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Rickard Lee's loading manual gives loads to 3,015fps with 180gr.jacketed in the .350 Rem Mag with H4895 at 52,600CUP, and 3,006 fps at 50,600CUP with H335. 2,992 is recored with BLC2 at 50,300 while H322 is listed at 2,894fps at identical pressure of 50,300cup.

Accurate 2520 is listed with 200gr.jacketed at 3,008fps producing 51,800CUP. All the rest are lower, in the 2,800's with the 200gr.

No barrel length is listed with Lee's data.

He also lists some 275gr. jacketed loads - H380 giving 2,350fps at only 48,200cup and BLC2 a favourite powder of mine for he 9.3's, running 2,311fps with the same 275gr. bullet at 49,600cup. H335 also broke 2,300fps at 48,200cup. All of the stick powders were mid to low 2,200's.

I was really hoping he'd have some .358 NM data, but none is listed.

BTW- I know I've mentioned this before- the .358 NM was a favourite of mine, back when I was a LOT younger. I shot a few coyotes with it, is all, 280gr. Hornady's or maybe Speers pluss 200gr. Reminton - what a mess - and 250Speers - what an amazingly accurate bullets.

It would be my favourite for long range deer hunting - able to run 2,800fps but the accuracy from my BRNO with Speer 250's - incredible.

That bullet would actually make oblong .358" holes, looking like 1/2 a keyhole, for 5 shots. Not kidding - under 2/10's inch on centres, ie: 5/8" to 1/2" X .358" hole for 5 shots. Although unable to make top speeds, the powder required did make factory speed of 2,700fps - IMR3031 and 62.0gr. CCI200 primer.

Other powders would shoot 1/2" to 3/4's, not bad for such a large case, but 3031 was IT for BR-type accuracy.

With the fantastic accuracy I've seen so far in a number of different guns using banded copper bullets, I don't see why the lighter ones would be any different. A friend's new '06 does 3/8" with factory Fed. 165 TSX's. I think those light Hydro's would be fun to test in any of the .35's.

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Daryl

"a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V

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