I plan on my next encore barrel purchase to be a 358 winchester but I have a few questions about it first.
I like short barrels on my encores and was wanting to know how much velocity I would be giving up going to a 20" barrel? And would I really be hurting the potential of the cartridge?
What dies do you like for forming brass from 308. I planned to buy the hornady dies but wanted to make sure there was not a better option.
What powders do you like in the 358? I noticed in my lyman cast bullet handbook they only showed faster burning powders for the 358 winchester. I was hoping that I would have a powder that would work already and not have to try and find some during this powder shortage. The rifle powders I have are IMR4350,3031,4198, win 760 and hodgdon superformance.
What bullet weight do you prefer? I have the NOE 360-180 which drops a bullet about 187gr checked and lubed. Also have the NOE 35-200 in the flat nose and hp.
thanks for the help