Chuck R.
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The 600s and 660s in .350RM were a very misunderstood combination of a true brush carbine chambered for the world’s first short-action magnum. Plus, a lot dudes got a bad case of the flinches. They were decades ahead of their time.
For Alaska, my 600 would be loaded with the .358/250grn slugs. For lower 48 critters, which for me is mostly deer and hogs, the .358/200grn bullets are more than enough.
I managed to get slightly over 2500 with both the Speer and Nosler 250s with my 20" barrel. It's definitely doable.
Here's a custom factory load with a 250 NPT at 2532 FPS that makes 2.8" mag length:
https://choiceammunition.com/produc...m-250-grain-nosler-partition-100-hand-loaded/
Here's load data for a 250 Speer Hotcore at 2500 FPS:
https://reloadingdata.speer.com/downloads/speer/reloading-pdfs/rifle/350_Remington_Magnum_250.pdf
I agree it'seems overkill for the lower 48. I've read good things about the Barnes 225 TSX FB and TAC but haven't been able to find any. Unfortunate, because I'm sitting on 9 lbs of TAC and I'm running low on my IMR 4320.
What are you loading for 200s? I worked up a load for Hornady SPs at 2830, but haven't tagged anything with it yet.