Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Express Rifles and Big Bores Only Please inform me about the 358 Win.

I may get my hands on one shortly. Please tell me about yours or your thoughts, load development, etc.

I have a 350 Rem Mag now in a 700 Classic.

Thanks in advance.

Unless it's a 99 or some other rifle in a rare variation, you already have a superior cartridge in an uncommon rifle. So............

It will be in a Browning BLR actually. I just bought it here in the classie's.

I had a BLR 358 and it was an honest 1 1/2" gun with the 225 gr Partition over 48 grs of 4320. MV was 2400 fps IIRC. Since sold I now own a pretty nice custom and will be loading the 200 gr TTSX over TAC in a couple of weeks in prep for a critter trip to Africa in June.

I looked at that gun, and wished I had the money to buy it. Had a Model 88 in 358 for a while and love the cartridge. TAC and Barnes 225's are your magic combo. Very deadly duo.

BLR makes sense, as would a 99.

That was helpful...

Anyone know how far out I can seat the bullet in a BLR magazine? I would imagine it's 2.8", but I'm not sure.

My friend's discreet carry bear defense gun that he took to Alaska last year in his Cessna 172... I found one of the last lightweight BLRs in .358 Winchester. He used a 250 grain Hornady RN but that is all I know....

Calls it the Makita KillzAll......

Bob

That is a WAY cool set up! I plan to do something similar when I get the bucks to aquire a Kel Tech SU16 folding 223. Incognito carry, with a couple hunert rounds of 55gr TTSX loaded ammo in the case and stuffed into the magazines.....

My friend just bought the exact same rifle here in Maine. As a woods cartridge I think it would be terrific.

I've the non takedown version of your rifle. It's a great little rifle except that the rear sight is pathetic IMO. I removed the iron sights and mounted a 3X Leupold in Talley LWs, much better. I've killed 7 or 8 WT deer with mine, always with 200 Hornady SP. When concerned with killing larger critters I've worked up loads with 225 SGK, 250 Hornady RN and Speer SP, but I started loading the 200 TTSX last summer and will probably stay with that for the future. I'd be tempted to try the 180 TTSX if I were to use it for deer again as the Hornady worked, but just barely on one larger buck.

I've used numerous powders, but TAC and H322 have shined in all weight bullets in my rifle.

Hilarious! Thank you!

I was hoping I was buying a T/D 358, but it wasn't. Oh well, what a great cartridge in an awesome rifle. Hard to beat a trusty, handy lever gun in a conventional chambering. Like a moth to a flame. LOL

FWIW, I love the 358 Win - it just works!!! and not everybody has one.

I have 4 .350 Mags and one .358...a Ruger Frontier with a 16.5" barrel. So far I've only loaded the 220 Speer which is the same bullet I use in the .350s...

The very large doe dropped after a 35 or so yard run... Bullet punched a hole though both lungs at 50 yards. Every time her feet hit the ground blood sprayed all over the snow...



Velocity is only about 2300 fps as the barrel is so short...you could eat right up to the hole as they say...

Bob

Very nice large doe Bob

Both my children and I love my BLR in 358. You will too.

my late hunting partner used a 358 win BLR with a 4x leopold scope, for decades loaded with a speer 250 grain bullet over 44 grains of IMR 4064 and a 215 fed primer
for elk hunts, he sighted in 3.5" high at 100 yards it was about dead on at 200 and about 10" low at 300 yards, he killed over a dozen elk in 30 years all but one was a one shot kill and that one was his fault not the rifles.
he was so good with that BLR I eventually bought one, but Ive used mine mostly on white tail with excellent results using the same load I loaded for him.

My brother has a BLR '81 steel receiver that he has used to shoot numerous elk and moose. He mostly used the Win 200 silver tip, with no complaints, but the 225 Barnes x was good too.
He made a new stock with a higher comb for his, and finds it more comfortable when shooting with a scope. The rifle functions perfectly and shoots good, but I do not personally like the handling. If yours fits you, I believe you will be a happy and successful hunter.