Thread: 358 Win load help and sggestions

Barrel is 18,5”.

If 357s do not satisfy, try a load with 35cal hornady flextip for goats and push it like a 35 remington.

Thanks Sidelock.
probably will buy a box of the 200 gr FTX next time.
the gamekings are a bit much for goats and small deer.
the 357 look like they will be great for turning possums into red mist but that's about it.
The GK will be my primary load. getting about 1.5" groups at 100 mtr with 4x scope prone on a rest.
should get better with practice.
Zq

GK are not at all too much for small deer/goats, ive properly tried it on roe deer and piglets. Maybe too much for your shoulder.

hehehe re shoulder. Would not want to be firing off large numbers of the 225's at >2400 fps.
It's not too bad, have fitted a good pad and added a moderator and it's not ultra light.
At the range on Sunday I was using a bipod and then my fore arm wrapped through the sling to hold it down tight to the bipod and force it back into my rear bag and shoulder.
This felt quite stable.
I do need a new Bipod as my existing one turned out to not be up to the task. Leg length moved between shots.
Cheer's
Zq
PS will get out in a couple of weeks and try the GK in a goat.
Have run out of goat for dog food so back to store brought stuff for now.

Sidelock is very correct. I nailed a couple of goats yesterday when I went out with my son.
at a range of about 50-70 mtr. Let son take first shot with his older brother's 223.
He had a good rest on the bipod shooting down on to them and neck shot his one.
I only had a sitting shot as the grass was too long. Nailed 2 with body shots.

The end result was my son's goat we took the whole body home.
My 2 we just took bits . One had broken spine and was unzipped from sternum to pelvis.
The other had a 6" hole where it's spine was between the shoulder blade and the exit was full of stomach contents.
End result. Lots of fun but very wasteful. Clean side on body shots or neck/head shots would be fine.
Does give me lots of confidence for tackling larger game.
Think I will pull my 158 gr XTP rounds and as I don't have a lot of confidence in them at high speed.
Will reload them at lower speeds (<2000 fps) for fun shooting etc.
Zq

hmmmm that sounds like a really great wallaby load....varmit red mist on a large scale LOL.

hehe I'm so tempted to keep a few of the 158 gr XTP's at 2550 fps just to "vanish" some possums. On goats I only got about 100-150mm of penetration and complete blowup with no exit hole.
Don't get many wallaby's where I shoot but a mate got some recently around rotoura lakes. Commented on how tough the skin was on the knife edge.