I wonder what the performance of those Leheigh Xtreme Penetrators would be in .350 Legend? Or a heavy hardcast.
I wonder what the performance of those Leheigh Xtreme Penetrators would be in .350 Legend? Or a heavy hardcast.
I hope they sell a ton of them, but seems a little odd to me.
Those X-frame guns are so big, and so heavy, I'd carry a 5-6 LB carbine first.
But it might put some additional range into deer/antelope hunters grasp.
Who knows what'll happen in those states with the weird "straight wall" hunting regs, just might catch on.
SAAMI specification is a bit tricky...it is .357" (minus) 0.0030" - So technically the specification is .354" in size. Winchester says it's specc'ed to run .354-.357" bullets. However, many rifle manufacturers make their .350L barrels in .355". Factory loads from Winchester, Hornady, Federal, etc. all use a .355" bullet, not a .357".
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/wh...th-350-legend/
The general advice is - do not shoot the 55k PSI cartridge with common .357-.358" bullets. There are Legend-specific bullets in .355 and .356 diameters or monolithic 9mm pistol bullets can work - okay.
https://www.shootingtimes.com/editor...-legend/377056
https://loaddata.com/Cartridge/350-Legend/8567
I remember back in the day that I was all primed up to grab a Ruger in .357Max, but almost immediately the erosion issue surfaced. Dan Wesson "solved" it by already having an easily replaceable barrel designed in. Ruger threw in the towel in pretty short order. These guns were actually shot hard in IHMSA matches and it wasn't just topstrap erosion, it was also hell on the forcing cone and accuracy dropped off rather rapidly. With .350L running even higher velocities I'm going to watch with interest as to how it's different now.
I think the flame cutting and throat issues have been mitigated. Better metallurgy and replaceable shields have solved flame cutting. Better powder choices have addressed the erosion problems. The powders used back in the 70s and 80s for top velocity have been superseded by newer powders.
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I suppose this continues the grand tradition of having a rifle and sidearm in the same caliber. A Ruger Blackhawk with a 7.5” barrel would be good, and then who cares if it’a a rimless cartridge.
I guess the pointy bullets keeps this out of lever guns, other than a BLR or a remake of a Winchester ‘95.
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