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Excellent coverage, just found by .350 search for copper bullets. While being a veteran handgun silhouette shooter ( 1973 with encouragement from Lee Jurras) 1975 first match placed with AUTO MAG. Fast forward shooting .357 and not taking down rams began developing .223/357 with T/C bull barrel reamed out to 1.5 depth with .375 dia reamer. The results were very good. I then proceeded to ream deeper to 1.6 adding more powder H110 WW296 as well as 4227. Bullets were .358 Speer rifle bullets. Practiced on home range with Rams. Hits in the high back or rump toppled the ram. Later in 1980 information about a lengthen .357 case was coming from Remington as well as work on prototyping revolver from RUGER. I decided to work on bullet construction. Bob Hayden and Steve Hornady were instrumental in making some excellent silhouette bullets for .44 and .357. I included the back story since I campaigned hard for a commemorative firearm for Bill Ruger JR. Our friend in 2018. We wanted it to be a .357 Maximum in RUGER No 1 ) Did not happen. I even called Steve Hornady about making brass. His response went passed me when he suggested reviving .357/223 iteration . Go figure. At a gathering in October 2018 I took some props to an open house. Among those items were Custom Pythons with redesigned parts wide trigger, internal stop, as well as other internal parts, Korth, Auto Mag in .41 JMP, Hawkeye .256, and assortment of custom ammo among them the .223/357 loaded rounds. Shortly after I heard about the development of the .350 legend ( not .223/357 but 9mm maximum including reduced groove diameter to include the use of .353-.355 9mm diameter ) However it was RUGER who produced the first bolt guns. Even though CMMG had all the info to prefect their AR .350 Legend, they were slow to the table as there were feeding problems. MagPul to the rescue with extended legs supporting the follower. Since we had experimented with different twist with the .357 Maximum, and settled on 14, I kept working on the twist 1/10 1/12 1/16. 1/12 with .354-.355 gave optimum accuracy with most bullet lengths and weights. I applaud your work long ago with the .350 Legend as it has in its offering more bullet weights and commercial offering than any other cartridge. Can be shot effectively out to 200 yards ( farther with experience) to take game including black bear, Elk, and deer as well as others like antelope and hogs. IN MY EXPERIENCE IT WILL ERN ITS PLACE IN THE LEGEND CARTRIDGES. LIGHT RECOIL, LIGHT WEIGHT, INEXPENSIVE TO BUY, AMMO AFFORDABLE. I owned several iterations SS, BOLT, AR, REVOLVERS ( S&W And BFR) they are all capable of 1.5 MOA some under at .75 MOA out to 200. I use 9mm dies and Lee seating die for loading. TCM powder is a sleeper powder for this cartridge. Wish list is RUGER MINI IN .350 Legend. Really appreciation your inspiration to recount this historical record. TRJM
So I have a 550 casefeeder and when I stick brass in it stops…. I bought the variable kit and installed it and getting same thing…… where would you start
This the reason why I skipped 300 blk and got 350 legend. More powerful, ammo is cheaper, and if I mixed it up with my 556, neither guns would explode.
I called Dillon about flipped primers and they blamed it on the my autodrive running too fast and I must have bent something. Sure enough, I was having the same problem you described that the primer shuttle was traveling too far, then getting pushed back by the alignment pin. I added a small zip tie and the shuttle is now moving in just a fraction too short. I expect the tie wrap will flatten slightly over time and all will be good. Going to fire up the press this week and see the results. Thank you for making the video and sharing.
People call alot of commander model guns commander! It's a 4 1/4 size that is an officer model size 3 1/2 defender is 3 and the 5inch is a government patents have nothing to do with it.
Bought one last fall of 2023 and like what has been mentioned is the simplicity of the unit and easy adjustment from one caliber to another. Then you have the price, couldn’t justify extra cost of other models. Works! Best to all!
I don’t understand why there needs to be a “swirl” on the mating surfaces. Ideally this seems to be best at near mirror finish, but the molds you presented have tool marks on them.
Nice! Thanks for sharing. A zip tie is a lot less work, less intrusive, and no permanent modifications necessary with it. I don’t know anything about tapping screws but I can put a zip tie on
Just bought a 350 L Ruger Amer. Predator w/22 inch bbl. Sighted in at 50 yds for 200 (hopefully) using Win White Box 145gr. Group was 2 1/4 inches high. I had 7 shots in one ragged hole measuring 7/8 by 1/2 inch and stopped. Using a cheap Simmons scope 3-9 x 40 set at 7x. All I wanted was a deer rifle I could shoot coyotes with. I think I got it.
i can't pickup as many primers at once in my tube as you did, only 20-25 at a time, because the weight of the "already loaded" primers, makes them fall out. I have a new 550 and that slows me down. I thought about heating in squeezing the ends of the part of the tube that slips over the primers to be picked up.
I have that casting in the MP brass 4 cavity version. I just decided to give it a try in my 7.62x39 Zpap M70. Ran like a champ on top of 20.5 grains of H4895. Not a tack driver but 2 MOA consistently. I know it’s not the castings fault it’s the platform it coming out of. The AK was never meant or designed to be supremely accurate. It was designed to put lead on a target with haste in mind.
What really needs to be done is the ejector plunger needs to come out clean the hole put in a new ejector plunger spring and that will make the rifle kick the case out like ir should,,
