I have been a big fan of he .358 Norma Mag for many decades now. My first handling of one was a friend who weighed in at 130 pounds soaking wet. He purchased this rifle from a pawn shop a couple years prior. It was he only rifle he had at the time and he did not know really much about guns of any sort.
I was made on a 98 Mauser action, very nice walnut stock it had a medium weight barrel and was 24 inches long. He shot 250 grain bullets from this rifle. I always thought of getting one but back then there were not many bullets to choose off the shelf. It did kick some from the bench, I too only weighed in at 155 pounds. I remember shooting it and almost clover leafing my shots at 75 yards with the iron sights on the rifle.
