Time passed and so has his techniques for hunting deer, but one thing has remained the same, the rifle or, “old friend,” as he tells it, carried on every hunt.
Get the 74th edition of the World's Greatest Gun Book. The resulting cartridge was designated the .358 Winchester. Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in the October 2018 issue of Gun Digest the Magazine. Many European rifle makers chamber the round. A dead heat in every regard IMO. With the 250-grain bullet, it’s better than the .30-06 on heavy game at close ranges. Just remember that every bullet has a powder or recipe that will make it a great load and shoot well in your favorite rifle. 358 Winchester hand loads from L to R: 200 gr. Almost every bullet manufacturer carries a .358” diameter bullet in their inventory such as Hornady, Speer, Barnes and Nosler. I find that loading and shooting ammunition I’ve produced gives me a greater understanding of the shooting sport I love. http://www.browning.com/products/firearms/rifles/blr/current-production.html. A round for all seasons and reasons. Start with Starline’s .358 Winchester brass and run it through a set of RCBS .358 Winchester re-sizing dies.
Regrettably, after 43 years of service, it fell out of favor and was suspended in 1998. It can easily handle almost any game in North America with the application of the right bullet. DPMS, PSA + some V-seven titanium take-down and pivot pins Buffer/Receiver extension/Stock: PSA … Of course, there are also specialty bullet manufacturers like Hunters Supply (www.hunters-supply.com) who produce lead bullets of varying hardness. Speer UCHP and a starting charge of 48.0 grains of IMR 4064 that generates a muzzle velocity of about 2496 ft./sec. Working up the ideal load takes experience, patience and most importantly time, but as I’ve heard people say, “getting there is half the journey.”.
is a shortened .35 Whelen. [9], Cartridge cases can be formed from .308 cases. LIVRAISON RAPIDE & GRATUITE. Hornady left the barrel at 2438.0 ft./sec and his deer hunting dilemma was resolved. One such load starts with a 158 gr. The ballisticians at Winchester began with their .308 Winchester case and necked it up to accept .358” diameter bullets. It’s first chambering was the Winchester Featherweight Model 70 bolt-action rifle, a year later in their Winchester Model 88 lever-action. One of my favorites is Hodgdon H-4895. Bob Shell is my mentor and has handloaded rare, obsolete and wildcat cartridges for over 30 plus years and when Ron told him his problem, Bob had the answer. Some speculate it may have fallen victim to the magnum craze because people believed at the time, (and some still do), that any shortcoming they think a cartridge may have can be fixed with the application of more powder.
The .358 Winchester: Still A Major Contender. [8], And, while temporarily suspended, Hornady offers a 200 grain, soft point load with a muzzle energy of 2,720 (ft-lbs). Six major concealed carry insurance programs are now available to the millions of Americans who carry concealed.
. .358 Winchester: King Of The .35 Calibers. Earlier I mentioned that Ron didn’t find the factory loads he was using to be satisfactory. Wad Cutter. As with many great underrated cartridges, no one knows why exactly. N133 and AA2015. cast SWC, 200 gr. Caribou Media Group earns a commission from qualifying purchases. Please explain your comment, “a 358 Win is more useful than a 348 Winchester”.Because you can get projectiles in different weights?