Posted: 8/20/2023 12:08:22 PM EDT
My deer rifle in Ohio this year! Something better than the 350Legend. 360 Buckhammer Better Than The 350 Legend |
Some slomo gel shots. 360 Buckhammer At 3,000 fps |
| Interesting round, but I took an older AR I didn't shoot, put an 18 inch 350 legend barrel on it, and made a nice timber hunting deer rifle. I don't reload, so I like for a new round to be around for a couple of years to see how the market responds before investing in it. |
100 yard gel shot. 360 Buckhammer 100 Yard Ballistic Gel Shots |
1st deer with the 360Buckhammer  360 Buckhammer Ohio Deer Season 2023 |
New bullet! New 360 Buckhammer Bullet Hammer |
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Originally Posted By arowneragain: The Fudd in me really wants this in a Henry single shot.  Originally Posted By arowneragain: Originally Posted By 20229mm: I never understood why this was better than 350 legend. It’s a deer, not a terminator. The Fudd in me really wants this in a Henry single shot. I miss the NEF or H&R single shot days. A decent rifle for under $200 |
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Originally Posted By 20229mm: I miss the NEF or H&R single shot days. A decent rifle for under $200 Same, but honestly the Henry and CVA Scout single shots aren't bad deals at all in our current economy. I have been *thrilled* with the accuracy from my CVA Scout in .350L. Far better than the one H&R I had years ago. |
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Originally Posted By 20229mm: I miss the NEF or H&R single shot days. A decent rifle for under $200 I have an unhealthy obsession with them. That plus having a C&R has been detrimental to my bank account. My son is going to have a lot of single shot long guns to shoot when he gets a little older at least...so I got that goin for me, which is nice. |
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I gotta chuckle just a little bit.... Just to prove that nothing new is really new we present "The 360 Buckhammer". A rimmed straightwall case firing 200 grain bullets at 2100 (yeah, advertised speeds are faster, but most woods rifles dont wear 24" test barrels). Thats a nice handy lever action rifle in a thumper cartridge... Its a 30-30 case, blown out and straight walled, firing a medium bore bullet... Lets travel back to 1980'ish... Enter the Marlin 336 and Winchester 94AE in 375 Winchester.. Essentially a 30-30 case blown out and straight walled (the 38-55), but modernized. Factory 200 grain loads fired a 200 grainer at 2100, 2200. You could also get 220's at the time (since dropped my Hornady). I had a Marlin M375 in 375 Winchester. No lie, its a thumper. 300 yard gun? No. 200 yard gun? Not quite that either. And neither is the Buckhammer.... Or the 35 Remington (which is not, of course straight walled and therefore of no use to straightwall only states) which fired a 200 grain .358 at, you guess it, 2100-2200... Or the 356 Winchester. This one isn't a fair comparison, since its not a blown out 30-30 case, but rather a 308Win case with an added rim. And its bottle neck. but you could launch a 200 grain .358 bullet to 2400, 2500 out of a lever gun.... No slam against the cartridge. No flames intended. But the firearms industry is running out of stuff to reinvent... 7.62 Luger/.30 Carry. 360 Buckhammer/375 Winchester. Any body else remember the whole Magnum craze of 20 years ago? Lets see, in addition to "regular" mag and Weatherby Mag, we had to add Win Short Mag. Win Super Short Mag, Rem Short Action Ultra Mag, Ruger Compact Mag, and and and... |
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I wanted one but I have come to realize my big hands don't work with gloves and lever guns. The big woods bucks guys love theirs.  Hunting the Big Woods with a HENRY | Big Woods Bucks & Henry Repeating Arms I went with a Browning X Bolt 2 and a bargain of a Remington 760 I found. Both are in 30-06. If I needed a straight wall round, I'd look at one of the Ruger offerings. Again, this takes nothing away from the Henry. |
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