357-caliber pistol bullets could be loaded in this cartridge. The bullet diameter for the 350 Legend is set at. A straight-wall cartridge, the 350 Legend is easy to manufacture, resulting in low prices for a big-bore AR round. It provides solid penetration combined with a large-volume wound cavity. The 350 Legend can excel in a tactical environment with the right bullet-like this Winchester 150-grain Extreme Point.
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Ruger’s Ranch Rifle in 350 Legend was also a tack driver with Winchester’s 180-grain Power Point load. The 180-grain Power Point load for the 350 Legend averaged 1.22-inch groups from the Ruger AR-556, which is excellent precision from a large-caliber AR-15-pattern rifle. And, of course, neither of these revolver cartridges are compatible with Stoner’s semi-automatic (AR-15) design that has essentially become “America’s Rifle.”ġ. The real difference is the 350 Legend’s rimless design and operating pressure. The 350 Legend case is only about a tenth of an inch longer than the. 223 Rem.īy now you should be getting the picture from inception, the 350 Legend was intended to work with the AR-15 platform. SAAMI ( Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturer’s Institute) set a MAP (maximum average chamber pressure) for the 350 Legend at 55,000 psi, which is also identical to the. 223 Rem., the 350 Legend’s cartridge overall length (COAL) is set at 2.260 inches, and the case holds about 36.5 grains of water. The case utilizes a small rifle primer and has the same. The cartridge case for the 350 Legend is similar to the. The 350 Legend fills this “specialized” need, but the question of whether it has any practical or tactical application beyond whacking deer somewhere in the Midwest remains.īefore we try to answer that, let’s delve into exactly what the 350 Legend is. 450 Bushmaster-that were waning in popularity.
Though I would not call it a revolution, this straight-wall resurgence has increased the popularity of cartridges-like the. The primary motivation was the need for a straight-wall cartridge that would meet the legal requirements in several states previously only allowing shotguns and muzzleloaders for deer hunting. Winchester began development of the 350 Legend in 2017. This desire for specialization is how we ended up with Winchester’s new 350 Legend. Today we’re seeing the proliferation of the specialized cartridge a cartridge engineered for a specific-often narrow-military or civilian task. This is partly because military adoption translates to dollars, but also because up until near the end of the last century, shooters mostly chose a cartridge to fill a general role. The development and popularity of metallic cartridges has traditionally been driven by the military.
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