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Model 88 Winchester and Ruger RS carbine. 1-1.5 moa.

I was using various 22" Ruger 77Rs for many years. They were inch to inch & a half rifles @100 yds. with about anything that went thru them. Some handloads did better. I had a pushfeed SA M70 rebarrelled with a 21" Shilen select about 30 years ago. It's still with me. It shot about an inch with factory WW white box 200gr Silvertips when it was brand new. With handloads it will quite often shoot 3/4" @ 100 yds. This for 4 shot groups with a 1.5-5x scope & my marginal eyes.

Well I have to show mine off, its latest iteration was arrived upon just a couple weeks ago. In time to take it in the woods a couple times but I wasn't able to blood it yet. Hopefully next season.

16.5", Kimber 84M JES Rebore, weighs about 5 lbs with a full magazine and sling. I shortened the stock about 3" or so and re-molded a new tip using JB Plastic Weld. Shoots Buffalo Bore Barnes loads at a little under an inch at 50 which is all I need.

Ruger Hawkeye Stainless 22" topped with a Leupold 1.75-6x32 shooting 200gr Hornady SP over H4895 at 2550fps or 220 Speer over 3031 at 2450fps. Either load is right around 1" at 100yds.

Another Ruger 77RS carbine here. This is the second one I have owned, I foolishly sold the first here. Great little rifle with that Leupold 1.75-6 on it. I have always heard these were quite rare, but I know of 3 others in this area, and there always seems to be 2 or 3 for sale on Gunbroker at any given time. I’m thinking they aren’t as rare as some would make them out to be.

The Savage 99EG from 1957 wears a Leupold M8 6X and shoots 200 grain factory silvertip ammo nicely.

The Ruger American Predator from Grice wears a Leupold 1.5-4 Pig Plex and likes Hornady factory ammo.

Both are fun to shoot.

Had 3 BLR's over the years in 358 win and one Montana 308 rebored by JES with a shorten barrel, really wish I had kept the Montana it would be perfect for hunting my small food plots...

Fine looking 99, a DL on GunBroker now

Hopefully, this is not straying off topic but for those re-boring to get a 358, how do you find the balance? Particularly a Montana or 70 fwt. Removing steel and possibly shortening the barrel would shift the balance but to what extent? Wondering about this before taking the plunge.

Blr with the 250g speer. Although I'm working on some cast and powder coated bullets as soon as it warms up enough to sit in the garage with the windows open and cast.

Bb

I have a rebarreled Win. Mod. 88 with a 22" barrel that I shoot 225g Nosler partitions and 225g Sierras out of. I just had a pre64 Win. mod 70 FWT rebarreled to it that I plan to shoot 250g bullets out of and maybe 200g TSX and NAB. Just had shoulder surgery so won't know how it does until June (maybe). Both done by Dennis Erhardt in Helena. The 88 is a sweet shooter.

Sharp rifles and good info.

I had JES rebore a M70 Extreme Weather. 2 years ago I killed a black bear at 265yds with a head shot. Load was 53gr of TAC and a Barnes 180gr TTSX for 2669fps.

I bought a Ruger predator.358 off the classifieds a couple of months ago. I didn't have a lot of time to load for it. Using reformed brass and a load picked out of the manual, I was able to get this group from it. More work to do, but it wants to shoot.

I bought a Ruger 358 Winchester and sold it to a member on here because I’m going to have one rebored by JES. When I get it back looks like it’s gonna be my 300 yard and under gun. I’m excited to try this caliber out!

Quote""I had JES rebore a M70 Extreme Weather. 2 years ago I killed a black bear at 265yds with a head shot.""

A lotta folks think the 358 Win is a short range "brush gun" - and at that it excels. But it's also capable out to ranges quite a bit further. My longest shot with the Sako was on a cow elk at a bit over 250 yards. I gave her a high shoulder hold and popped her with a 225gr Sierra. She didn't make it 20 feet after the hit.

Anybody ever had a Remington 788 308 rebored to a 358. I see a lot of those lately. I hear they are good shooters.

I have a BLR light weight. Topped with a Redfiekd 2-7×33. Had a bunch of trouble with light primer strikes and not firing so currently at the gunsmith.
Limited range time has me leaning towards Speer 180 jfp and Re7. Loads were running at 1 1/2" at 100 with the gritty trigger pull. Having that addressed along with the primer strike issue.
Really like the balance.
Once I get it back I want to try loads with the Hirnady 200 spitzer.

Had a Ruger 77 in .358 for a fair spell. Loaded with Horny’s 250 gr, it shot sub MOA consistently and nothing shot with it took a second step. Great combo it was, albeit somewhat boring.

My 358 is in a Remington M-7 rebarreled from a 243 to 358 win using a Douglas barrel. I use 225 Nosler partitions for ja jacketed bullets and cast bullets of about the same weight. I have killed one cow elk with the Nosler and one for whitetail doe with the cast bullets. Both were effective and deadly with a single shot each. Oh yea, I also shot. A nice 4x4 whitetail with the Nosler 225part.