I am one of the converts to .35caliber. starting at 35remington, .358winchester, .350rem mag, .35whelen, and the top of the bunch .358norma mag.
I wouldn't consider the norma mag a short range rife, and i do
think the others work just fine at less than 250.
I just got through stuffing some hornady interlocks, 200 grain, and 250 grain into .358 casings. On the 200 it's a little faster, the 250's about 2200fps.
I think of the relationship this way , the whelen based on a 30.06, the .358win on a .308 casing.
the rem mag is basically a twin to the whelen.
one interesting thing about the . 358 is you can use surplus 7.62.51 brass to reload, like you can 30.06 for the whelen.
i also load for the .375winchester. a 250grain pill just smacks things. I did see a deer shot by a .358 win a few years ago at about 175yards, the exit side was biggley.
you need to be a reloader tho. But you can go up or down.
my next bunch to load on the .358win are cast 158grain keith style bullets with a little unique. the same is true on the whelen you can go up or down.
Last edited by RoninPhx; 04/24/17.
