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Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog?
      25/11/07 01:33 AM

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I always felt that the .358 was designed to replace the .348 Winchester in the Model 71 by offering it in the Model 88 lever action and the Model 100 semi-automatic.




I think that was indeed the expressed purpose of the .358.

I used to own a couple .348's, killed deer and bear with them and generally liked them except for the fact that they were somewhat heavy for caliber. I also owned a piece of farm machinery that the makers called a rifle...the Remington 81, and killed deer with it. I always liked the Remington contraption, but more as a curiousity than anything else I guess.

As for the .358, I think it missed its niche, which IMO is a light short-action carbine like my Ruger .308 Ultra-light. For following up bear hounds and as a mountain woods stalking rifle for deer, how could a fellow beat it?

But really, from a marketing standpoint, the .358 was doomed from birth and I'm surprised Winchester even went through the effort to develop it. It never sprinted and always limped along, marketing-wise. Good cartridge, but it will never enter Top Ten in the RCBS reloading die list...

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* 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? Woodbeef 07/01/07 01:00 PM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? jro45   24/11/07 11:26 PM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? xausa   19/11/07 03:21 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? Nakihunter   19/11/07 07:44 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? 333_okh   19/11/07 08:38 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? DarylS   20/11/07 02:24 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? xausa   20/11/07 08:49 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? 9.3x57   20/11/07 10:22 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? 333_okh   23/11/07 02:37 PM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? DarylS   24/11/07 04:09 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? jro45   01/12/07 12:20 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? DarylS   01/12/07 01:40 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? FourWinds   24/11/07 05:13 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? xausa   25/11/07 12:51 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? hoppdoc   25/11/07 01:42 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? 9.3x57   25/11/07 01:33 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? bonanza   24/11/07 06:58 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? allenday   24/05/07 11:46 PM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? DarylS   26/05/07 01:54 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? Blacktail53   26/06/07 01:24 PM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? DarylS   27/06/07 03:46 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? 9.3x57   27/06/07 11:34 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? Blacktail53   27/06/07 11:53 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? 4seventy   13/03/07 12:58 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? 9.3x57   20/05/07 11:32 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? NE450No2   22/05/07 04:40 PM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? DM   03/03/07 03:23 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? Woodbeef   03/03/08 07:55 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? DarylS   10/01/07 07:19 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? 500grains   15/01/07 12:15 PM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? 400NitroExpress   25/11/07 07:31 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? 500grains   01/12/07 02:50 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? bonanza   18/12/07 02:17 PM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? Blacktail53   31/12/07 02:05 PM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? bonanza   03/03/08 11:05 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? DarylS   03/03/08 12:59 PM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? JabaliHunter   01/01/08 03:05 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? DarylS   06/02/08 08:19 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? 12FVSS260   06/02/08 06:10 AM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? 9.3x57   01/12/07 01:39 PM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? 400NitroExpress   06/12/07 05:30 PM
. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? 4seventy   06/12/07 10:15 PM
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. * * Re: 358 Win.....Good Choice or Dog? blackberry9   08/01/07 12:01 AM
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