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357 Maximum Rifle, 225gr SBT
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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 1562843" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>Rimmed cases don't play well with stacked magazines like in the 700 Remington. May be possible to make a single shot but it would be costly. A T/C Contender G2 or Encore makes a lot more since. Do you have a case length limitation in your state for a straight wall case? If you don't there are some good old black powder era straight wall cases that you could utilize to make a real deer hunting longer range rifle. 40-50 Sharps 1 7/8" and the 40-60 Maynard 2.20" can be made by blowing out 303 British or 30-40 Krag cases and cutting to length. The 40-70 Sharps straight can be formed from 405 Winchester cases. Then there is the 40-90 Sharps straight 3 1/4" that can be formed from Bell .405 basic cases. This caliber in both the bottle neck and straight wall was a popular "high velocity" for it's day buffalo caliber. Paper patch an almost pure lead 380 to 400 gr bullet and it will do a number on an critter waaaaay out there even propelled with black powder but you have to know where your rifle shoots at what yardage.</p><p></p><p>I have killed a number of deer with a 10" barrel T/C Contender pistol in 357 Mag out to 100 yards using 180 Hornady XTP at 1400 fps and it does a good job.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 1562843, member: 10178"] Rimmed cases don't play well with stacked magazines like in the 700 Remington. May be possible to make a single shot but it would be costly. A T/C Contender G2 or Encore makes a lot more since. Do you have a case length limitation in your state for a straight wall case? If you don't there are some good old black powder era straight wall cases that you could utilize to make a real deer hunting longer range rifle. 40-50 Sharps 1 7/8" and the 40-60 Maynard 2.20" can be made by blowing out 303 British or 30-40 Krag cases and cutting to length. The 40-70 Sharps straight can be formed from 405 Winchester cases. Then there is the 40-90 Sharps straight 3 1/4" that can be formed from Bell .405 basic cases. This caliber in both the bottle neck and straight wall was a popular "high velocity" for it's day buffalo caliber. Paper patch an almost pure lead 380 to 400 gr bullet and it will do a number on an critter waaaaay out there even propelled with black powder but you have to know where your rifle shoots at what yardage. I have killed a number of deer with a 10" barrel T/C Contender pistol in 357 Mag out to 100 yards using 180 Hornady XTP at 1400 fps and it does a good job. [/QUOTE]
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