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Post by span870 on Nov 24, 2018 7:59:24 GMT -5
As far as I know I can interchange a factory 358 win and a 358 Hoosier in same barrel. I guess first question, is this true. Second, and maybe legality wise this may be better to ask in ask a co forum but, if I'm hunting on public land am I legal if only carrying Hoosier rounds on me even though the barrel is capable of using 358 win rounds.
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Post by HuntMeister on Nov 24, 2018 8:29:19 GMT -5
I am not sure about being able to run 358 Hoosier ammo in a 358 Winchester chamber but my gut is telling me no because I believe the shoulder of the Hoosier cartridge is not in the same location as the 358 Winchester cartridge. I believe the shoulder is closer to the rim on the Hoosier case than the standard factory case.
As far as being legal if you could interchange them, I am certain you would be. I have hunted with a 35 Remington using shortened cases and was told by a LEO that I was good to go.
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Post by deadeer on Nov 24, 2018 8:32:26 GMT -5
358 Hoosier and 358win are NOT the same round. The shoulder is set back on the Hoosier and brass is shorter.
You can cut 358win brass shorter to 1.8", and fire in a standard 358win chamber. I do the exact thing personally. I just seat the bullet to the standard overall length.
What is the caliber stamped on the barrel?
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Post by oldhoyt on Nov 26, 2018 13:04:41 GMT -5
Correct. I don't have a diagram in front of me, but the Hoosier shoulder is set back about .1" compared to the 358 Win.
You could chamber a Hoosier in a 358 Win, but not the other way around.
Not a good idea to fire a Hoosier from a 358 Win.
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Post by omegahunter on Nov 27, 2018 8:40:56 GMT -5
As far as I know I can interchange a factory 358 win and a 358 Hoosier in same barrel. I guess first question, is this true. Second, and maybe legality wise this may be better to ask in ask a co forum but, if I'm hunting on public land am I legal if only carrying Hoosier rounds on me even though the barrel is capable of using 358 win rounds. It has been previously covered above that the Hoosier would "fall into" the chamber of the 358 Winchester, but should not be fired in it. As deadeer said, the 358 Win brass can be cut back to the 1.8" length to be "public ground" acceptable and it will work just fine. If you are going that route, only cut down 20 or so as your hunting rounds and leave the rest full length. You won't dirty up the neck of the chamber as bad sighting in and shooting with the full length like you would running cut down brass all the time and you can take the full length hunting on private ground. As far as the legality, the cartridge and brass length stipulations only apply to the rounds, there is nothing in the Codes that say anything about what the barrel is chambered for. I am still doing the same as HuntMeister with the .35 Rem, but I check zero and shoot the full length and carry those on private property and also have several cut to "public ground" length so I can still use the same gun on public if I want to.
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Post by span870 on Nov 27, 2018 18:41:27 GMT -5
Don't have the barrel, just a random thought. Nothing I'd do since I dont hunt public for deer. Just thinking random non standard chamberings for next barrel. Thinking either 358 win, 7mm-08, or 35 whelen. Just something different and I was curious. Had a 35 in a contender barrel. That was a beast to shoot but never got it to shoot worth a darn and had several issues with the barrel only reason it got pushed aside.
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Post by span870 on Nov 27, 2018 18:44:01 GMT -5
358 Hoosier and 358win are NOT the same round. The shoulder is set back on the Hoosier and brass is shorter. You can cut 358win brass shorter to 1.8", and fire in a standard 358win chamber. I do the exact thing personally. I just seat the bullet to the standard overall length. What is the caliber stamped on the barrel? This was more my thought but not knowing the Hoosier round I was interchanging the Hoosier and cut down 358 win as same round.
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