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It shot pretty well, though, but was hell on cases. Because of the rear lockup of the 99's bolt, cases stretched badly, with head separations often occurring at about 4 loadings. But, because of it's current value, I wish I still had it.
My sentiments exactly, which is why after I got my BLR, the Savage went away.
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I had all but decided to go with a BLR but, 358 Win's are hard to find in the stainless steel, take down model. Our local Bass Pro had a BLR and a Ruger Hawkeye in .308 and I had an opportunity to shoulder both. Fit and finish wise, the BLR won hands down but, the Ruger shouldered well and seemed to be a better fit. I came home and ordered the Ruger from CDNN. I've also got a Leupold VX-II 2-7x33 coming as well. Thanks Bearcat for the heads up on CDNN. Very nice price on a hard to find model.
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I am very pleased with my little .358 Hawkeye, I hate the Ruger no longer makes that chambering or the .35 Whelen. Glad you picked one up Biggs.
My .358 wears a 1.75-6x32 Vari-XIII and handles really nice. All I have ever shot are 200gr Hornady PSP's over 47.0grs H4895 from WW brass. Mine shot good with no modifications but I floated the barrel out and retorqued the action screws to 65/50/0ish - front/rear/middle and it really came alive.
If I did not already have the 1.75-6 I would have put the VX-II 2-7 on there also, that is my favorite scope.
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I have two 358's also. Neither one likes the factory ammo but they both love my reloads using Win 748 and 200 gr. Hornady SP ![[Linked Image]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/jbmich/IMG_0673.jpg)
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That is because only serious and experienced hunters will pick 358.
Wholeheartedly concur.   ![[Linked Image]](http://i400.photobucket.com/albums/pp83/skane_image/SK_358.jpg)
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I have two 358's also. Neither one likes the factory ammo but they both love my reloads using Win 748 and 200 gr. Hornady SP W-748 is the best .358 powder I've found so far . I have some Sie. Pro-Hunter 200s loaded up with Varget but haven't had a chance to shoot them yet . My .358 is a rechambered 760 , 20" barrel . It's about as close as I can get to the perfect heavy cover stalking rifle . It earned it's place at the front of the safe by killing the best Buck of my life (so far , I'm 62) ! I find myself hunting with basicaly 2 rifles , the .358 and an M7 stainless in 7mm-08 on crappy days , love them both !
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