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The only advantage I see is that the 350 Legend was designed as a straight wall cartridge for states that only allow them in rifles. Other than that it is just trendy.

Legend popular here and of course those that killed a deer with it rave about it

Myself and Guy57 bought them before we thought about the dia

Guy had some 358 150s and we sent them to my buddy in CA he sized them to 355. Guy is still working on loads
Last week he started to tell me about one it was not impressive and it was back to the drawing board

But I am sure he will get it nailed down
We bought a couple cheap Mossbergs we will see how it goes
Hank

But at this time I agree with previous posts about the 450 being a better choice I love mine but time will tell

Been looking for a "cheap" Mossberg 350.
Friend has one in 243 - the 100 ATR model, predecessor to the Patriot.
I just want one, No need for straight wall here.

Debated one....and realized it was .355...hard pass. Very limited on bullet choices. Especially good hunting bullets. Nearly everything on the market is made for somewhere around 1200fps.


I ran into that with the 450 Bushmaster. But there are ample choices of good bullets in .452" I'm actually glad the bushy is .452 not .458 as the .458s are mostly designed around much heavier rounds and wouldn't work as well on white tails and such.


If the 350 keeps around, you might see more/better bullets around. Tough times for a new round to be trying to grow roots.


I started hunting Ohio last year. I don't hunt in a way I feel limited by a ML or shotgun or straight wall. Last year I killed my buck with an inline. Only building a bushy because I had most of the parts collecting dust so why not.

Last fall I saw ammo for the 350 lots of places, while the other shelves were empty. These days that would be reason enough to buy. Not sure what the ammo situation is now for the 350.

A young lady hunting out of our camp took two deer last season with a bolt cation 350 Legend. It did a good job with both quick kills. The range was under 100 yards.

I have a ruger ranch rifle in 350 legend that takes the AR style mags. While the rifle is not something to write home about aesthetically, it is accurate way beyond its price. I love shooting my suppressed .38spl rifle and fell into the legend with a case of ammo for the right price. It’s no 500yd round for sure, but inside of say 200yds or so dead is dead.

Maker bullets makes all copper tipped expanding bullets for it.
Winchester also introduced a copper bullet factory load.

I load the 150 TREX Maker bullet.

The other factory bullets are not very good

I’m planning to load some Makers for bear this year. For deer, I can’t see anything to be gained over basic fusions.

I think it will hang on because of a handful of Midwestern states that allow for specific straight-wall cartridges for deer. I think there are better cartridges for deer generally, if one had those choices. For me, the 350 is a about a 150-yd deer cartridge.

That said, it is a very pleasant one to shoot and in my limited experience, accurate too. Kind of a “357 Mag Long”.

Instead of the flurry of AR-types coming out in it, I’d like to see a more traditional semi-auto/pump ala the REM 760/7600’s become available. I’m not holding my breath.

Agreed

5im with you george on having a different platform besides an ar 15 platform which I hate and a bolt gun. I guess I'll keep shooting my ruger 44 carbine. 444 marlin or 44 rem mag 336

Was anyone able to check if the 350 legend round fitted the CZ 527 300 blackout? I live in an isolated rural area and don't have access to test this out I would be grateful if someone could check for me

Johno