.358 Winchester Rds
02-20-2007, 11:09 PM
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02-22-2007, 08:26 AM
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RE: .358 Winchester Rds
Redonion-
I shoot and load alot of 358 Win, hence the name. Midway and Graf & Sons have the brass on a regular basis. The .358 bullets can be found there as well. Winchester loads the 200 grainer onlyand usually they
be found at Midway, Cabela's, and the auction sites like, gunbroker.com or auctionarms.com and the like.
The 200 grain rounds are very good but if you load for this cartridge, try 225 grainers. The accuracy is still MOA and the terminal performance makes the 200 look weak. I only hunt with the 225's now and can attest to the severe knockdown power on larger game.
Good luck!
I shoot and load alot of 358 Win, hence the name. Midway and Graf & Sons have the brass on a regular basis. The .358 bullets can be found there as well. Winchester loads the 200 grainer onlyand usually they
be found at Midway, Cabela's, and the auction sites like, gunbroker.com or auctionarms.com and the like.
The 200 grain rounds are very good but if you load for this cartridge, try 225 grainers. The accuracy is still MOA and the terminal performance makes the 200 look weak. I only hunt with the 225's now and can attest to the severe knockdown power on larger game.
Good luck!
02-22-2007, 06:37 PM
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RE: .358 Winchester Rds
I also shoot a fair amount of the 358. Ive got a BLR and a ruger M77 and will have a custom Ruger in 358 when the builder get done with it later this spring.
As for Brass its a seasonal run from winchester. Check midsouth, grafs, or midwayusa. If they don't have any there is always some on Ebay. Most of my brass I make from necking up 308 win brass. I use my standard 358 dies and a 338 expander ball I got from RCBS. I do it in two steps 308->338->358. one saturday I made 450 cases. That will probably keep me supplied for years.
As for bullets. For cheap I like the hornady 200 sp. Remington also makes a 200 pointed soft point CL thats cheap and should be great for deer.
I do most of my 358 hunting these days with 200 TSXs and next year I will be using 200 North forks.
Once you get to the 225 g size everybody makes a good 358 bullet. I find in my BLR recoil is proportional to bullet weight hense my use of the 200 grainers. Of course I am talking deer. If I were going for elk or moose Id use a 225. The one elk I shot with my 358 I shot with Hornady 250 RN and they worked great.
Love those 358s
As for Brass its a seasonal run from winchester. Check midsouth, grafs, or midwayusa. If they don't have any there is always some on Ebay. Most of my brass I make from necking up 308 win brass. I use my standard 358 dies and a 338 expander ball I got from RCBS. I do it in two steps 308->338->358. one saturday I made 450 cases. That will probably keep me supplied for years.
As for bullets. For cheap I like the hornady 200 sp. Remington also makes a 200 pointed soft point CL thats cheap and should be great for deer.
I do most of my 358 hunting these days with 200 TSXs and next year I will be using 200 North forks.
Once you get to the 225 g size everybody makes a good 358 bullet. I find in my BLR recoil is proportional to bullet weight hense my use of the 200 grainers. Of course I am talking deer. If I were going for elk or moose Id use a 225. The one elk I shot with my 358 I shot with Hornady 250 RN and they worked great.
Love those 358s
02-22-2007, 09:29 PM
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RE: .358 Winchester Rds
Thank you guys very much. I asked the question to see how easily available getting everything was before I went off and got a new BLR (which I will now do). It just seems like such a great utility caliber for just about anything by varying the bullet weight. Thanks again guys.
