350 Legend

Tomme boy

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Anyone shooting one yet? Thinking about getting back into deer hunting this year. Tired of shooting my shotgun with slugs. Too much recoil for me anymore.

Ar Stoner has a decently priced barrel. I have a few ar upper rec. and bolts laying around. I was thinking about a 300blk but we can't use a stepped cartridge for deer hunting here. Straight wall only.
 

Rick

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Interesting sounding cartridge. Hodgdon online reloading lists it as having a .355" bullet so any 35 cal mold could be sized. Starline lists brass @ 250 for $71. My biggest concern would be as with any "new" cartridge if it doesn't catch on how long before brass becomes unobtanium? With no parent case and a rebated rim for the 223 bolt face that could be a real concern.

Cut & paste from the Starline web site . . .

Introduced by Winchester and approved by SAAMI in January of 2019, the .350 Legend is a brand new cartridge with no parent case. This tapered case has a rebated rim allowing it to utilize the standard .223 bolt face found on many common rifles including the AR-15. Like many other AR cartridges, the .350 Legend only requires changing the barrel and magazine. This cartridge's allure is that it can be used for hunting in several states that allow straightwall cartridges only, but it doesn't have near the recoil of other AR cartridges that fill this niche. Utilizing .355" diameter bullets, the .350 Legend is capable of impressive ballistics, without a lot of recoil. Several bolt action and AR-type rifles are being produced in this caliber, with new models being added all the time.
 

Tomme boy

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the bullets that are shipped with it are 0.355" It has a tolerance rating of 0.003" so it can be used up to 0.358" bullet and be fine. The throat is said to be opened up so 0.358" bullets are fine to shoot.

I have been consolidating a bunch of my guns to get down to just a couple diameters to load for. Running lead powder coated 9mm bullets would be really cool to run in this.
 
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Rick

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Quite strange the name they chose for it. A legend is a history whether a person or a thing, it's a legend because of it's history. How could anything brand new be a . . . History?
 

Brad

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Some legends are just a story about something that may or may not have ever existed.
This may end up that way.
 

CZ93X62

Official forum enigma
Reminiscent of the 351 WSL. I understand living in a state that has arcane hunting regs and firearm restrictions, but like Rick points out--where do you go for cartridge brass once it goes out of print? Lay in a good supply of brass, and you will be all right--the bullet diameter is "normal", unlike the 351.
 

Tom

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I put together an ar upper with a 357 ar barrel. It uses 223 brass and is the equivalent of the legend. I think one could blow out 223 basic to get the slightly larger base diameter with a wrap of tape, similar to forming American swede brass to fit European barrels.
 
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Hawk

North Central Texas
The Sept. issue of the American Rifleman has an article about it.
No reloading data and it's the usual puff piece that all magazines produce these days, but it does have some specs regarding the cartridge.
It might be worth reading.
 

Pistolero

Well-Known Member
A Legend in some marketing guy's mind. It might wind up being successful, but only because of
odd game laws on what cartridges can be used for deer hunting. Not that there was any real world
need for it, just a loophole in a set of odd game laws. It does nothing that a number of other cartridges
can't already do, but are not "straight case", so not permitted. Of course, the .357 Max has been in
that slot for a long time, but won't work in an AR or likely in many magazine feeders at all.

So, kinda-sorta a .357 Max rebated rim.....
 
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Hawk

North Central Texas
Interesting sounding cartridge. Hodgdon online reloading lists it as having a .355" bullet so any 35 cal mold could be sized. Starline lists brass @ 250 for $71. My biggest concern would be as with any "new" cartridge if it doesn't catch on how long before brass becomes unobtanium? With no parent case and a rebated rim for the 223 bolt face that could be a real concern.

The brass is the big deal for me. The $200 for a barrel is no big deal and you'll have to buy dies anyway, but there are so many other cartridges that can be formed from cheap brass.
The 7.62x40 WT will compete with it and can be made from 5.56 brass. It's still a bottle neck cartridge, and the straight wall case may be the final deciding factor on going down this road.
Luckily, in Texas, we are blessed with not having to worry about that concern.
 

Ian

Notorious member
I maintain that with the 9x39 Russian and conversion magazines to run the steeply-tapered cases in an AR-15, the straight-wall, rebated rim, slightly larger than 5.56 case head is a problem looking for a solution with the exceptions of the game laws mentioned.
 

RBHarter

West Central AR
If your going to a x39 case you may as go on up to 40/10mm and/or use 6.8 brass .

Stock a Carcano is probably the best bet for 357 Max .