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Gunner, sorry, but either i was mistaken or Clearwater has bumped their price since i had mine done. (it was five years ago or so)

Clearwater Reboring price list

but...

$295 HERE

or...

35 Caliber.com

Thanks Toad, and that's alright, I need to pay a little xtra fer messin with a perfectly good M-70 EW.

Gunner

Helluva deal, looks like it could be quite habit forming.

Gunner

If I get that EW, I'll check the three sources about turnaround time and go with one.

Thanks again Toad.

Gunner

and if you go foreward with this, i have a few loads and Quickload has this cartridge in it's cartridge file (under the 35 Sambar)

10-RahJah, preshade it neighbor.

Gunner

Only when I could draw tags.

I'm hearin ya Bro.

Gunner

I thought about doing a switch barrel on a 700 with a 300 and 350 or 375 wsm. looked at the cost of re-barreling vs reboring, die cost, reamer rental/purchase, etc. then looked at all the loading data I could find. then I started thinking of the 375 ruger, but brass was hard to find and expensive when you did. about that time, I ended up winning a gift cert from shaw barrels. I had a spare long mag action, so to make a long story short, I ended up with a 358 norma. 25" stainless, alittle heavier than a magnum contour. ended up costing me about $130 for them to headspace it and shipping. for you savage guys, their stainless ptc barrels are only $250. I am not sorry I went this way at all. action is long enough that I can seat bullets out as far as I want and don't run out of magazine room. and the barrel shoots great, speer 250 sp's clover leaf all day long at 100. not that you will want to shoot it all day long. and the best thing is brass will be available for ever. it may not say 358 norma, actually all mine say 338 win, but they are easy to make from many other calibers. then they will become 350 rem mag brass, then 458x 2.1" (my next build). good luck whichever way you go.

I am a big fan of the .35's (recent conversion) and have a .350 Rem Mag on a short action 700 SS. It has a Wyatt CFE installed. And is more than long enough for 225gr Accubonds. It prefers 200gr Barnes though.

I did look at Winchester WSMs to do the conversion, but decided to keep the rifle matching its little sister. That said the .350 Sambar (WSM) is a worthy build and should see a solid 100-150fps more than the RM in most bullet weights.

Here is a pic:



7.25 lbs pictured, would work great as a WSM too!

I see there is a gunhead in Indiana who is building 358WSSMs
on Savage bolt rifles.

My gunsmith is building 358 WSSM's on the model 70 WSSM action. They work well.