Ar15 350 legend

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Mainiac

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Think the 350 legend is where im gonna look,for my first ar.
The ruger looks like a safe bet,but i know nothing about these plastic wanna be rifles.
I should be able to use the molds i have,so thats a plus.

I havent fired a jacketed bullet in years,with this legend,i should be able to shoot cast.

Anybody have any comments on this,before i drop a thousand dollar bill down?
 
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Mainiac

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Thought about building my own,but dont really want to get into it,that deep.
Faxon a good gun?
All i know,is i want a full lenth hand gaurd,and the ruger has a pretty nice trigger,,some of them ive look at,had terrible triggers.
 
Tomme boy

Tomme boy

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Do some searches on the AR. Feeding problems plague this round. Some are perfect but others have all kinds of issues. And the loading of the round can have issues. Powders are the problem. Some work without issues while others are on the edge of blowing up your gun. LILGUN is a powder that has major problems. Its the ball powders that have issues.
 
Josh

Josh

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Honestly, the best 350 Legend you can buy is a complete rifle from Mos-Tek. They're going to be more expensive than almost everyone else though. Best from a legacy manufacturer is going to be Ruger.

I run a Facebook group for the 350 Legend with 14,500 members, I'll tell you now that brands like BCA are going to be a roll of the dice with most rolls you losing with.

The 350 Legend is a great cartridge, you'll really come to love it if you get a quality rifle to start with.
 
CWLONGSHOT

CWLONGSHOT

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I built a SCR rifle in 350 Legend. I have a Faxon barrel. It took two barrels before one was satisfactory. Its good not great.
I had good videos onnold channel that where very popular. I should re make them.

Tomme and I both discovered that you can not push it AT ALL to point even reaching factory ballistics causes loss of cases by loose pockets and split cases. I dont shoot cast only jacketed.

But in my Ruger American its been a wonderful cast bullet launcher. Its very accurate with jacketed.

Both have taken deer for me and work well. I am happy with both.

CW
 
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Josh

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My 350 Legend is a Remington 700, I built it with a 358 barrel and throat so I could shoot all 35 cal bullets. I used AICS mags so I could get super long loading. Now I launch the RCBS 35-200 at a nice 1900 fps and enjoy the rifle. It definitely does deer in and I've never lost one with the 350 Legend20200423_154454.jpg
 
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Mainiac

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Got the ruger ar 350.
They chose to use 5 groove barrell,,so measuring is difficult..3547-.355 bore.was hoping it wasnt gonna be this tight.

Got some kind of coating,nitride or something,in the bore,,,slug drove some kinda hard at first.

Im hoping it will run cast,,but i may end up running jacketed threw it for a while,to help smooth it up.time will tell
 
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Josh

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Tomme boy said:
0.355 is what it is supposed to be. Why would you want it larger?
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Some people think that if the company used a 0.357" barrel that it will automatically mean the company used a reamer to match the bigger bore. Unfortunately I've seen a lot of companies use SAAMI spec reamers for a 0.356" throat in a 0.357" bore, making it useless for cast shooting.
 
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Josh

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So, how is 0.356 worse than 0.358? What's the difference? What does it matter that you size bullets 0.360 for all your old cartridges? 0.357 is very tight because it isn't supposed to chamber 0.357, size to 0.356 and shoot it. You need some looseness to safely release the bullet from the brass, if the brass can't let go of the bullet, you'll see crazy pressure spikes.

It isn't about the number you size to, it's about sizing to fit the throat, if that's 0.356 size there. If the throat was 0.3555 and the bore was 0.355 you would size to 0.355. That defies conventional wisdom, but we size to fill a throat, there is no need for "bullet compression" from throat transition to bore. My 350 Legend was built on a 0.357" bore and 0.358" throat. I size my bullets to 0.357-0.3575" and get zero leading.
 
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Mainiac

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Josh said:
So, how is 0.356 worse than 0.358? What's the difference? What does it matter that you size bullets 0.360 for all your old cartridges? 0.357 is very tight because it isn't supposed to chamber 0.357, size to 0.356 and shoot it. You need some looseness to safely release the bullet from the brass, if the brass can't let go of the bullet, you'll see crazy pressure spikes.

It isn't about the number you size to, it's about sizing to fit the throat, if that's 0.356 size there. If the throat was 0.3555 and the bore was 0.355 you would size to 0.355. That defies conventional wisdom, but we size to fill a throat, there is no need for "bullet compression" from throat transition to bore. My 350 Legend was built on a 0.357" bore and 0.358" throat. I size my bullets to 0.357-0.3575" and get zero leading.
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Nothing,other then another 35 dollar sizer that wont be used for anything else!
 
Josh

Josh

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Mainiac said:
Nothing,other then another 35 dollar sizer that wont be used for anything else!
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Just think about how much money that $35 sizer will save you over jacketed bullets. About 100 rounds and you'll be even, 200 rounds and you'll be $35 ahead of the game!
 
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Mainiac

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Cant wait to get shooting it,,im somewhat apprehensive about that orange peel looking coating in the bore,,hope it isnt a lead magnet!
 
Tomme boy

Tomme boy

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If it is nitrided the bore may have a rust looking stuff inside it. They all can have it. Just clean it really well before shooting it. Your going to have problems with 0.357" bullets. You would have to run starline brass if you do. It is thinner than all others.
 
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