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Us .358 guys wouldn't be thrilled either.

Very nice rifle..and yes, this does look like it could be a Brown... I think the weight of this stock with bedding material, pad and sling swivel studs was 1 pound 12 ounces....

Bob

Just about the same as mine. Brown prescison offers their stocks with kevlar instead of fiberglass. Takes about four or five ounces off the stock. Adds a lot of cash though. You got a heck of deal on your rifle if you add up all the parts. Just the stock if it is a Brown would be around 800 bucks.

..that is what I figured when I first saw the gun.... How much would it take to buy the 600, use only the action, then buy custom stock, finish and bed it, custom chambered barrel and then the rib and break, then hard chrome the whole thing...$2K today easy.

One difference in the stocks may be the forend...I think this one is rounder and thicker than the other one pictured....

Bob

RJM - Good deal / neat rifle. What does it weigh all up ? & let us know how it shoots.

Total weight as seen is 7 pounds 13 ounces. Trigger pull is 2.75#.

So it is 14 ounces heavier than the 7KS and 2 ounces lighter than the 600...

Bob

RJM,

Nice rifle you got there, but what is up with the barrel rib?

Well...all I can guess is that whoever had the gun built liked the original design but just wanted it made out of metal rather than plastic.... It must have cost him several hundred dollars for that custom rib and barrel....

I am going to contact SSK and see if they know anything about the gun...it looks like their break and SSK Chrome finish.

Bob

Thought I would revive this thread instead of making a new one as there is already so much good information here....

Bought a new custom .350 RM last week and took delivery yesterday. Guy in a Alaska had Montana Rifle Company put a stainless barreled action together for him and then had a local smith pillar bed it into a B&C stock....

The gun is a little heavier than expected but considering it has a full 22" #3 contour barrel it is just going to be heavy. With Tally rings, Leupold 2.5-8 scope and GrovTec Mountain Sling the weight is exactly 9#....one once heavier than the Ruger with 3.75" of barrel missing. Twist is supposed to be 1/12"...

The seller told me the gun has about 300 rounds of ammo through it and has been on several hunting trips. He killed one black bear with it. It is in remarkably great condition for the amount of hunting time it has.

Probably the one reason I bought the gun...delivered it was less than the price of a new stainless Montana 1999 action....

So Friday firearms44 and I will warm up the barrel and see how she shoots....

Bob

On another note...the Ruger... Had not hunted with the rifle in a long time and the shooting I've done with it has been single loading from the bench. Never had a problem snapping one round down and then feeding into the action. After reading several accounts of these rifle/caliber combinations having feeding problems I finally checked mine...and it doesn't feed if there is more than one round in the magazine!!

So off to my friend the gunsmith it did go and after looking at it all he could say was "...what was Ruger thinking..." as the angles appear to be all wrong....

Bob

I learned the hard way how important the cartridge OAL is with my 660. I thought, man this thing feeds hard. Seated the bullets in to the cannelure and it feeds great.

That is fair price for older Remi BDL. This number is strictly re-loaders proposition and brass will only become more difficult to find. Most out there would be better served with .35 Whelen.

In a pinch 350 mag brass can be formed from 338 WM brass. More work but it can be done.

Called SSK today on the custom Model 600 with the vent rib barrel..... They said if it was one of their custom guns "SSK Ind." would be stamped on the barrel.....so a no go...

Bob

heres what i can tell you about the 350 re mag from my experience with a remmy 673, it kicked me so hard my glasses were crooked after i pulled the trigger. i sold it! lenny

Mine was in the 6's dressed. 225's wearing their hats backwards would knock the @#$^ out of you but it was fun. Far more fun than a 300 winny doing the same.... The best platform for field testing partitions doing the job and DRT for kicks....

W

There was a ruger in the classifieds for just under 500, I don't remember if it was sold yet or not

If one wants these guns to be "fun" to shoot one just has to reload handgun bullets at lower velocities.... Rifles don't get unpleasant for me till they hit they .375 H&H with 300 grain bullets...270s are ok but 300s just go over the top for me.

The .350 was designed to be a short range stopper that could be carried easily...as in the Model 600 and later the Custom Shop KS. There are just better/easier to reload for .35 caliber cartridges once you get into a long action rifle....

Bob

That is a beautiful rifle.













Now go chop the barrel down to 20"

....chopping.... Already have a 18.25", 18.5", 20" and a 21" so this one will "probably" stay at 22"... If it got cut it would probably be to 18.5" as it would balance better....

Bob