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Sure it was.

I just got my G&A and read Bodington's article. Sounds like a winner with the Lever people, from what I have read. Henry made up a test gun from a 30-30 with a rechambered barrel and Rem made the 200 gr ammo. Basically a 30-30 necked up to .358, straight wall for those unfortunate, to be told what to shoot when deer hunting. Those interested should read the article. IT IS NOT an AR round, it is a rimmed lever gun cartridge, regardless of where you shoot it, it sounds like a 35Rem Rebop in a shorter length cartridge. Lower recoil and 358 bullets......at 81 yo that sounds good to me, topped off in a Henry rifle.....My name is going on the list of new guns to buy! Anybody WTB a 356 Win 94 now, mine is for sale! LOL

I learned about this new Caliber Friday on a live stream. Im a 35 Cal nut. I figure we will learn more @ Shot show.

I have already chopped 30/30 brass ta 1.8" and run them thru 375 then 35 Rem dies ta make dummies.

Gonna make a video tomorrow seeking info. Gotta find a Guns & Ammo too to read Col Boddingtons article.

Hope CVA jumps on board with there single shot guns too.

CW

A short light recoiling cartridge like the 360 hopefully will be chambered in a lightweight compact levergun
Its a bit long for a 92 action .. but it would be sweet in a
94 Ranger Compact … or a Marlin 336 16inch Spikehorn type carbine …

A spikehorn in 360 would really interest me, I sent a spikehorn to Jes to rebore to 38-55 a couple years ago and it's become one of my favorite deer rifles

I wish ..I had purchased a Remington/ Marlin Spikehorn .. to do such a conversion…. I can’t imagine doing that to my pristine JM Spikehorn… but to me that is the perfect Lever
38-55 ( 375) Spikehorn

I did mine on a Remington spike horn, I wish I would have bought a couple they were pretty cheap then

Sounds like it would be ideal in a single shot platform. Browning/Miroku Low Wall comes to mind for example. Of course, again there's nothing new under the sun. This cartridge, and others in the mid-level .35 genre, have been around since the 1880's. .35-30 Maynard (.357 Maximum) and .35-40 Maynard (.360 Buckhammer). The single shot world is all a-twitter about Remington reviving a wonderful old Shuetzen cartridge. The "new" modern iterations of course offer better brass for those who feel the need to make speedsters out of them. Me, I'll be happy to maybe chamber a single shot target rifle in .360 Buckhammer, with a fast twist to stabilize long slow lead bullets for 200 yard target work - should buck the wind a skosh better than the .32-40, without having to go up to the sturm-and-drang of .38-.40 calibers.

It will come out in a Ruger Marlin, all decked out with large lever and laminated stock, weighing in at 8 pounds, empty.

or a tacticool mod.

My thoughts exactly. I have a low wall in 22 hornet that I have been thinking about having rebored to 357 max but I think I will wait a bit to see how this 360 pans out.

didn't care much for the 350 Legend due to the .355" bullets but if the 360 Buckhammer is set up with .358" slugs then I'm in !

Would be cool in a 14" Contender & I got piles of .30-30 brass to chop

And real hunting bullets!!

180gr and 200gr real 35 caliber bullets!


https://www.remington.com/catalog.html

https://www.remington.com/on/demand...ts/catalog/REM_CATALOG-2023_FINAL_lo.pdf

I'm hoping the 357 Max chamber will clean out with a 360 BH reamer. I have a strong candidate for rechamber.

so ... 50 years later we basically have a straight walled 357 Herrett with .358" bullets & .05" longer case length .....

So much creative innovation Remington , almost as innovative as Hornady's super duper cartridges

357 Herrett was my exact thought. The have to change, length by a few thousandths, or shoulder angle by a half a degree so the have something “new” and put a cutsie pie name on it.

Been shooting a 30 and 357 Herrett for 30+ years, along with a rimmed 35 Remington made from 30-40 Krag or 303 British brass.


Very little “new” in any cartridge that has not been tried already.

At this point in time, are there really many completely original designs left? You can only reinvent the wheel so many times. All these new case designs are just modern twists on existing cases or wildcats.

It is good the old 200 grain Core Lokt RN might be back around. That sucker was the best in the 35 Remington. Others are good as well, but I never saw anything work better than that big RN from Remington. Used to be able to get those suckers cheap too. Glad they are coming back around some.

While the 360 isn't exactly new, it is nice they are looking out for our brothers that get hamstrung with the short, straight wall laws. I am sure some of them will be happy to have some other choices.

Henry will have chamber it in their Single Shot too.