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Justsomedude
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Throw ideas at me boys.
I've been making a killing selling on gunbroker lately with some of the random, custom builds I've been doing and I'm running out of ideas now. I have a nice blued Ruger M77 action (small bolt face) and I have an idea but I'm not sure about it. I like making weird things anyhow, so I want to try something different although I stay with whats trending. Enter 350 Legend. It doesn't really blow my skirt up (maybe Zorbas?) 😆 but people are talking about it and I have the action. I'm going for quick turnaround and can usually build a custom rifle within the week so I'm thinking a stainless heavy varmint contour in one of the Pro Varmint Boyd's stocks. No glass since everyone has their own opinions on what's worth what. Itll be glass bedded, free floated, target crown, etc.... Opinions, thoughts, ideas?
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Probably my favorite rifle I own is the old version Ruger Frontier scout, the one before the GunSite scout.
You know what would be cool! A 16” barreled ultra-light carbine in .35 Remington. The Remington Custom shop used to make a Model 7 so chambered years ago. Always wanted one....
"Nothing is safe from stupid." - Zee
With minimal development using .358 bullets sized down to .356 I was able to work up a few sub MOA loads for a .350L. 180gr bullet running around 2100 FPS is in the upper range of .35 Remington load data. With different powder I can get a little more velocity, but I liked how the powder I was using was behaving compared to the other options. Factory .350L ammunition was a joke in my rifle.
-Mikhail Kalashnikov
Just me typing though
edited to add: or, to be more succinct, a barrel heavier than is needed to take threads for a silencer
Light synthetic stock, thin barrel, 1.5 x 5 scope should a good for 15 yds to 250 yrd thumper.
I went the larger route and have a .458x1.8. Working on a .358x1.71 (.350L has a max case length of 1.710") that may just become a .358-.350 Legend. I just dont enjoy the recoil associated with the big boys anymore. If I knew how they would perform on game I would really think about loading subsonic 405gr cast lead loads for the .458.
I was really only interested in 180-200gr range and with the exception of some 147gr 9mm FMJ, I mostly just play with the Speer 180gr Hot-Cor resized to .356". I cant even chamber a cartridge with a .357" diameter bullet in it. Winchester screwed the pooch with the chosen diameter of .355". Once my .358x1.71 (or maybe .358-.350L) is done the Ruger .350L will go to a new home.
-Mikhail Kalashnikov