358318 240 gr. FN ever done???

[NYBushBro]

I was reading on the MARLIN OWNERS forum about a fellow who had bullet mold which he was using in a 35 REM (would work in a 358 or 35 Whelen too, I imagine).

This bullet looked like a 358318 with the RN cut back to a FN .275" meplat.

This fellow says that with his bullet crimped in the crimp-groove, the OAL is 2.525" (absolute maximum OAL for 35 REM).

With a 1.920" case, this would mean the the nose-to-crimp length would need to be .605" (although .60" might be a bit safer.)

Has this bullet design EVER been done as a GB in the past here? If so, are there enough interested guys (and/or gals) to do a RE-RUN? (Not sure if BRP ever ran this one...)

If not... who (besides me) might be interested in a 242 gr 35 (or 38 pistol) bullet with a 76.8% meplat?

Would be a great lever gun bullet in a Marlin 35...!

PS: if this could be done in multiple diameters, perhaps it could be offered in .360", or perhaps even in .366" (9.3mm) ... which might necessitate using .375 GC's.

[crash87]

Here you go, its on a GB right now, not a scheduled GB mind you, but here none the less;
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...-Check-NOE-SGB
Get your name listed, and maybe in a few....welllll.......... Years you may have one.
crash87

[NYBushBro]

The thing that worries me is that the nose-to-crimp length might be too long for a 35 REM - if this were crimped in the crimp groove.

[45 2.1]

Here is one that was a Lee GB as well as cut by BRP. It is about maximum weight for the 35 Rem without intruding into the powder space. Crimped in the groove it fits pump and lever actions fine. Several people here have commented on this boolit in the past. 357 Maximum has used it in the 35 Rem and 35 Whelen on those scrawny Michigan deer.

[NYBushBro]

I did a search and came up with a number of hits here for the "BRP 360-220"... so I'm guessing that this is a sketch of that bullet design.

Should I start another thread with the appropriate bullet name?

[45 2.1]

I did a search and came up with a number of hits here for the "BRP 360-220"... so I'm guessing that this is a sketch of that bullet design.

Should I start another thread with the appropriate bullet name?

I could just start a GB thread..... would be somewhat easier that way.

[NYBushBro]

Thanks... just try to keep the drive bands @ .360", as that seems to be what the BRP mold dropped at.