need has never had anything to do with why we buy rifles, I don't think I need a 358 to shoot 150-180 pound whitetail deer. I have killed big deer with a 223! However its kind of "why not" and I have never had a BLR. I don't know if the take down is a smart idea but its kind of double cool even if I don't need it. So with the .358 I will have 3 less popular calibers, 257 roberts, 6.8spc, and .358.
I bought a ruger hawkeye in 358 but had to send the thing back to them as it would not faithfully fire the cartridges. They had used 308 win dimensions on the chamber as far as I could determine measuring fired shells. It would ignite federal primers but it was not reliable. Really wanted that gun to work.
