350 Legend
#21
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: fairview park oh
Posts: 657
been reading some articles on the 350 legend. maybe i was'nt giving it a fair chance. they claim it to be the fastest straight walled cartridge out there. also most of the articles don't recommend going past 150 yrds. but does show energy ft lbs of 984 @ 200 yrds . i believe the recommend ft lbs of energy should always be above 1000. in which 984 is not that far off. i will wait to see how it does in it's first year of deer hunting in ohio. also they talk about recoil being so reduced. may try to find somebody with one & see how it actually does shoot.
#22
Ernie Bishop, as a particular example, has shared his experience (far beyond my personal comfort with .357mag) taking a beautiful pronghorn at 189 yards with a custom .357mag shooting factory ammo. If the paltry .357mag can manage game at that range, the 350 Legend will have no trouble, touting twice the punch.
I used to hunt with .357 max, then a 357/44 Bobcat mag, and now a .357/44 B&D Magnum in revolvers which don’t quite match the .350 Legend in a rifle, falling a couple hundred feet per second behind in short barrels. I consider a 180grn bullet running 1800-1900fps from the muzzle to be ideal for whitetail hunting out to 250 yards from a revolved. Again, performance surpassed by the .350 Legend in a rifle.
There are a handful of AR cartridges I would recommend for anyone outside of a Straightwall state over the 350 Legend, but it’s certainly a viable option in any state.
#23
Should PA ever legalize semi-auto rifles for big game the 350 legend would be one of the chamberings I would consider for my AR. Outfitted with a 16" bbl and a 4X scope I think it would be just about perfect for woods hunting.
#24
I’ll need a 35 or 45 cal suppressor though, and will likely put it on a 10.5” or 12.5” SBR upper.