plainsdrifter
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I realize this thred is six months old, but it's right "On Target" for my current research of 350 Legend and why there is no lever action models. I missed the "pointed" bullet in my research. So thank you. Of course it makes sense that there are no tubular magazines for the pointed 350 Legend.
I am re-launching my reloading bench. I have never liked reloading necked cartridges. So my current larger caliber rifle (larger than a 22) is a Rossi 357 Mag Lever. I really like lever guns. I need to rethink which caliber I could go to that would reach out and touch something beyond 200 yards, that is STRAIGHT WALLED and with more distance than a 357. The 444 Marlin seemed good and this is pointed as well, no? And I do recall a Marlin LEVER in 444. At least I thought I did. If not, perhaps the .45-70.
Any thoughts on these straight walled cartridges for lever rifles would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
It was made for the AR platform
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I can see Henry making one soon.
Maybe Ruger will take the initiative and introduce the .350 Marlin with a rimmed case or maybe better just use the .375 Winchester case but shorten it to fit (barely) all straight wall states requirements and call it the .375 Marlin. Ruger has had no problem introducing cartridges in the past and neither has Marlin in the past.
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The .38-55, .375 and .444 and .45-70 all have case lengths too long for some straight wall states, thus the .350 Legend interest.
I was unaware of this. Although I, historically, have been a pistol cartridge reloader, so my focus was always on handgun ammo and performance. I knew some states opened straight wall carts for deer hunting, but did not know there were regulations on length of the cartridge, i.e., "Too Long".
Yes, it is stupid but some states limit the straight wall case to 1.8 inches. Generic synopsis:
Rimmed cartridges must have a case measuring 1.285 to 1.8 inches in length. In the limited-firearms deer zone, hunters are permitted to use straight-wall cartridges with cases between 1.16 and 1.8 inches in length, and bullets with diameters larger than . 35 inch.
And while ranting I would wish to get rid of all the boutique seasons and just have a bow season and a gun season. If it shoots a bullet it is a gun and if it shoots an arrow it is a bow.
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+1
tho the above-mentioned HLR is pretty affordable, and I could very well see them offering it in .350 legend.
Personally Id be happy to get a 350 Bolt gun that was built on the correct size action, and didn't use detachable magazines.....I might eventually build a blind mag howa mini, or get a Stalker and lop the magazine off just below the mag well....still not what I want but close enough.
For lever gun guys why not a used 35 remington?
That makes sense.Probably has something to do with states that require a straight wall case for whitetail deer hunting. I've used the .35 Rem (Marlin, my brother's) to take whitetails and it was a ton of fun. Then again, I just like the traditional lever gun aesthetics.
The throw of a lever on BLR interferes with a projection of an extended magazine. Even a 10-rounder of an AR does not fit.You might have something there, the Browning action is slick, if you sized it properly and made it take AR mags they'd sell like hot cakes.
I was thinkin more from a manufacturing standpoint not a conversion, the short action BLR is set up for 308 length rounds and uses an AR10 size magazine. If we're making it for AR15 class rounds there's no reason you couldn't use the 1/2" ish shorter AR15 magazine and move the back of the mag forward to clear the lever. You could also shorten the bolt movement 1/2" and decrease the lever movement.The throw of a lever on BLR interferes with a projection of an extended magazine. Even a 10-rounder of an AR does not fit.