Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles Let's talk .358 Winchester

My M70 is a 20" 'er but in a rather heavy walnut stock. I picked up an "as formed" (i.e., ROUGH) High Tech stock at a gunshow a bit ago for $30 that I need to fit to it. It won't be a lightweight as it has sights, one piece steel BM, etc., but it'll help.

That Barnes bullet mushroomed out perfectly. I’m gonna have to try them and the Sierra 200 grain in my 358.

Wow! A 6 yo thread I hadn't seen. Not much has changed for 358 Win loads. Mule Deer's extremely helpful Handloader article (previously cited in my posts) on the 338Fed & 358Win set a modern standard for modern bolt rifles (Savage 99 actions aren't as strong, I think we'd agree). His best load for us living in no lead States (Kalifornia) is the 200 TSX w/ 52 gr TAC, producing 2749 fps from a 22" barrel on a Ruger Hawkeye. I've been using the 200 TTSX instead (only on paper so far) but my current effort is with the 180 TTSX which has reached 2825 fps using a VERY compressed TAC load. I'm searching for a faster powder, less compressed to use, which, theoretically, should provide an additional ~100 fps. At 2900 fps, the trajectory for the 180TTSX & 200 TTSX at 2750 fps are identical. The 358 Win is NOT just a short range woods cartridge. It is a true mid-range cartridge w/ modern bolt rifles, propellants & projectiles, easily & humanely capable of taking deer & elk to 300-400 yd.