If you're worried about brass for the 350RM, as apparently I was, pick up a trim die from Redding ... I've tried it with a few .338 WM and .375HH - "just in case" but so far my factory brass has lasted ok ... you really dont shoot it a lot
Has the 350 rem mag gone the way of the doh doh bird?
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I have a .350 and 6.5 Rem Mag in my possession that Bill Leeper built on 700 SS SAUM actions. Like they said, no issue at all.......
Very nice! Wish they made the Seven stainless from the factory. Oh well, slap on another coat of EEZOX!
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You're also a 6'7" 350 pound Man Child like the big dummy in "Of Mice and Men".
The 700 is a better platform for the .350; you can use the Wyatt CFE-6 and the extra .2" make a big difference were many bullets ogive lands.
Though I like the 7 SS, and I think I need to build a solid .308 on one some time....
22" #1 contour, .75" shank, Wildcat stock, ......
Nah. I'll buy more TAC and shoot he .350 more.
You're also a 6'7" 350 pound Man Child like the big dummy in "Of Mice and Men".
Just for giggles, I'd like to squish you one day.....
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It would prolly look like this Andy...
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Just for giggles, I'd like to squish you one day.....
Is that Archie on your back in your pic?
Hey Archie, let me know next time you're going to be in Sudbury. After a coffee we can go do some plinking together - north of town with my "lighter than air" M7 Custom_KS in 350RM. Rachet straps and skidder tire are entirely optional. It's "5 3/4 lbs of bolt action fury" - modifying downward an old Remington ad tag line for the M600/350RM which was/is a portly 6 1/2 lbs.
Happy guy today! ..... Scored a nice 7600 in 35Whelen off the EE. Ironic as I was the fellow who sold it to him 7 or 8 yrs ago. I think I shot a moose with that one.
Also have a SS M700 getting a 358Win bbl and into a McMillan that finally came so no need for a 350RemMag now.
Also have a SS M700 getting a 358Win bbl and into a McMillan that finally came so no need for a 350RemMag now.
SuperCub you're all over the sweet spot man, and so close to being really cool by going with a 350
Contrats on the new rifle..Actually I was kind the market for a whelen but a 350 came in to my life first. Its a keeper so...
Contrats on the new rifle..Actually I was kind the market for a whelen but a 350 came in to my life first.
Its a keeper so...Actually, when the 600 was first released the factory ammo was 250 grain. I well remember handling the first 350 that Ward Dunbrook had in his store in Kitchener. Anyone remember him and his store? He was always ahead of the curve, so to speak. The rifle was a bit racey for me, with its walnut and birch laminated stock and Delrin vent rib. We were all told of how ferocious the recoil must be, and were somewhat disappointed when we finally fired one. Of course, we had been shooting 358 Norma Mags for a while.
It was not long before the 200 gr load was produced. Conventional wisdom wad that the rifle was a beast, and left nothing to be eaten, just "blew game apart." Actually, the 200 gr load damaged far more meat than the 250.
The 350 mag has plenty of case capacity to easily reach 35 Whelen velocities with 250 grain bullets, and that is not a bad thing at all.
Ted
My dad had a Mohawk shortly after they came out. He guided on horseback and liked that the goofy down turned bolt handle inlet deep in the wood made it not hang up in the scabord. This was moose hunting in the central interior of BC the 350 was mainly along in case there were any grizzly issues. His main rifle was a 99 Savage in 308.
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Hey Dave good to hear from ya. Ironically, I just passed through Sudbury on my way home from Cochrane. We got sent home on short notice to rest up and go back up on the 15th. Long story short its now 3am and I'm laying across my trucks bench seat using my luggage bag as a pillow just outside Blind River
I'll have to come out one of these days and do some shooting with you that's for certain. I have a 260 AI I'll have to bring.
Absolutely - 250s for almost all my 350RM hunting - meat is good right up to the hole - complete with exit hole usually.
Some get all hung up on the 250gr bullet base extending below the neck and ogives into the neck etc. - however usually there are no big issues even with 2.800" COAL with conventional bullet designs anyway. IF the the ogive extends a little into the neck mouth I just crimp the mouth slightly against bullet. Proper neck tension and compressed loads (my norm) keep bullet in place. With 250s velocities in the 2500+ are my standard and a buddie's 673 with a 22" barrel shot safe accurate 250gr Grand Slam loads at 2700 - yes 2700 !!!
Exactly. That was why I made the post.
It is also true with using the 250 gr spitzers in the 358 Winchester. When seated deep enough to fit the factory magazine in the Model 600 and Model Seven rifles, yes, the bullet extends well into the powder space. However, that "little" cartridge still shoots flat enough, and hits hard enough, to reliably kill big game out to 300 yards easily.
Just ask my buddy, Bert, whom a few guys on here know, how many tons (literally) of moose, caribou, bear, and mountain sheep his first generation 600 with its 18 1/2" barrel has put in the freezer using 250 gr Speer spitzers.
Ted
It is also true with using the 250 gr spitzers in the 358 Winchester. When seated deep enough to fit the factory magazine in the Model 600 and Model Seven rifles, yes, the bullet extends well into the powder space. However, that "little" cartridge still shoots flat enough, and hits hard enough, to reliably kill big game out to 300 yards easily.
Just ask my buddy, Bert, whom a few guys on here know, how many tons (literally) of moose, caribou, bear, and mountain sheep his first generation 600 with its 18 1/2" barrel has put in the freezer using 250 gr Speer spitzers.
Ted
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Somebody is wondering who made the factory 250 gr load for the 358 Winchester.
It is a very deep penetrating load, devastating on big game, and spoils very little meat. As the old saying goes, you could eat right up to the hole.
It is unfortunate that it is no longer available in factory ammo.
My apology for the brief hijack.
Ted
It is a very deep penetrating load, devastating on big game, and spoils very little meat. As the old saying goes, you could eat right up to the hole.
It is unfortunate that it is no longer available in factory ammo.
My apology for the brief hijack.
Ted
Well Ted I for one see how 250s out of a 358 Winchester ties in pretty well with the conversation. If a 308 parent case can launch them well enough for big game dependability then a 350 magnum certainly can! And that's part of the negative talk I've heard and read about the 350, that "its OK for lighter bullets but if you're going to shoot 250gr bullets you need a Whelen." I think that's making a mountain out of a mole hill as far as bullets taking up powder space in these calibres goes. Proof is in the pudding.
I haven't loaded any 250s in my Ruger yet which is up for quite a bit more over all cartridge length than the original Remingtons were due to magazine lengths. This thread is making me want to get cracking on that, I don't expect it to do leaps and bounds better than the original loads did. Might be able to show a Whelen or two who's boss though. But I don't think the critter at the other end would know the difference between a Whelen, a long 350 load or the original factory stuff.
I haven't loaded any 250s in my Ruger yet which is up for quite a bit more over all cartridge length than the original Remingtons were due to magazine lengths. This thread is making me want to get cracking on that, I don't expect it to do leaps and bounds better than the original loads did. Might be able to show a Whelen or two who's boss though. But I don't think the critter at the other end would know the difference between a Whelen, a long 350 load or the original factory stuff.
