Good video. I wish I had seen it a year ago. I never loaded straight wall before and it took me a while (some trial and error, some more error) to understand the differences. I still struggle a bit. This video makes it way more understandable. Thank you.
Always good to see another dude's practice of loading this cartridge. I pretty much do the same process besides charging the cases in a separate process off the press for quality control of the charge. I use 26 gr. of H110 w/Hornady 170 BT bullets. Creates a tack-driver for both my Savage 110 and AR stainless 20" barrel @ 100 Yrds. Great round for 200 yard deer shots. Mine is a meat stick!
I think you’ve done an excellent job with your video. I encourage you to keep making videos especially if you enjoy the process. Just finished a 20” upper with a Faxon barrel in 350 L, don’t need one I just like to experiment with different cartridges. Good luck with your video work…..
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In terms of being economical how would you compare this to the 30-06 and 243? I know 350 legend doesn't take much powder but perhaps other components are not as cheap? I was hoping it would be something that could be super cheap to reload bc of the lower amount of powder but I don't know much about reloading
I wouldn't call it super cheap, at least for hunting rounds. There's not a lot of difference. The powder is the main thing, taking about half as much as .30-06 does. The projectiles aren't much different, and new brass is similar as well. It just takes standard small rifle primers. You could save money on projectiles if you were just target shooting.
In general, 350 Legend bullets will cost more than 243 or .30-06 bullets. If you just want to shoot, full metal jacket or cast, is lowest. The 350 Legend bullet is a 9mm. I have heard of people shooting 9mm pistol bullets in the Legend. For hunting, the Hornady Interlock 170 gr. shoots well from my Axis. Looks like powder cost will be less for 350 Legend. Primers vary. Locally, they are the same. Brass is less. These days, nothing is "super cheap" to reload, not even just "cheap".
Be careful of some of the responses you get in these posts. I have been loading over 30 different calibers for over 50 years including shotshells. Long story short I've been loading 450 Bushmaster for over a dozen years, just an oversized 350L and I bought a barrel and converted an AR to 350L 2 years ago. First off just use 1oz of liquid lanolin mixed with 12oz of ISO Heet fuel line antifreeze in a Dawn PowerWash bottle. Throw your brass in a plastic bag, pump a couple sprays in and shake. It's Dillon Precision's recipe and it's the slickest stuff ever and it won't effect powder or primers. The 350L has to be one of the cheapest rounds to load ever. For plinking and practice I load a 147gr .355" 9mm FMJ or my home cast and powder coated 158gr bullets sized to .356" with a couple of grains of a fast pistol powder, like 15c/round cheap. For hunting I load a Hornady .357" 158gr XTP and a good load of H110 or Ramshot Enforcer, 2400 works also. Do not use a .358" bullet, you're pushing the outside of the envelope and the round might not chamber and even if it does squishing a bullet down that far will cause pressure spikes. You could resize those .358" bullets down to .356" or .357" with a Lee resize die ($20) and then load them without a problem. Now, the one thing to remember is that the 350L headspaces on the case mouth like a 9mm, do not roll crimp. Once you've loaded your bullet of choice just use a taper crimp to hold it in place and you're done.
Good video. I wish I had seen it a year ago. I never loaded straight wall before and it took me a while (some trial and error, some more error) to understand the differences. I still struggle a bit. This video makes it way more understandable. Thank you.
Always good to see another dude's practice of loading this cartridge. I pretty much do the same process besides charging the cases in a separate process off the press for quality control of the charge. I use 26 gr. of H110 w/Hornady 170 BT bullets. Creates a tack-driver for both my Savage 110 and AR stainless 20" barrel @ 100 Yrds. Great round for 200 yard deer shots. Mine is a meat stick!
I think you’ve done an excellent job with your video. I encourage you to keep making videos especially if you enjoy the process. Just finished a 20” upper with a Faxon barrel in 350 L, don’t need one I just like to experiment with different cartridges. Good luck with your video work…..
Good Afternoon 😊 Thanks For Sharing 👏🏼 Informative and Educational Video 💯 Appreciate Your Time and Have a Wonderful Day 🙏🏽 Greetings From South Africa 🇿🇦
In terms of being economical how would you compare this to the 30-06 and 243? I know 350 legend doesn't take much powder but perhaps other components are not as cheap? I was hoping it would be something that could be super cheap to reload bc of the lower amount of powder but I don't know much about reloading
I wouldn't call it super cheap, at least for hunting rounds.
There's not a lot of difference. The powder is the main thing, taking about half as much as .30-06 does. The projectiles aren't much different, and new brass is similar as well. It just takes standard small rifle primers.
You could save money on projectiles if you were just target shooting.
In general, 350 Legend bullets will cost more than 243 or .30-06 bullets. If you just want to shoot, full metal jacket or cast, is lowest. The 350 Legend bullet is a 9mm. I have heard of people shooting 9mm pistol bullets in the Legend. For hunting, the Hornady Interlock 170 gr. shoots well from my Axis.
Looks like powder cost will be less for 350 Legend.
Primers vary. Locally, they are the same.
Brass is less.
These days, nothing is "super cheap" to reload, not even just "cheap".
Be careful of some of the responses you get in these posts. I have been loading over 30 different calibers for over 50 years including shotshells. Long story short I've been loading 450 Bushmaster for over a dozen years, just an oversized 350L and I bought a barrel and converted an AR to 350L 2 years ago. First off just use 1oz of liquid lanolin mixed with 12oz of ISO Heet fuel line antifreeze in a Dawn PowerWash bottle. Throw your brass in a plastic bag, pump a couple sprays in and shake. It's Dillon Precision's recipe and it's the slickest stuff ever and it won't effect powder or primers. The 350L has to be one of the cheapest rounds to load ever. For plinking and practice I load a 147gr .355" 9mm FMJ or my home cast and powder coated 158gr bullets sized to .356" with a couple of grains of a fast pistol powder, like 15c/round cheap. For hunting I load a Hornady .357" 158gr XTP and a good load of H110 or Ramshot Enforcer, 2400 works also. Do not use a .358" bullet, you're pushing the outside of the envelope and the round might not chamber and even if it does squishing a bullet down that far will cause pressure spikes. You could resize those .358" bullets down to .356" or .357" with a Lee resize die ($20) and then load them without a problem. Now, the one thing to remember is that the 350L headspaces on the case mouth like a 9mm, do not roll crimp. Once you've loaded your bullet of choice just use a taper crimp to hold it in place and you're done.