaded up some 147gr winchester silvertips. tested them on a water jug and 3/4" partical board. It started coming apart in the water jug and made it through 3 boards stopping in the 4th. was just the base of the jacket and a bit of lead left. Think it would make big holes in yote's.
The one deer I shot was a bang flop at 27 paces. 180gr winchester power point broke a rib or two,smashed 3" of spine and the bullet was found in the offside hide.
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bullet stood up very well considering the range to impact.
 
It works slick....easy chambering and extraction is a breeze. Be even better if it was a semi. although the ranges I hunt at I don't need a second shot, maybe if I was coyote hunting and had a double or triple come in.
 
Good to hear! Some minimal-taper cartridges like the 6.5 grendel are sticky as hell in these straight-pulls
I may have to look for a 350 legend barrel.
 
Nice rifle, Russ! And good hunting!

The ability to load 9mm bullets as a plinker etc is a pretty nice selling point. Looks like good bullet performance there and definitely good shooting.

I was intrigued with the Barnes 170gr TSX.
 
I’m considering a Lockhart Raven with a 350 Legend upper. Figuring light, quick handling bush gun. Also a nice blinker with cheaper 9mm pistol bullets.
Russ Thank You for the hunting feed back!!
 
I bought my 10 y/o light framed daughter a Mossberg bantom .243 this past summer to start on. She’s taken 3 shots with it over the summer, ended up in tears each time (3 different outings). It’s a bit of both I think, noise and recoil that scares her.

I’d like to have her inside 100 yards preferably when her first harvest happens, really contemplating one of these 350’s in a bantam to try out instead of her .243. From what I read they are suppose to have a little less noise and recoil.
 
Decker9 said:
I bought my 10 y/o light framed daughter a Mossberg bantom .243 this past summer to start on. She’s taken 3 shots with it over the summer, ended up in tears each time (3 different outings). It’s a bit of both I think, noise and recoil that scares her.

I’d like to have her inside 100 yards preferably when her first harvest happens, really contemplating one of these 350’s in a bantam to try out instead of her .243. From what I read they are suppose to have a little less noise and recoil.
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Depending what province you're in a 223rem might be legal for deer (it is in BC) and with the right bullet selection is plenty capable. I strongly considered getting one for my kids, but I reload so I can just tune down the 243 to make things more tolerable.
 
Decker9 said:
I bought my 10 y/o light framed daughter a Mossberg bantom .243 this past summer to start on. She’s taken 3 shots with it over the summer, ended up in tears each time (3 different outings). It’s a bit of both I think, noise and recoil that scares her.

I’d like to have her inside 100 yards preferably when her first harvest happens, really contemplating one of these 350’s in a bantam to try out instead of her .243. From what I read they are suppose to have a little less noise and recoil.
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I think the muzzle blast from the 350 is significantly less if I remember the numbers correctly.
 
Decker9 said:
I bought my 10 y/o light framed daughter a Mossberg bantom .243 this past summer to start on. She’s taken 3 shots with it over the summer, ended up in tears each time (3 different outings). It’s a bit of both I think, noise and recoil that scares her.

I’d like to have her inside 100 yards preferably when her first harvest happens, really contemplating one of these 350’s in a bantam to try out instead of her .243. From what I read they are suppose to have a little less noise and recoil.
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I think I'd find a way to make shooting more fun before the hunting. All guns are loud esp to those who are sensitive to the noise and if recoil is a problem, get her shooting a 223.

Leave the hunting till later. The last thing you need is a bad shot from a young hunter at her 1st deer.
 
The 350's report is pretty subdued. does not have the sharp crack like a 243. I put a brake on the 350 but I think all it does is make it louder so I just put the thread protector back on and called it a day.

The hardest thing hunting WT is getting them to stand on the plasic....They seem to know something is up.

What SuperCup said.
 
Decker9 said:
I bought my 10 y/o light framed daughter a Mossberg bantom .243 this past summer to start on. She’s taken 3 shots with it over the summer, ended up in tears each time (3 different outings). It’s a bit of both I think, noise and recoil that scares her.

I’d like to have her inside 100 yards preferably when her first harvest happens, really contemplating one of these 350’s in a bantam to try out instead of her .243. From what I read they are suppose to have a little less noise and recoil.
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I haven't used one but I've heard great things about the 300 blackout
 
SuperCub said:
I think I'd find a way to make shooting more fun before the hunting. All guns are loud esp to those who are sensitive to the noise and if recoil is a problem, get her shooting a 223.

Leave the hunting till later. The last thing you need is a bad shot from a young hunter at her 1st deer.
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This^
Let 'er get a few thousand .22LR from a light rifle on fun shoots and small game before moving up the ladder.
 
brybenn said:
I haven't used one but I've heard great things about the 300 blackout
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All I can say so far is that headshots are very effective (well, duh) but what the Barnes 110gr Tac-Tx bullets do is very, very promising. The Hornady 110gr CX looks great too, but no kills with it yet.

From a 16" Ruger American Ranch, it does about 2400 fps with a whopping 20.2 grains of H110. Not exactly a big blast or scary noise coming from that...but it could be tamed even more with a linear compensator.

About 6.05 ft/lbs of recoil energy.
 
Joel said:
All I can say so far is that headshots are very effective
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Headshots can be very effective but it's a very small target esp for a young, nervous shooter.

Not recommended. If you are off by only a bit you might shoot off the jaw or miss the spine in the neck area. The classic lung shot is best.
 
For the record, she’s been shooting her custom .22’s since 3-4 y/o and took a good jag of grouse this year for her first year hunting, I’d guess upwards of 8000-10’000 rounds fired the past few years through her .22’s. She’s no rookie to shooting or hunting, but is a sensitive little person.

Absolutely no pressure on her to shoot a bigger rifle, but she’s really itching to. The .243, no matter what people say, has a snap to it, even with my reduced loads using H4895.

Also contemplated a .223 or .222 for her, but I’m not comfortable using those for deer personally.
If the internet doesn’t lie, the 350 is suppose to be milder then a .243, and I do like the fact it had a bigger bullet.
 
Decker9 said:
For the record, she’s been shooting her custom .22’s since 3-4 y/o and took a good jag of grouse this year for her first year hunting, I’d guess upwards of 8000-10’000 rounds fired the past few years through her .22’s. She’s no rookie to shooting or hunting, but is a sensitive little person.

Absolutely no pressure on her to shoot a bigger rifle, but she’s really itching to. The .243, no matter what people say, has a snap to it, even with my reduced loads using H4895.

Also contemplated a .223 or .222 for her, but I’m not comfortable using those for deer personally.
If the internet doesn’t lie, the 350 is suppose to be milder then a .243, and I do like the fact it had a bigger bullet.
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6.5 x 55? That would be my choice.
 
SuperCub said:
Headshots can be very effective but it's a very small target esp for a young, nervous shooter.

Not recommended. If you are off by only a bit you might shoot off the jaw or miss the spine in the neck area. The classic lung shot is best.
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It wasnt a recommendation, endorsement, suggestion etc. Just a statement that it's my only experience with the cartridge on game thus far

Given the effect I've no doubt that body shots kill them toot sweet
 
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