I just found a 358 winchester built on a belgin mauser action. I have dies and a large amount of 308 bras i Will resize. What have you guys used for white tails out to 200 yards?
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I just found a 358 winchester built on a belgin mauser action. I have dies and a large amount of 308 bras i Will resize. What have you guys used for white tails out to 200 yards?
I use what ever the gun likes and shoots accurately. There is where the fun is, finding out what the gun likes ????
Well I have a 1-14 24" AB barrel on a Santa Barbara 98 . 148 gr WC was amusing out to about 75 yd . The 358-158 RNFP was equally amusing up to about 12.5 gr of Unique past 250 yd .
More seriously however the Lee 358-200 was a near instant success until I started trying to make it stop penetrating via expansion alloys . Then things got weird . I tried a host of other bullets and settled on the 35-250 with 10% less than tamped and jiggled to the bottom of the neck in IMR 4350 in WW . Using the hunting alloy of WW and tamper seals at 75/25 and the same loads delivered 2100 fps and .900 dia groups of 5 . Haven't had the opportunity to shoot anything but paper yet , but I would imagine that a 2000 fps 250 inside 200 yd isn't going to be good for most critters . Not even the light armored white tail .
My 358 win. seem to shoot what ever I load for them , The semi - auto is limited to mag length so a 250 gr. is what she gets ,but the bolt gun get the 310 NOE thumper paper patched that load has filled the freezer with more hog and deer than I can remember and out to two hundred yards I have to do something stupid to miss .
Most of the mid range powders from 4198 to Varget have given good results.
On white tail deer the RCBS 35-200-FN of the NOE or Lee clones at 2000 - 2300 fps will kill them all day long out to 200+ yards.
[Tongue in cheek] That is, of course, unless you hunt where PETA/APCA are issuing the deer body armor. Then you may want a bit heavier bullet.....
I've used one for years. My favorite load goes 2170 fps with a 290 gr. bullet, and my longest kill with it was 225 yards, which is point blank with that load.
Larrys endorsement should be well enough but Ill add mine to this. The RCBS 35/200 fn or any of its clones as long as it shoots well for you will do most everything one can ask from the 358 Winchester.Quote:
Originally Posted by Larry Gibson
I am partial to the NOE offering as it has the largest meplat. (rCBS is smallest)
I also really like a MP 35/220 hp bullet. Its same profile as the RCBS just a lil heavier and with a small HP cast in COWW @ 1800 has been my GO TO for a cast bullet moved by re7 powder.
CW
Have a couple of .358 bolt guns. And several molds, including a Lyman 358009 280 grain, a Saeco 245 grain, and an RCBS 200. All three shoot very well through the Shilen barrels. I find that the RCBS is as good as anything for both target loads and white tail deer and an occasional hog.
Make sure to anneal your brass before up sizing to 35 cal. I was getting way to many split mouths until I started annealing before up sizing. I also started annealing after trimming(brass sized to 358win), was getting split necks after firing at the tapper until I did it. I have 200 rounds loaded using 308win brass that have been fired once as 358win.Quote:
Originally Posted by woodpile
I've shot from 200gr to 250gr with sub 1.5" groups at 100. I can get smaller groups using copper condoms but made the gun for cast.
Good luck and congrats on your new purchase.