Originally Posted by
runfiverun
i too use the 358 win and higher velocity [2300+] ,i have a distance handicap to overcome at times.
but here's where we differ in our loads.
i use the saeco 250 gr boolit,ww's + 1% tin, and 25% soft, water dropped. [over 49 grs of rl-19] theres a little [.25%] copper in the alloy too.
if i wanted a bit more expansion i'd soften the first 1/8th inch of the nose a titch with a torch. [i don't]
i loaned this combo to a friend recently to cull some does on a landowner predation hunt,he took three in a row off his hay stacks.
two high shoulder bang flops, and a behind the shoulder pass through with a 40 yd trot/lay down.
he didn't want to give back the rifle and offered me some stupid money for it [which i declined]