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I've done a few .338BR rifles and found them to be outstanding. Bullets are available from 160gr up to the SMK 300gr. Lots of choices. Thats what is lacking in the 358 though we considered working one up. Here in Indiana its legal to deer hunt with any cartridge with over .357 dia bullets and a case length of less than 1.8" (this year) last year it was 1.625" case length. The .358 WSSM was pretty hot for the last few years and I know a couple rifle makers who built over 150 of them for the market here in IN> The case is a bit big for subs but works well for high velocity stuff. Now they are doing the .358 WSM-IN which is .125" longer and a little faster. Some are shooting 180gr bullets at over 3000fps. Once again the case is a bit large for subs. So we looked at doing the BR case with the .358's but the bullet selection sucks right now and I'd guess a jump to .375 might be a better idea. At least you can get back up to 300gr bullets in that dia. I think I'm going to stick with the .338 and let my friends do the deer hunting. We still can't hunt with suppressors in Indiana though I keep hearing that they're working on that for next year.....
Frank
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