358 Winchester custom rifle build

[z987k]

Prob 300 which is why I want to build a medium action. The medium action will allow for the bullet to be seat further up in the casing.

There are a few videos on Youtube the will paint a better picture.

I was considering buying a Ruger to re-barrel before finding out about the medium action.

Why not just buy the factory ruger in 35 Whelan?

 

[CAV1/8]

Why not just buy the factory ruger in 35 Whelan?

I am left handed lol. Jumping through hoops.

 

[AZ_Hunter]

If you really want a 358, just buy the cheapest LH tikka with a std bolt face, pull the barrel and sell it here. Then install your 358 barrel which you can order from whomever. Not CRF or 3 pos safety, but who cares. They work.

 

[gbflyer]

If you really want a 358, just buy the cheapest LH tikka with a std bolt face, pull the barrel and sell it here. Then install your 358 barrel which you can order from whomever. Not CRF or 3 pos safety, but who cares. They work.

This is the way. I did the same because I wanted a .338 Federal. Works great.

 

[Ringbill27]

Prob 300 which is why I want to build a medium action. The medium action will allow for the bullet to be seat further up in the casing.

There are a few videos on Youtube the will paint a better picture.

I was considering buying a Ruger to re-barrel before finding out about the medium action.

300yd? Not exactly the big woods rifle I was thinking then. I’m chasing the 358win but for a 100yd hammer. I guess if 300yds is the expected max range for this rifle and you want to stay with the 35cal I’d be going 35 whelen. Which has double the factory load options and the case capacity I’m assuming you are chasing with the medium action you’ve mentioned.

Either cartridge. Find a left handed Tikka or whatever rifle in 30-06 and rebarrel. Whelen would work and 358win bullets could be loaded long for more room for powder.

 

[Treeman_MG]

I had similar thoughts/goals when I built my .358. I took a Winchester m70 stainless in .243 and sent it to JES to be re-bored and chambered in 358, and cut to 20". No need to worry about seating bullets out further, it can shoot 300 yards just fine as is (I've killed deer with mine out to 275). If you desire more than a standard length 358 can give, just go 35 when for the easy button.
If doing it over, I would just stick with 308. Less recoil, flatter shooting, easier to source both ammo and components, and honestly kills the same. Maybe even better, since there is a plethora of quality .308 bullets, compared to .358 bullets. Anyone want to buy a m70 in 358? Lol

 

[CAV1/8]

300yd? Not exactly the big woods rifle I was thinking then. I’m chasing the 358win but for a 100yd hammer. I guess if 300yds is the expected max range for this rifle and you want to stay with the 35cal I’d be going 35 whelen. Which has double the factory load options and the case capacity I’m assuming you are chasing with the medium action you’ve mentioned.

Either cartridge. Find a left handed Tikka or whatever rifle in 30-06 and rebarrel. Whelen would work and 358win bullets could be loaded long for more room for powder

 

[CAV1/8]

Most of my shots are 30-50yrds. I want to take the rifle out west as well. So why not make 300yrds.

 

[CAV1/8]

300yd? Not exactly the big woods rifle I was thinking then. I’m chasing the 358win but for a 100yd hammer. I guess if 300yds is the expected max range for this rifle and you want to stay with the 35cal I’d be going 35 whelen. Which has double the factory load options and the case capacity I’m assuming you are chasing with the medium action you’ve mentioned.

Either cartridge. Find a left handed Tikka or whatever rifle in 30-06 and rebarrel. Whelen would work and 358win bullets could be loaded long for more room for powder.

So you would be able to shoot both 358 and Whelen out of the same barrel?

 

[Machingeaneer]

This might be a dumb question but could a factory 350 legend Tikka just be rechambered?

 

[Treeman_MG]

So you would be able to shoot both 358 and Whelen out of the same barrel?

No. . . . I believe he is saying a whelen would work in a tikka action (they are all long action).

 

[Treeman_MG]

This might be a dumb question but could a factory 350 legend Tikka just be rechambered?

Not sure on that, but the 350L actually uses slightly smaller bullets than a 358win (.355 vs .358)

 

[Treeman_MG]

Most of my shots are 30-50yrds. I want to take the rifle out west as well. So why not make 300yrds.

Honestly, just get 2 rifles. A .358 win is not really the best option for Western hunting. Will a .358 win kill stuff at 300 yards? Sure. . . .but there are much better options for 300+ yards.

 

[TaperPin]

It’s a cool cartridge.

I like the little 358 so much I have dies for it before a rifle. Keep hoping a takeoff barrel comes along, but they really aren’t common.

 

[Ringbill27]

So you would be able to shoot both 358 and Whelen out of the same barrel?

No. They are different cartridges. The 358 is a neck uped 308(short action) and the 35 whelen is a neck uped 30-06(long action)

If you start with a 30-06 or 270win you could rebarrel to 35 whelen and the mag length will work. Since the 358 is shorter than the 35 whelen, using the 30-06 mag length you could load the bullets farther out of the case, but you’d have to have the jump to the rifling to support that. This would increase room in the case for powder.

I guess I assumed you would reload this cartridge but not sure if I read that. If you aren’t what I said above is useless to you and the 35 whelen would be a better option because it has way more factory ammo options then the ol 358. The added velocity of the 35 whelen would give you a better 300yd trajectory as well.

This might be a dumb question but could a factory 350 legend Tikka just be rechambered?

The 350L uses .355” bullets where the 358win uses .358” bullets so I don’t think you could. Plus the 350L uses a .378” bullet face and the 358win need a .473”. So you’d have to swap bolts as well.

 

[coyotekilla]

This might be a dumb question but could a factory 350 legend Tikka just be rechambered?

Bolt face is alot different, would require a 308 mag as well