WidenersLee PrecisionTitan ReloadingMidSouth Shooters Supply
Snyders JerkyRepackboxReloading EverythingLoad Data
RotoMetals2 Inline Fabrication
Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 20 of 39

Thread: Making meat with the 358 Win.

  1. 12-05-2021, 07:42 PM #1
    Silvercreek Farmer
    Silvercreek Farmer is offline
    Boolit Master
    Join Date
    Feb 2012
    Location
    Foothills, NC
    Posts
    2,223

    Making meat with the 358 Win.

    Tagged this guy last night along with the doe he was chasing. Shot him first and the doe stopped and looked at him. Can't say I'm proud of it, but I took a Texas heart shot on the doe. The 358 was up to the task. Shattered the femur and still penetrated all the way through the heart. It really didn't make too much of a mess at all in the gut cavity. Found the bullet laying in the chest cavity. Haven't weighed it yet but excellent expansion and almost certainly better than 50-60% weight retention. Load was the Lee 200 cast from 49-49-2 Pure, clip on wheel weights, and pewter over enough RL7 for 2300 fps. Rifle was a Ruger American. Between the doe my son shot the night before and these two, we should be eating good for a while!
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails IMG_20211204_232728979.jpg  
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 12-05-2021, 07:50 PM #2
    Camba
    Camba is offline
    Boolit Buddy
    Join Date
    Feb 2008
    Posts
    446
    Excellent job!


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 12-05-2021, 07:56 PM #3
    Gatorhunter1313
    Gatorhunter1313 is offline
    Boolit Bub Gatorhunter1313's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2020
    Posts
    56
    Nice deer. A 35 Remington is on top of my wish list right now. Just gotta save up
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 12-05-2021, 08:38 PM #4
    koger
    koger is offline
    Boolit Master
    Join Date
    Apr 2008
    Location
    Monticello, KY
    Posts
    1,741
    Thanks for sharing your pic and story, awesome job.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. 12-05-2021, 08:43 PM #5
    brown bass hunter
    brown bass hunter is offline
    Boolit Man
    Join Date
    May 2013
    Location
    Mtns of Far Western NC
    Posts
    87
    Good shooting, I have a 358 in the RAR- love it. Light weight, short and easy to handle
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. 12-06-2021, 08:14 AM #6
    missionary5155
    missionary5155 is offline
    Boolit Grand Master


    missionary5155's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2007
    Location
    Temporarily near Orlando FL
    Posts
    7,133
    Good morning and a Double Congratulations !!
    Well done !! Nice looking buck there. You sure did lay a bunch of work out real fast. But it will be all good eating.
    "Come unto Me, all you who labor and are heavy burdened, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28
    Male Guanaco out in dry lakebed at 10,800 feet south of Arequipa.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. 12-06-2021, 08:58 AM #7
    Silvercreek Farmer
    Silvercreek Farmer is offline
    Boolit Master
    Join Date
    Feb 2012
    Location
    Foothills, NC
    Posts
    2,223
    Quote Originally Posted by missionary5155 View Post
    Good morning and a Double Congratulations !!
    Well done !! Nice looking buck there. You sure did lay a bunch of work out real fast. But it will be all good eating.
    No kidding! Got them in the fridge and on ice by 1am Sun morning. Got up early yesterday and cleaned up the shot ham and threw it on the smoker, then started working on grind and stew. Ran out of gas around 4 and had to quit but my wife carried on until the ham was ready (turned out great!). A couple more hours this morning should have us pretty well squared away.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  8. 12-06-2021, 09:06 AM #8
    cwlongshot
    cwlongshot is offline
    Boolit Master


    cwlongshot's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2012
    Location
    Central Connecticut
    Posts
    3,735
    Good show man!!
    NRA Life member • REMEMBER, FREEDOM IS NOT FREE its being paid for in BLOOD.
    Come visit my RUMBLE & uTube page's !!

    https://www.RUMBLE.com/user/Cwlongshot
    https://youtube.com/channel/UCBOIIvlk30qD5a7xVLfmyfw
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  9. 12-06-2021, 09:07 AM #9
    Silvercreek Farmer
    Silvercreek Farmer is offline
    Boolit Master
    Join Date
    Feb 2012
    Location
    Foothills, NC
    Posts
    2,223
    Quote Originally Posted by brown bass hunter View Post
    Good shooting, I have a 358 in the RAR- love it. Light weight, short and easy to handle
    An excellent utility rifle for sure! Recoil was getting a bit stout in the lightweight rifle so I put a muzzle brake on it. Really tamed the recoil, just have to be sure to use ear pro. I also got a 450 Bushmaster mag for it. It's not flush, and only 4 rounds, but it feeds flat nose boolits slick as snot! Not sure if it was me or the lighter rifle, but it didn't seem to hold as steady as my 9 lb Vanguard it replaced. I might experiment with a bit of lead in the stock to see if it makes any difference.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  10. 12-06-2021, 10:16 AM #10
    Markopolo
    Markopolo is offline
    USMC 77, USRA 79


    Markopolo's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2017
    Location
    Remote island in SE Alaska
    Posts
    3,073
    very very cool sir!!!!! you did awesome!!! thats some eating!
    Any technology not understood, can seem like Magic!!!

    I will love the Lord with all my heart, all my soul, and all my mind.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  11. 12-06-2021, 11:10 AM #11
    Prodigal Son
    Prodigal Son is offline
    Boolit Buddy

    Prodigal Son's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Location
    Arkansas
    Posts
    333
    Very nice, wish I would have gotten one of those Ruger American 358 when they were around, just didn't need two 358 Win. I have a 35 Remington pump 141, and a Howa 1500 rebore 243 to 358 Win! They both are great! Congratulations to your fine shooting and harvest!
    Semper Fidelis, to God, Country and Corps!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  12. 12-06-2021, 12:03 PM #12
    skeettx
    skeettx is offline
    Boolit Master



    skeettx's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2009
    Location
    Amarillo, Texas
    Posts
    4,106
    Great report,

    I always did like the 35 caliber guns!!
    Mike is a Rem 721 re-barreled to 35-06 many years ago.

    Mike
    NRA Benefactor 2004 USAF RET 1971-95
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  13. 12-07-2021, 05:27 PM #13
    Silvercreek Farmer
    Silvercreek Farmer is offline
    Boolit Master
    Join Date
    Feb 2012
    Location
    Foothills, NC
    Posts
    2,223
    Finally got around to weighing the recovered boolit, just shy of 180 grains, and nearly 2x expansion. Incredible that it retained that much weight and penetrated around 3 feet after hitting heavy bone. Yep, I'm sold on the 358!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  14. 12-07-2021, 06:56 PM #14
    ChristopherO
    ChristopherO is offline
    Boolit Master
    Join Date
    Sep 2006
    Posts
    580
    One would say that is near perfect boolit performance.
    3 seasons ago I Texas Heart Shot a large tough buck at 125 yds after already hitting him broadside. I, too, found that cast slug in the chest cavity after it penetrarated the left lung. I can perfectly picture your situation.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  15. 12-07-2021, 07:01 PM #15
    No_1
    No_1 is online now
    Cast Boolits Owner



    No_1's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Location
    N.E. Florida
    Posts
    12,627
    Beautiful!
    "The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."
    - Albert Camus -
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  16. 12-07-2021, 07:02 PM #16
    Silvercreek Farmer
    Silvercreek Farmer is offline
    Boolit Master
    Join Date
    Feb 2012
    Location
    Foothills, NC
    Posts
    2,223
    Quote Originally Posted by ChristopherO View Post
    One would say that is near perfect boolit performance.
    Big credit to all the folks here for everything they have taught me!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  17. 12-07-2021, 07:16 PM #17
    sharps4590
    sharps4590 is offline
    Boolit Master
    Join Date
    May 2012
    Location
    Outside Rolla, Missouri
    Posts
    2,170
    Well done!!! Good eats as well, huh!!

    As with yourself and others I too have become a 35 cal./9mm fam. This year's dear was taken with my 9 X 71 Peterlongo. I have it loaded way down with cast bullets but, think 35 Whelen on steroids.
    "In general, the art of government is to take as much money as possible from one class of citizens and give it to another class of citizens" Voltaire'

    The common virtue of capitalism is the sharing of equal opportunity. The common vice of socialism is the equal sharing of misery

    NRA Benefactor 2008
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  18. 12-11-2021, 07:14 PM #18
    JLF
    JLF is offline
    Boolit Buddy JLF's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2021
    Location
    Alvarez (ARGENTINA)
    Posts
    158
    Good hunting.
    Heavy tips at low speed are less damaging to meat.
    The .338 is used with 250 grain Hornady Interlock SP O RN tips at 2,100 ft / sec.
    "When the homeland is in danger, everything is allowed, except not to defend it."

    Gral. Don José de San Martin.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  19. 12-15-2021, 12:43 AM #19
    Prodigal Son
    Prodigal Son is offline
    Boolit Buddy

    Prodigal Son's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2008
    Location
    Arkansas
    Posts
    333
    I love my 358 Win, kills way out of proportion! Hard to beat!
    Semper Fidelis, to God, Country and Corps!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  20. 12-18-2021, 11:20 AM #20
    Cast10
    Cast10 is offline
    Boolit Master Cast10's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2020
    Location
    TX
    Posts
    599
    Super Cool! I’m toying with the idea of a BLR in 358. Something that has super potential for almost anything!
    Congrats on the two kills and the good vittles!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules

Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check