Reeder Custom Guns - Some early pre-testing

That weird .350. I pulled 4 of the .353" 145 gr. bullets and inserted Speer 140 gr. JHP re-sized to .356" in two rounds, then one Sierra 200 gr., with a reduced charge. Finally an un-resized Sierra 200 gr. just to see if it chambers smoothly.

The Sierra 200's say .358" but mic at .3565" right on the money, FWIW.

Far left is a WWI era .351 WSL with nickel jacketed .352" 180 gr. SP. Yes it is age cracked at the neck.

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I could not use 9mm Luger dies to re-seat the bullets. The die body is too short. A .358 Win. rifle seat die body was too long. The .38 Special die I also used for .351 WSL worked fine when backed off some.

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You can feel it’s getting a little tight but does work. That is a listed Sierra .358 200 gr. RN for the .35 Remington which mic’s at 0.3565” in real life. OAL just above the cannuler, fits a GI mag. and feeds from it. It’s probably correct to size to .355-.356” for the .350 Legend. IF it runs 1950 fps (which would delight me) it would equal my old Marlin .35. The round runs a higher pressure than the Remington.

Hope to shoot at least a little over the chrono and check function this weekend.

Some early pre-testing

The .356” bullets fit fine, 0.0005” more and

Glad they fit

You always tinker! Thanks for sharing!!

Mine is a bit different than yours