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Re: 350 legend

Postby AR Sarge » Thu Jan 07, 2021 9:10 am

Dropped a second deer later in the season. I took out her shoulder. She ran/pushed about 20 yards, fell and struggled to try and get up, so I popped a second (totally unneeded) round from rear quarter toward front opposite shoulder.

I never found either bullet, but did find lead and copper jacket fragments in both deer which I do not like.

Next year I’ll hunt with solid copper loads. I have some Maker Bullet 150gr loads to try. And if Barnes ever gets some 350 legend ammo out I’ll try it
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Re: 350 legend

Postby Al in Mi » Thu Jan 07, 2021 9:25 am

Bear Creek Ballistics might have a 350 round too.
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Re: 350 legend

Postby AR Sarge » Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:31 pm

Thanks Al. I’d not heard of BCB before. I’ll check them out. I like to support local, Michigan-based businesses.

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Re: 350 legend

Postby Al in Mi » Tue Jan 12, 2021 5:42 am

not the cheapest rounds out there, but seen pics of a recovered one and it was flawless.

https://bearcreekballistics.com/product ... mmunition/
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Re: 350 legend

Postby AR Sarge » Sat May 08, 2021 3:39 pm

261 boxes in stock. I have three boxes coming.

https://bearcreekballistics.com/product ... mmunition/
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Re: 350 legend

Postby Al in Mi » Sun May 09, 2021 5:01 am

Feed back when you get a chance to play with them!!
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Re: 350 legend

Postby AR Sarge » Sun May 09, 2021 10:47 am

Will do. Probably will do some chrono testing in the next few weeks. Animal testing will commence in the early antlerless season in September. I have to eat more venison to make room in the freezer!
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Re: 350 legend

Postby AR Sarge » Wed Nov 17, 2021 10:08 am

150gr Bear Creek Review out of 12” SBR...

Velocity at about 10 feet from the muzzle averages 2161fps. S.D was 22.5 on my five shot test group. 100yd 5-shot group size was 1.49” with two shots touching and the other three touching. I have an issue with the suppressor contacting the hand guard that I need to rectify. That and a higher power scope should tighten things up. Still, 1.5moa on an SBR hunting gun with 4x scope ain’t bad!

I’ve killed two deer so far this year with the Bear Creek Ballistics 150gr out of my 12” barrel.

Holy crap, Batman. Both deer had ENTRANCE holes around three inches in diameter. Exit holes were much smaller, which I attribute to the lower exit velocity.

Dressing out the deer I found the lungs to be basically like grape jelly.

I’ll stick with heart/lung shots with these. The damage if you hit the shoulder reduces your meat yield.

All in all, I like this load. It shoots tight, hits hard and does a great amount of damage.

Now, for deer three, do I stick with the 350 or give my new 6mm ARC SBR a chance to draw blood…?
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Re: 350 legend

Postby Hoot » Wed Nov 17, 2021 11:44 am

AR Sarge wrote:...snip...

Now, for deer three, do I stick with the 350 or give my new 6mm ARC SBR a chance to draw blood…?


IMHO Go out on the horse you came in on.

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Re: 350 legend

Postby AR Sarge » Thu Nov 18, 2021 3:05 am

Hoot wrote:
AR Sarge wrote:...snip...

Now, for deer three, do I stick with the 350 or give my new 6mm ARC SBR a chance to draw blood…?


IMHO Go out on the horse you came in on.

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Probably a good idea, but I keep building these rifles and kind of feel guilty if I don’t make them feel loved by taking them hunting!
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