Move over 357 mag there is a new hand cannon now!

[Hemlock]

Dan Wesson made the 357 Maximum years ago for revolvers. Designed for steel silhouette shooters.
The Legend uses heaver bullets and is made for rifles. Something else to feed the ARs.
Brass and barrels are scarce.

 

[titsonritz]

The Legend uses heaver bullets and is made for rifles. Something else to feed the ARs.

Yep, the cartridge was designed for use in American states that have specific regulations for deer hunting with straight-walled centerfire cartridges and while .350 Legend has no parent case it has the same 0.378 in rim diameter ,slight body taper and OAL of 2.26 inches as the .223/5.56 so it will fit in a standard AR magazine.

Seem like this wheel gun would be a natural back up to a rifle chambered for the same round. Kind of surprised there are no lever guns yet.
https://www.rifleshootermag.com/editorial/11-top-hunting-rifles-350-legend/459340

 

[The Heretic]

Still waiting on Ruger to make a Super Redhawk in 460 SW.

Never going to happen. Ruger will never chamber anything they make in a S&W cartridge.

 

[titsonritz]

Never going to happen. Ruger will never chamber anything they make in a S&W cartridge.

Not to mention it won't fit.

 

[trevi]

Never going to happen. Ruger will never chamber anything they make in a S&W cartridge.

Well, then make a .410!! Similar to the Raging Judge, only Ruger style.

 

[coop44]

I likes it, need a BFR chambered for 350 though.

 

[The Heretic]

Oof, X frame. That's a real big gun for not a real big bullet.

I have to wonder if the velocity will suffer horribly in the real world since the 350 is a rifle cartridge but the barrel is now less than half as long WITH a cylinder gap that isn't helping

End of the day, nothing will ever replace the .357 or .44 mag for their respective roles.

I was surprised that .45 ACP did about as well in my 325TR as in a semi; https://www.northwestfirearms.com/t...gr-ammo-velocity-results.425096/#post-3370872

 

[Cottonwood]

Reported the 350 Legend loads that normally reach 2,200 to 2,300 feet per second manage between 1,500 and 1,800 fps out of the Model 350's 7.5-inch barrel. Hornady's 170-grain American Whitetail soft-point load, for example, managed 1,551 feet per second out of the Model 350 as compared to 2,200 feet per second from a rifle barrel.

I'm not going to run out and get one, but I sure wouldn't turn a trip down with it... would be fun to set up the steel gong with it.

 

[orygun]

Reported the 350 Legend loads that normally reach 2,200 to 2,300 feet per second manage between 1,500 and 1,800 fps out of the Model 350's 7.5-inch barrel. Hornady's 170-grain American Whitetail soft-point load, for example, managed 1,551 feet per second out of the Model 350 as compared to 2,200 feet per second from a rifle barrel.

Turns out it's very similar to the 357 Maximum in a handgun.

 

[DirectDrive]

Maybe so, but how many can handle it?

It's really not bad.
The mass of the X-frame tames it pretty well.
329PD with full house loads will rock you, though.

 

[red442joe]

Turns out it's very similar to the 357 Maximum in a handgun.

I'm of the opinion Winchester ripped off Molemans 357AR Maximum, which was developed from 357 Maximum with the rim turned off.

Joe

 

[Hueco]

Kind of surprised there are no lever guns yet.
https://www.rifleshootermag.com/editorial/11-top-hunting-rifles-350-legend/459340

Bond Arms new AR lever action lower will fill the role.

 

[Mike_M57]

I like big guns and I cannot lie
You limp-wristed brothers just cry
When you pull out a gun that weighs half a ton
And goes off like a bomb in your face

Hand gets stung
Your fingers go numb
And you think, 'That was really dumb!'
'I should have just stuck to Glocks
Now I can't even throw rocks!'