350 Legend
#1
350 Legend
After reading a lot of info on this cartridge I decided to try it out for myself. I didn't want it in a bolt action rifle so I did some searching and found an upper for my AR-15 on sale from deltateamtactical.com. Adding the "assembled" option for $15 my total was just over $200 for the complete upper. Then I found out that the standard .223/5.56 mags will not work without modification so I ordered a couple mags for it. Everything should be here by Friday. The model upper I got is called the Astral and has an 18" barrel. I would have sent the link but the 18" barrel is now out of stock. Will post pics when it arrives and is installed on my receiver.
I'm anticipating the PGC going to pass semi-auto rifles for big game soon. I just hope that when they do they limit mag capacity to 5 rounds. I think this would be a great combo for deer and black bear.
I'm anticipating the PGC going to pass semi-auto rifles for big game soon. I just hope that when they do they limit mag capacity to 5 rounds. I think this would be a great combo for deer and black bear.
#2
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: fairview park oh
Posts: 657
bronko i myself will also be looking to get my a 350 legend . i first kinda knocked this caliber as a kids gun but let me tell you something out here in ohio most gun shops are out selling the 350 legend to the 450 bushmaster right now by 4 to 1 . it's the fastest straightwall cartridge on the market & what i've seen & read it's got good knock down power. also bronko i ask jake to give you my phone# & give me a call at your convience . just to introduce myself to you about next yrs bear season in pa & also about your tc impact. i keep trying to send you p/m but it would'nt let me
#3
I have two “spite uppers” planned for this summer. A 224 Valkyrie and a 350 Legend. Both have had some bad reamers making bad barrels out there which have pressed a lot of negativity around the forums and Facebook. The Legend gets a bad reputation for the fact folks have measured factory ammo to include .355-.356” bullets, instead of the .357” of the SAAMI spec. So folks assume the Legend is a 9mm. I’ve installed two 350 Legend barrels so far, both have readily accepted reloaded .357” bullets, as designed. A friend has a Ruger American which will chamber reloads with .358” 180 grain HotCors without sizing.
Personally, I think the .350 Legend is right where it should be for deer and hog hunting, everything the .450 Bushmaster really should have been.
Personally, I think the .350 Legend is right where it should be for deer and hog hunting, everything the .450 Bushmaster really should have been.
#4
I have two “spite uppers” planned for this summer. A 224 Valkyrie and a 350 Legend. Both have had some bad reamers making bad barrels out there which have pressed a lot of negativity around the forums and Facebook. The Legend gets a bad reputation for the fact folks have measured factory ammo to include .355-.356” bullets, instead of the .357” of the SAAMI spec. So folks assume the Legend is a 9mm. I’ve installed two 350 Legend barrels so far, both have readily accepted reloaded .357” bullets, as designed. A friend has a Ruger American which will chamber reloads with .358” 180 grain HotCors without sizing.
Personally, I think the .350 Legend is right where it should be for deer and hog hunting, everything the .450 Bushmaster really should have been.
Personally, I think the .350 Legend is right where it should be for deer and hog hunting, everything the .450 Bushmaster really should have been.
#5
Info of value: SAAMI dimensional standards
Chamber neck diameter: 0.3789” +0.002”
Cartridge neck diameter: 0.378” -0.008”
Bullet Diameter: 0.357” -0.003”
0.9 thou isn’t much clearance, but enough. But a minimum spec 0.3789” chamber with 0.0378” case neck around a 0.357” bullet with 2 thou neck tension... 0.378-0.357+0.002 = 0.023”, divide by two, that’s 11.5 thou case neck thickness. If you buy brass with 12.5-13.5 thou wall thickness, you have to either ream/turn necks or size bullets.
Alternatively, a maximum spec chamber at 0.3809” less 0.0009” clearance, 0.380” cartridge neck, less .357” bullet plus 0.002” tension gives 12.5 thou case neck thickness. Still thin.
Sizing to the 180 HotCor to .356” would certainly chamber - only pulling it down to .357” should fit, but .356” absolutely should unless the barrel chamber is out of spec.
Chamber neck diameter: 0.3789” +0.002”
Cartridge neck diameter: 0.378” -0.008”
Bullet Diameter: 0.357” -0.003”
0.9 thou isn’t much clearance, but enough. But a minimum spec 0.3789” chamber with 0.0378” case neck around a 0.357” bullet with 2 thou neck tension... 0.378-0.357+0.002 = 0.023”, divide by two, that’s 11.5 thou case neck thickness. If you buy brass with 12.5-13.5 thou wall thickness, you have to either ream/turn necks or size bullets.
Alternatively, a maximum spec chamber at 0.3809” less 0.0009” clearance, 0.380” cartridge neck, less .357” bullet plus 0.002” tension gives 12.5 thou case neck thickness. Still thin.
Sizing to the 180 HotCor to .356” would certainly chamber - only pulling it down to .357” should fit, but .356” absolutely should unless the barrel chamber is out of spec.
#8
The 350 Legend was designed to work within the law not around it. It has turned out to be an excellent choice for areas where straight walled only cartridges are allowed. The 450 Bushmaster was a hit but the Legend works just as well without the recoil. Less energy yes, but more than sufficient.
#9
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2019
Posts: 454
Making a straight-walled cartridge specifically to comply with the hunting restriction but to perform differently than the existing options. Reminds me of the many slug shogun innovations, or the multi-headed showers to avoid shower head flow restriction laws.
#10
The 350 Legend was designed to work within the law not around it. It has turned out to be an excellent choice for areas where straight walled only cartridges are allowed. The 450 Bushmaster was a hit but the Legend works just as well without the recoil. Less energy yes, but more than sufficient.
I might wish they’d made more accommodation for conventional brass neck thickness around the specified bullet diameters, but once cheap barrel makers stop pitching out-of-spec chambers, the Legend’s going to keep doing very well.
It’s not skirting any laws.