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I just got off of the phone with Karl from Alaska Bullet Works in Juneau. He has agreed to make up some 220 grain super bonded flat nose .35 cal. bullets and plans to start putting them together after the new year starts. These bullets will have the similar jackets to the 250 grain version which has a good reputation here in Alaska and Canada. According to Karl, the jacket on the 250 grain bullet is .025 thick at the nose and tapers to .050 at the base. Which helps with expansion at lower impact velocities and the thick jacket in the rear and bonding should stop fragmentation and create a deep wound channel.

The 220 grain weight in that bullet style will turn the .356 Win. into a 200-250 yard moose gun. Especially if the first shot goes into the lung area. I think it will be a good bullet for the .35 Rem. also, and told Karl a 200 grain version with the same construction would sell well for .35 Rem users. This bullet costs more money then a 220 grain Speer, but for me in Alaska it is well worth it if it increases my odds of a clean kill with several hundred pounds of moose in the freezer. I will also have the option of using the cheap 220 grain Speers for practice.

Alaska Bullet Works in Juneau at 907-789-3834. Please give Karl a call if you are interested in this bullet. I have no stake in this other then a desire for a 220 grain version of their very good bullets.

I have been getting 45-70 bullets from him for years and recently .35 caliber bullets. He calls me when he mails them and tells me to send him a check after I receive them. I have never met him, but he is a pleasure to deal with on the phone. Just a good old timer in Alaska!

Tagged, as I want to find this thread and order some!

They’d work slick in our 358 Wins as well.

Thank you fir the heads up.

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As soon as he has some ready to ship me I will let it be known and the more pre orders he gets could provide incentive. I will still keep a hundred of the 250 grain Kodiaks loaded for when I take the little rife on summer excursions that are almost always in brown/griz country. The 220 grain bullet will be my "all around" moose slayer for the .356 and I am sure it has plenty to offer any brown bear that needs attention.

Outstanding, will order some!

I've used their bullets in 30 caliber, might try these. But I've been 'cutting' the tips of 225gr Partitions for sometime to use in the 356 and they work just fine.

Seems to me that what ever could be done to the nose of a 225 grain Partition could be done to the nose of the 250 and 210 version. I also wonder what could be done to the nose of a 220 grain Speer to increase expansion at the lower impact velocities one encounters when "stretching out" the .356 Win. on 200-250 yard lung shots on moose, caribou, elk and black bear. I heard the 250 grain version of the bonded bullet from Alaska Bullet Works expands on a moose chest shot at that range.

Hey mark338fed,

Care to chime in on your moose and bear shots with that bullet? I'm old now and with the moose hunting the way it is I may not have the opportunity to try out my .356 Winny very often. It sure does carry easy, even with the little Leupold 1.5-5x20 with the German #4 reticle. I just hate scoping the little slab sided rifle, but know I could see to get better hits on a moose if I did.

Once I settle on a load I need to go to the range and run it out to 250 yards in 25 yard increments with the XS receiver sight. If I can hold a 6" group that will be MOA for a lung shot on a moose. With the little Leupold scope I should be able to cut that group in half.

My dream, as I have stated before was a Winchester or Marlin tossing 220 grain .35 caliber FN at an honest 2,500 fps mv. The defunct .36 RPP from Ranger Point Precision was supposed to do that with a reworked Marlin 336 action and a 24" barrel using a modified .35 Whelen case. I think they must have run into a problem or would still be offering it. Tim Sundies of Buffalo Bore told me he would like to work up some modern loads for the .356 Winchester, but cannot due to a lack of available brass form a good supplier. Obviously Winchester is not that source, I'm hoping he could contract with Starline to produce his .356 brass. But, the reality is there are not many .356 users, so the bottom dollar rears it's ugly head.

The .348 Win. case can be all that and more with some modification. But, the Mod. 71 Win. is the only lever gun I am aware of that can be modified with that case. The guns are very spendy and heavier then a Mod. 94 Win. or a 336 Marlin.

The great .416 Rigby has a solid reputation on big dangerous game in Africa, old India and elsewhere. It is better then ever now with some of the excellent soft nose bullets out there. The 400 grain Trophy Bonded, Woodleigh and Swift A Frame move along at about 2,350 fps mv and critters ain't complaining about it being to slow! So maybe I can learn to be content with my Winchester Big Bore 94 and a 220 grain Kodiak Super Bonded bullet at 2,350 fps mv. Sure rolls off the tongue easy when I say it. LOL

Awesomeness. Will give him a call.

Ordered 400, think these will be the best all around bullet in the 356. I've used the 250gr Kodiak with excellent results on deer and moose, never recovered one but the wound channels have been spectacular. Taken deer and moose out to 200yds and still had good expansion.

Hey mark338fed,

Thanks for the post Pard. You are my .356 Win. source as far as actual critter hunting experience goes. Now we just gotta find some brave soul who is savvy enough to come up with a good +P load for it.
Time for some one way smarter then me to push that .356 Win. case a bit.

Please post your results when you chronograph your 24" barreled Mod. 94 .356 Winny. I am curious to see what it does with the 250 grain Kodiak bullet and the 220 grain version.

Why not use TAC in the 356 Win like we do in the 358 Win? I know one is intended for a levergun and the other is most often used in a bolt gun. Is the levergun the limit for loading +P loads for the 356?

I may have to get some of these 220s for my 35 Rem bolt gun. It really zings the 220 Speers along but the recoil is something I wasn't expecting from the mild mannered 35 Rem case.

Thanks, Dinny

Dinny, thanks for the suggestion, I think it's one of the powders I have selected, will check. First run of tests have me attaining 2450fps with no pressure signs. Waiting for it to warm up for more testing, using the 200gr Hornady round nose. Once I find which powders show promise will try the 220gr Speer and Kodiak 250gr.