I'll go against the grain on the .358.
I hate the cartridge.
Shot a nice buck, quartering toward me. The buck flipped end for end and lay still. I thought done deal. As I walked up to it I foolishly unloaded the rifle. The buck got up after nary a twitch for 10 minutes and ran into a very thick swamp. I tracked him for the rest of the day. Never found it.
I was so pissed I gave the rifle to a friend whose rifle went TU. He shot a nice buck broadside, twice! Same deal, the buck went down in a heap but got up and ran off never to be found.

We've both shot plenty of deer with the .270 before and since with great results every time.

I'd sooner use a large rock than the .358 again.

Give me velocity every time.


The Chosin Few November to December 1950, Korea.
I'm not one of the Chosin Few but no more remarkable group of Americans ever existed.