[ARCHIVED THREAD] - 350 legend (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 3/3/2023 5:48:20 PM EDT
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I have decided I would like a 350 legend deer rifle, but which way to go? Lgs has Savage Axis combo for $419. BCA upper for about $300ish. Capacity really doesn't matter as Ohio mandates no more than 3 rounds in the rifle while hunting deer. Which is the best bet for putting a deer on the ground inside 200yds? |
| I ended up going through the same exact scenario last summer...I had an extra lower assembled and not being used so I opted for the AR upper....shoots great and I couldn't be happier. My daughter pretty much took ownership of it last fall....I'd like to pick up another for myself. |
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Attached File some parts i had laying around and a wilson combat barrel and magazine. So far reliable amd accurate. |
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Some BCA stuff is junk. Some isn’t. 6.5G Attached File Attached File Attached File For 350L hunting 2 MOA is fine. BCA is very hit or miss. Pun intended. |
 Savage AXIS Pro Trigger Job Upgrade Kit - M*CARBO Did the trigger mod on my Savage Axis. Bought the parts at the local hardware store. It felt a tad short, put a butt pad on and it gave me the right length. Nailed a buck at 60 yards, he dropped. |
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Attached File I went the CMMG route. No problem other than subs won’t lock the bolt back suppressed. This is with a rifle buffer system, I haven’t tried carbine buffer setup yet. There is a whole thread in the AR-variant section Attached File |
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Quoted: Loading and unloading are really not that hard. Quoted: Quoted: Ground hunting, either is fine. Elevated blind or tree stand, that's a lot of loading and unloading with an AR with a floating firing pin. Loading and unloading are really not that hard. An AR in 350 is my loaner rifle for kids and new hunters. After a round has been chambered a 2-3 times, it goes in the range bucket because I no longer trust the primer. At $2+ a round these days, it gets expensive in a hurry. My wife's Winchester XPR doesn't have this issue. |
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Quoted: Btw, for those contemplating hunting in the fall, the time to get your gear in order is now, not when it's sold out. No, the best time is during a Brownells sale. Brownells is the finest purveyor of firearms accoutrements on the internet and who I trust to outfit me for my pursuit of Odocoileus virginianus whenever they are legally in season in my great state. It is a past-time I greatly enjoy on public lands while wearing all the blaze orange I can find, hunting from my favorite spot while reminiscing about prior hunts using Brownells-purchased firearms and ammunition. Kharn |
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Quoted: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/136574/BD59EA27-FF65-40B6-A31D-460D8AC5D1F3_jpe-2732750.JPGI went the CMMG route. No problem other than subs won’t lock the bolt back suppressed. This is with a rifle buffer system, I haven’t tried carbine buffer setup yet. There is a whole thread in the AR-variant section https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/136574/FD83B150-A942-424D-BEAC-900162B44B10_jpe-2732748.JPG Do you have a .350 specific suppressor? Or are you using a .45? Kharn |
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Quoted: Savage Axis are also trash. Funny part is I've got a BCA the runs well and is accurate. My .243 Axis has been fantastic since I found a load it likes. 38 woodchucks between 80 and 400yds last year. It's a hunting rifle. I'm not jumping out of torpedo tunes with it. My $337 bca  Axis 4 shot group.  |
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Quoted: Why buy a rifle in a caliber that the manufacturer will stop supporting in 3 years like clockwork? Quoted: Quoted: Henry in 360 Buckhammer. Why buy a rifle in a caliber that the manufacturer will stop supporting in 3 years like clockwork? I understand this worry but I think teaming up with Henry from the get go is going to work. But maybe I’m just optimistic. |
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Quoted: Probably not. It would take away from my hunting or training time. To be fair, as long as it go bang once, and you did your job, it probably fine to not cycle. If I had an optic sitting around I was comfortable using at whatever range you're thinking that round is good for, would probably do the upper. If not, axis combo is a great beater deer gun, still use a .308 axis for most of my hunting even with various "better" rifles. A lot to be said for a slim light rifle you don't give a shit about. |
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Quoted: AR is the way to go. 2 years ago, I had a 175 yard shot and hit high the deer stumbled and stood up on me. I was able get another round down range without having to cycle a bolt. Being that far I felt if it would have been a bolt gun i would have lost the deer I managed to get 3 out of 6 coyotes a couple of years ago when a pack walked out under my stand with my Grendel. Don't think I could have done it with a .308 bolt. |
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Quoted: An AR in 350 is my loaner rifle for kids and new hunters. After a round has been chambered a 2-3 times, it goes in the range bucket because I no longer trust the primer. At $2+ a round these days, it gets expensive in a hurry. My wife's Winchester XPR doesn't have this issue. This is your second post here that makes me scratch my head and say “huh”? |
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Quoted: Huh??? Assuming he's stalking to a stand with a round in the chamber and is ok with hauling up a budget bolt action with one still chambered and not ok with an AR since it can make a mark on the primer? Or thinks it's easier enough to unload a bolt action vs AR? Can't really fathom how this a concern, but think this is at least near the rails of the train of thought. Eta: I guess clarified above, but meh, primers be dimpled yo. |
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I'm not sure what to tell you. I bought my kids a .350L CVA Scout. It's the stainless/fluted model. Got them a pink laminated stock and forend from Boyd's but figured out I liked the youth-sized stock from CVA better, for the kids to use, and it's still long enough for me to more or less use it. Anyhoo, with a YHM R9 can on the 20" barrel, book loads of lil'gun and the 165 Hornady FTX are running about 2460' and the 160-grain Cutting Edge Raptor all-copper bullet has beat 2500', from my labradar. The gun will shoot under 2MOA with most loads, close to MOA with several loads. Plenty good enough for 200-225 yard deer hunting, maybe a hair more. A few weeks ago Dunham's sports had some Winchester subsonic ammo for $20/20 and I bought a box just to get more brass. I've ended up with several boxes of Winchester factory ammo, just to scavenge the brass. My daughter shot *one* deer with it last fall. Perfect heart shot at ~55 yards, deer flipped on its back and stopped moving. How all of that translates into bolt gun or semi-auto application, I cannot say. But it's a perfectly functional 200+ yard deer gun. Recoil is negligible. |
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Quoted: I have a .350 L BCA upper with 16” barrel. It is a great shooting setup. BCA has some haters, but I have 2 of their uppers and they have been great. This X2....I watched a bunch of YouTubers complaining about failure to feed issues....I had to buy a couple Duramags at a local shop when I ordered my BCA upper directly from BCA because they didn't have any 350 mags in stock....zero issues feeding and the damn thing is pretty darn accurate. |
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Quoted: Btw, for those contemplating hunting in the fall, the time to get your gear in order is now, not when it's sold out. I was dithering a bit in a similar conundrum but now waiting to see if that new 40 caliber cartridge is going to be out this year or not. If it's going to be available I'm really tempted to give that a try this fall. Hoping to get more info on it at NRA show. |
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Quoted: An AR in 350 is my loaner rifle for kids and new hunters. After a round has been chambered a 2-3 times, it goes in the range bucket because I no longer trust the primer. At $2+ a round these days, it gets expensive in a hurry. My wife's Winchester XPR doesn't have this issue. Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Ground hunting, either is fine. Elevated blind or tree stand, that's a lot of loading and unloading with an AR with a floating firing pin. Loading and unloading are really not that hard. An AR in 350 is my loaner rifle for kids and new hunters. After a round has been chambered a 2-3 times, it goes in the range bucket because I no longer trust the primer. At $2+ a round these days, it gets expensive in a hurry. My wife's Winchester XPR doesn't have this issue. |
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Quoted: Bear Creek Arsenal is utter dogshit and I’ve personally seen that harsh opinion borne out by reality half a dozen times now. Don’t buy their crap. I have a bca 350 upper that runs great and shoots slightly better than moa. I get the bca hate, but for something I use one week a year it works well. On another note 350 mags are touch and go, rugers are ok, cmmg are garbage... Best I've found are lancers with a 350 follower. the cmmg 10 rounder I got would only fit 4 rounds and was so spring heavy you could barely load it. |
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Quoted: I was dithering a bit in a similar conundrum but now waiting to see if that new 40 caliber cartridge is going to be out this year or not. If it's going to be available I'm really tempted to give that a try this fall. Hoping to get more info on it at NRA show. What 10mm/ .40 projectiles make sense though? Seems fun, but feel like it's the short range thumper of weird straight wall ARs without really having the thump. |
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Quoted: I'm not doubting you, but my sample size of one complete rifle purchased 11/22, has been pretty good. Quoted: Quoted: Bear Creek Arsenal is utter dogshit and I’ve personally seen that harsh opinion borne out by reality half a dozen times now. Don’t buy their crap. I'm not doubting you, but my sample size of one complete rifle purchased 11/22, has been pretty good. I’ve now seen 4 rifles with chambers cut so poorly the bolt would not close on a loaded round. 2 of those rifles took over a month to get customer to RMA. 1 side charging rifle with bolt JBWelded in place. And one lower sold via website to a minor and then no customer service contact EVER when he tried to get assistance with returning it. |
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Quoted: I’ve now seen 4 rifles with chambers cut so poorly the bolt would not close on a loaded round. 2 of those rifles took over a month to get customer to RMA. 1 side charging rifle with bolt JBWelded in place. And one lower sold via website to a minor and then no customer service contact EVER when he tried to get assistance with returning it. Again, not doubting, my only experience is the rifle I bought in November. I'm about 700 rds of 5.56 and 1k rds of .22lr in without issues. Accuracy is on par with my psa premium. |
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