Any .350 Rem Mag Fans?

[hoytcanon]

Never understood the hostility toward belts... who cares, they have them or they don't... the cartridge works either way... I am ambivalent toward the case as long as it doesn't have creeping heasapace. Re: 6.5 PRC to .358, would be easier to do .300 PRC to .358, anneal and one pass should do it. The Sambar would be my choice, but I am biased as I went the route, although I just moved it to a buddy, due to the .358-375 Ruger build... he was trying to swipe it for years.

 

[hoytcanon]

The lack of sales are brought about by the companies we spoke of. Lack of advertising, lack of or inappropriate rifles for the cartridge, down loading the cartridge, wrong or very light bullets for it, badly selected twist rate for the rifling.

Yup, Remington screwed everything up that could possibly be screwed up when they introduced the Short Rem Mags... the guys that have them now, in a proper platform with proper twist and proper bullet, love them and swear by them... I'm one of those guys.

 

[hoytcanon]

Thank you. Be interested in how the 375WSM turns out.

Tim, for got you had the 350RM.

I will post a thread for posterity... including some accurate load data... when I was searching I had a hard time finding good info. A friend just ran some numbers through Quickload for me, and I am going to start with CFE and see if QL numbers appear... they don't always. But the early data looks very promising. I am building on an LA to seat to 3.100"+ with 260 and 300 AB's... mostly because the donor is a .300 WM, and the B&C stock is LA only. Probably going to do 24" barrel, which is a 12 twist... no point in reinventing the wheel.

 

[Tim Blackwell]

Very nice, Tim... I have the same rifle, and another that I turned into a 6.5 Rem Mag. You look like a fella to swap tall tales with over a few beers! Cheers.

Make it a rum and I'm sold

That 6.5 would be a cracking cartridge.

 

[hoytcanon]

This is a former .350 Rem Mag, turned into a 6.5 Rem Mag... the goat was shot at 430 yards pretty much straight up, with a 140 Accubond, pictured below... the fall was spectacular, over 1000 feet total... in the landscape picture you can see the trail weaving down the 60 degree grass slope where the goat tumbled for hundreds of feet after bouncing off several rock ledges... in the picture the goats face is tied together with paracord... remarkably, the horns didn't get smashed.

 

[Tim Blackwell]

Thank you. Be interested in how the 375WSM turns out.

Tim, for got you had the 350RM.

Yes, still have it mate, hopefully it'll have a date with some sambar later this year on a walk in hunt.

 

[hoytcanon]

Yes, still have it mate, hopefully it'll have a date with some sambar later this year on a walk in hunt.

I have a bunch of rifles that I want to test on game, but all my 2024 hunts are bowhunts! We will see how the clients shoot on bears this spring, may get some work done there with a couple... lol.

 

[Rule 303]

Good stuff Tim. Hope you do well on the Sambar.

 

[hoytcanon]

Yes, still have it mate, hopefully it'll have a date with some sambar later this year on a walk in hunt.

Post some pics... those Sambar are beautiful animals... I imagine you hunt them similarly to our elk?

 

[MS 9x56]

I prefer another round in the magazine to a belt on my cartridge.

 

[hoytcanon]

I prefer another round in the magazine to a belt on my cartridge.

None of the fat, beltless cartridges get you another round in the magazine without modifying the magazine, which you could also do for a belted round... having said that I am plenty fine with 3+1, if that doesn't do the trick, it is unlikely the next one would help much. It's like when semi auto shotguns became popular for waterfowling, no more ducks were getting killed, but you sure ran through the shells, invariably the third was at rapidly departing birds... you should almost count your shells at the boat ramp and throw every third one in the lake.

 

[SLG]

I have a NULA scout rifle in 350RM. The NULA's are not the best rifles around, and neither are the scouts, but this rifle is a nice little package that is a joy to shoot and carry. I may convert it to a standard scope mount and therefore make it much more useful, but I have not actually hunted with it, so for range use, the scout scope works ok.

 

[Daisy]

A little off topic, but I think I’m gonna go on a NC black bear hunt this year. Would you use a 338 lapua with 225gr ER raptor or a 375 Ruger with 275gr safari raptor/300gr Maximus?

 

[hoytcanon]

A little off topic, but I think I’m gonna go on a NC black bear hunt this year. Would you use a 338 lapua with 225gr ER raptor or a 375 Ruger with 275gr safari raptor/300gr Maximus?

Neither... what else you got???

 

[hoytcanon]

I have a NULA scout rifle in 350RM. The NULA's are not the best rifles around, and neither are the scouts, but this rifle is a nice little package that is a joy to shoot and carry. I may convert it to a standard scope mount and therefore make it much more useful, but I have not actually hunted with it, so for range use, the scout scope works ok.

I tried the scout concept a few times, I had several Ruger Frontiers and a couple GSR's, but really don't like the forward scope position... fortunately Ruger also gives mounting options for traditional mounting. So that is what I did... the top rifle is a Frontier in .358 Win, the bottom two are my 6.5 Rem Mag and .350 Rem Mag.

 

[Daisy]

Neither... what else you got???

Ha. 30-06 or 416 Ruger

 

[hoytcanon]

Ha. 30-06 or 416 Ruger

Honestly, if you showed up with a .30/06 and 200 grain SP's or RN's, I would be thrilled... standard Cup & Core are great, or Partitions are good too. I would be happy with either. I would clear my throat and look away, if you showed up with the others. Lol.

 

[Daisy]

Honestly, if you showed up with a .30/06 and 200 grain SP's or RN's, I would be thrilled... standard Cup & Core are great, or Partitions are good too. I would be happy with either. I would clear my throat and look away, if you showed up with the others. Lol.

Ha. At least you’re honest. Ha

 

[hoytcanon]

Ha. At least you’re honest. Ha

It comes from tracking and skinning out more than 300 bears... the old Grey Jelly filing cabinet has alot of visual data stored back there... and on good days with the help of some caffeine, I can actually locate it.

 

[Rule 303]

It comes from tracking and skinning out more than 300 bears... the old Grey Jelly filing cabinet has alot of visual data stored back there... and on good days with the help of some caffeine, I can actually locate it.

I was going to say the 375 or 416 Ruger with round nose bullets should do fine and then point out that I have not hunted Black Bear, have not even been close to a country they live in and so defer to people that do hunt them.

But a 30-06, come on that is just a passing fad