Nature Boy
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You need to change that!
I'm afraid if I do I'll want one and my list of wants keeps getting longer
You need to change that!
Yes I do and another old chestnut is "the gun became part of his body". 40 years with one gun can do that.Jim, Remember the old adage? Beware the man with one gun?
I've had a Weatherby Mk.V in 300 Weatherby magnum since 1968.I would happily hunt anything on this planet, from marmots to mastadons with my .300 WBY Rem 700 and appropate loads.
What did you build the 358 on? I have a 358 project in the works on a pre war M70.OK I'll go out of the box a bit and say : .22 Hornet , .35 Remington and .358 Norma Mag I could live with. For rabbits to Dik Dik and even the local Blacktail at the usual 75 yards they are shot it is magnitudes quieter than a .223 . I have a Krico bolt gun that is VERY accurate with a 4-12x scope. The .35 Remington in my 600 Remington has a 1-4x Leupold and with 200 grain Corelocks will kill any Elk that walks out to 200 yards at least, I have shot big wild bore with it farther than that and they died very fast. In Africa it would be great up to Wildebeast up to 200 yards . For reaching out and smacking the largest of the African Plains game or Alaskan Brownies or Elk at 600 yards I have a custom .358 Norma that pushes a 250 grain bullet at 2800 or my favorite Nosler Partition 225 grainer at 2950 FPS ! Or 275 grain Woodleighs at 2600 fps for heavy stuff like buffaloe.
I find your Enfield .358 very interesting. In the 70's I bought a sporterized Winchester made 1917 Enfield someone put a Fagan stock on and rechambered to .300 Win mag. I had it rebored to .35-300 with some free bore as your 358. I can't tell you much about it as on the 15th or so shot the stock not just split it exploded.very much modified 1917 Enfield action. It is a Hannibal by A Square . It has a 1/10" twist barrel and can seat out the bullets for more powder space and I got it with 200 Woodliegh 310 grain solids ! Think about that sectional density for a while ! I fired up about 50 of those during the 25 years I've had it with IMR 4350 powder they reach 2500 FPS ! The key is the long leade and feed ramp which lets the relatively short Magnum case hold more powder when you seat out the bullets. These A Square guns are really refined to feed with out a doubt !
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I have a Remington 660 in 350 Remington Magnum.other rifles I mentioned I could live with as go to anywhere (I don't tho, none of these went to Africa nor Alaska)
.35 Rem Remington 600- a crazy accurate gun !
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the 660 Rem. .350 Mag was Col. Coopers "spark Plug" and also his "Lion Scout" rifle. I have seen and shot the original, and yes even in a good stock like his had it does smack you . That is why general shooting I like the .35 Remington, it is very mild , much less than the equivalent weight carbine in .308 Winchester. however as an emergency hunting tool the Lion Scout has much to offer the man hiking around in dangerous game country. 250 grain bonded .358" bullets at 2400 fps from a 20" barrel will cleanly take anything under African giant species up to 200 or more yardsI have a Remington 660 in 350 Remington Magnum.
It is very accurate, and doesn't kick.... (It knocks you down and stomps all over you)... LOL
Carried it in the helicopter for a couple of seasons when I was flying the bush in Alaska.
I retired it for a 12 GA coach gun for my last several seasons.
The 660 is a great quick on target rifle in a reasonable cartridge.
But I chose the 375 for my list because of the longer range potential.
Steve