How Many 358 Winchester Fans Have We Got Here??
- Thread starter Tabacco Brook
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.............the .358win made the big bear defense cryteria.Read this awn the net, so it must be correctuhmundoe.
Edititted so Slamfires posted info below don't make a liar out of me.................
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It will do everything but spit 358 cal pills....
panache is also antlers in quebecer.
One shot, one kill. Right?
You have my permission to kick me in the butt should we ever meet. I turned down an opportunity to buy a Schultz and Larsen M65 rifle chambered in .358 Norma Magnum 40 years ago. Unfortunately, I had just bought my first house and had to sell my custom 1965 Chevrolet 4X4 SWB Step-Side PU truck, my 1964 Buick Riviera, and my sailboat to come up with enough money for the down payment to assume the existing mortgage. I was barely able to scrape together $350 to buy a beat-up 1972 Pontiac station wagon after buying the house let alone $900 for the rifle.
- Location
- Rockland, ON
Tabacco Brook
Regular
- Location
- Nova Scotia
Very nice,.. can't remember ever seeing one of them in stainless.
- Location
- In the shadows of the Rockies
Short range factory load performances compared from a rather interesting study done in 1983. See background. Pertains to Grizzly stomping but applicable to heavy game in general because key indicators include energy, penetration, retained weight and expansion ratio.
The 358 with a 200gr bullet ranks #14 out of 33 rifles considered. Should rank higher than that with a heavier bullet. For other rounds, rankings would likely be subject to change using bullets other than those listed.
From Safety In Bear Country: Protective Measures And Bullet Performance At Short Ranges, by Meehan & Thilenius.
The 358 with a 200gr bullet ranks #14 out of 33 rifles considered. Should rank higher than that with a heavier bullet. For other rounds, rankings would likely be subject to change using bullets other than those listed.
From Safety In Bear Country: Protective Measures And Bullet Performance At Short Ranges, by Meehan & Thilenius.
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For what it's worth, "Mr. 270" (Jack O'Conner) in a 1962 article entitled Deer and Deer Rifles, wrote that he "... regards the neglected and obsolescent .358 Winchester cartridge with its 200-grain bullet at 2,530 or its 250-grain bullet at 2,250 as probably the most deadly woods cartridge in existence, not only for deer but for elk and even moose. The .358 has the power and weight to drive deep on the rear-end shot, which the woods hunter all too often has to take."
Obsolescent in 1962- ? - funny. Been reading that sort of assessment by gun writers for many decades. Wrong IMO. Neglected - OK maybe.
Obsolescent in 1962- ? - funny. Been reading that sort of assessment by gun writers for many decades. Wrong IMO. Neglected - OK maybe.
Short range factory load performances compared from a rather interesting study done in 1983. See background. Pertains to Grizzly stomping but applicable to heavy game in general because key indicators include energy, penetration, retained weight and expansion ratio.
The 358 with a 200gr bullet ranks #14 out of 33 rifles considered. Should rank higher than that with a heavier bullet. For other rounds, rankings would likely be subject to change using bullets other than those listed.
From Safety In Bear Country: Protective Measures And Bullet Performance At Short Ranges, by Meehan & Thilenius.
1982-1983 some readers here were not even born ....
