we all like to play with new projects ... so when a friend asked me to help him get started with his new Winchester XPS/SXT/PSX ?? variant bolt gun in 350 Legend , i THOUGHT
" OK, I will impress him with my vast store house of knowledge after 70 years of loading for almost everything out there. "
piece of cake.
so i ordered from Midway some Lee Pacemaker dies and a Lee factory crimp die ... ( aside: also 200 of rare MJ bullets for 6.5 .. Lapua Scenars 107 grain ... dang they are pretty ! ) ...
no mj 35 deer bullets .. out of stock ... anyway while waiting i googled everything about the 350 Legend ...
? what the ? ....... a 0.355 groove barrel ... and a 0.357 short throat .... plus some of the internet reports show bulged case necks if a 0.357-0.358 bullet is seated ...
so are we supposed to load only 9mm pistol ( 0.355 ) bullets, which are rated at 1600 fps max ...
i think i have some commercial non-gas check lead bullets for 9 mm ... my friend might be restricted for the next 4 years to 110 gr. hardball round nose at about 1300 fps...
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one improvement i think is to ream a new throat for a 160 gr. 357-8 bullet .. maybe 3 degree or so included ...
meanwhile any comments are welcome ... apparently my vast storehouse of loading knowledge needs a little help ... but hey, that is why it is called a project ...
ken, ... humbled ... again another time once more ...