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Duckbill
05-11-2004, 07:48 AM
If I only had some money :(
http://www.auctionarms.com/search/displayitem.cfm?itemnum=5731170

Ranch Dog
05-11-2004, 02:10 PM
Dang... I wish I hadn't looked at it!

Michael

SFT
05-12-2004, 04:20 PM
Me too! Why didn't the .356 take off? It's a great round, well suited for leverguns, and has enough case volume to make up for the need for flat nose bullets, still, it's on it's way out. The most power I can get out of my Marlin 336 .35 rem is 2200 fps with a 220 grain bullet, and that's flat out max., but factory .356 loads add some 400 fps and another 300 pounds of energy, and yet it doesn't seem to be making a (modest) comeback. Did the .35 Whelen take care of the gap between the .35 rem and .40 caliber and larger cartridges? And what of the .348, .358, .375?
I ponder these things as I drool over that .356.

Ranch Dog
05-12-2004, 06:37 PM
I ponder that stuff too SFT. I bought a set of 356 dies I found, NIB real cheap. I thought it might be a sign something was about to happen.

Michael