Reeder Custom Guns - 350 Legend

I guess I am wrong as usual. When this cartridge came out I was barely able to keep from yawning, Now since the Arkansas
Fish and Game folks passed a rule making straight wall cartridges legal (30 caliber up, no semi-autos) for primitive weapon hunting I know of 12 people in our little community who have bought one. Mostly single shots but a couple of bolt actions. Not for me as I will continue to shoot my TC Hawkins .50 caliber or perhaps my .375 Win Marlin lever action.

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It was essentially an elongated super magnum 9mm. When they discovered the states (some) had a .357 cal. limit bore size. Now bullet diameter is listed as .357! I’ve not slugged my barrel to see if it’s .355 or .357. I pulled a FMJ bullet and mic’s 0.354”!

Performance wise I loaded the 200 gr. RCBS cast RNGC ahead of my old tried and true .357 Maximum powder charge. They ran 2100 fps from a 16” AR barrel. Wow! It beat my old .35 Remington. I thought the capacity was greater than the Maximum but maybe I’m wrong. They sure zipped. Later I saw published data that had me overcharging by several grains!!!! But I’m still here.

The Ruger ranch bolt gun is a honeypot in .350 for the intended purpose. Whitetails inside 200 yds.

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350 Legend

Yes it’s all the local rage. They first screwed up.