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LIVE! From the Stand 2023-2024 Edition

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giles said:
I just sat on one of my nuts! 🤢🤢🤢
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Hedgelj

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Gern186 said:
She likes it real well. Shot that deer with a 160 grain bullet. Deer didn't go far but was still alive when we got to it and had to follow up with another shot. First shot was double lung. As you can see from the pic. We may go with larger bullet next time idk. The internal damage was incredible. The lungs were shredded. I dont know if it was a fluke or not. She was a large doe, and didn't run more than 75 yards. But like I said, follow up shot was provided.
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160 gr... the winchester power bonded?
That's considered one of the better controlled expansion bullets but isn't as aerodynamic as others if you need to push the range of the cartridge.

I put a double lung on a doe at 175 yards, she mule kicked, ran about 30-40 yards and then started grazing again for a few seconds as i watched the exit sound pulse through my scope and then wobbled and fell over and never moved again. I'm using the hornady 170gr for a nice controlled expansion.
JARHEAD said:
I'm still a 12 gadge shotgun guy but been considering a Ohio style rifle. Seems like the 350 isn't a dependable round for knocking them critters down. .40 calibers have better results?
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I've been hunting with a 350 since they came out and have put over 10 deer down with it. I've only had one not recovered that i tracked for quite a few hundred yards. Most have either fallen within feet or under 50 yards. My primary issue was with damaging meat not putting them down.

My brother has a 350 but doesn't have confidence in it as he lost two the first year he tried it. He now uses it for coyotes and groundhogs. He's primarily a 45-70 after switching from 20ga slugs.

The other guy who hunts the farm that carries one hasn't had issues that i know of once he got it back from savage (was having light primer strikes).

What do you mean by "knocking them critters down"? What performance are you after and we (the brain trust in here) can probably push you in a good direction.

The 350 legend isn't a high power rifle and the bullets aren't going fast enough to create the secondary wound channel due to lack of velocity.

You can drop a deer with a high shoulder or CNS shot but those aren't my preferred targets because of meat damage and potential for wounding.

In the 350 Facebook group multiple moose, at least one elk and a bison have all been harvested with the round. But there are multiple posts about crappy blood trails and unrecovered animals but that seems to be more bullet placement than cartridge flaw if you also take into account our dog tracking and drone threads on here.
 
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Hedgelj said:
160 gr... the winchester power bonded?
That's considered one of the better controlled expansion bullets but isn't as aerodynamic as others if you need to push the range of the cartridge.

I put a double lung on a doe at 175 yards, she mule kicked, ran about 30-40 yards and then started grazing again for a few seconds as i watched the exit sound pulse through my scope and then wobbled and fell over and never moved again. I'm using the hornady 170gr for a nice controlled expansion.


I've been hunting with a 350 since they came out and have put over 10 deer down with it. I've only had one not recovered that i tracked for quite a few hundred yards. Most have either fallen within feet or under 50 yards. My primary issue was with damaging meat not putting them down.

My brother has a 350 but doesn't have confidence in it as he lost two the first year he tried it. He now uses it for coyotes and groundhogs. He's primarily a 45-70 after switching from 20ga slugs.

The other guy who hunts the farm that carries one hasn't had issues that i know of once he got it back from savage (was having light primer strikes).

What do you mean by "knocking them critters down"? What performance are you after and we (the brain trust in here) can probably push you in a good direction.

The 350 legend isn't a high power rifle and the bullets aren't going fast enough to create the secondary wound channel due to lack of velocity.

You can drop a deer with a high shoulder or CNS shot but those aren't my preferred targets because of meat damage and potential for wounding.

In the 350 Facebook group multiple moose, at least one elk and a bison have all been harvested with the round. But there are multiple posts about crappy blood trails and unrecovered animals but that seems to be more bullet placement than cartridge flaw if you also take into account our dog tracking and drone threads on here.
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I'm use to a Remington 870 express shooting a 1oz rifled slug. If you hit a deer in the shoulder or in the lungs it's going down quick. That's what I'm comparing it against
 
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JARHEAD said:
I'm use to a Remington 870 express shooting a 1oz rifled slug. If you hit a deer in the shoulder or in the lungs it's going down quick. That's what I'm comparing it against
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1 oz is over 400 gr iirc
Heaviest bullets by the most common calibers
265, 325 - 45-70
240 - 444
250 - 450bm

You will gain accuracy over rifled slugs and increased effective range. You will also gain a (possibly) easier to use platform than a shotgun unless you've built a dedicated slug gun.
 
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NO HUNT yesterday evening or this morning for me today, but I will get out later this afternoon.

TCs in the woods are showing nothing moving in daylight even though our place was on 🔥 with 🦌 all night 🌙 overnight up until sunrise 🌅

TC out front went off moments ago. It appears to be a traveler that cruised through the yard 😊

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Congrats to all the successful hunters the past few days! Nice job everybody 👏 👍

Best of luck today to all those out trying draw blood!

Have a good one 👍 😊
 
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Hedgelj said:
1 oz is over 400 gr iirc
Heaviest bullets by the most common calibers
265, 325 - 45-70
240 - 444
250 - 450bm

You will gain accuracy over rifled slugs and increased effective range. You will also gain a (possibly) easier to use platform than a shotgun unless you've built a dedicated slug gun.
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Open sight factory 870 has been the go to since 1990. Before that it was an Ithaca. I've been leaning towards a 450 or 45. I really don t like the 350from recovery storied I've read
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