350 legend vs hog

Rich M

Senior Member
Or two exit holes :) From my experience 170 gr Hornady sometimes brakes to two or more pieces. I have observed this on few occasions on deer. Like in this picture I shot this buck quartering towards. Strangely one piece of bullet exited close to entrance hole and destroyed the shoulder. Other piece damaged the heart end exited on the other side and I found third piece inside the deer. View attachment 1069559View attachment 1069558View attachment 1069559View attachment 1069560View attachment 1069561View attachment 1069562
That's a pretty buck.

Interesting w the interlock, they aren't a bad bullet, but wow did it fall apart for you. Hit him in heavy part of shoulder?

I shot 2 does at 30 and 50 yds w 165 gr ftx bullet, just 1 in and 1 out. Wanting to see what it does at 200 yds.
 

stonecreek

Senior Member
I saw a little short barreled compact Savage Axis in 350L at Walmart the other day for a pretty cheap price. It kinda tempted me. Would make a great little pig rifle.
And that’s how I ended up with mine! Fits a need, kind of like a carbine as it relates to length. Have taken one deer and a couple hogs with it. Like the 150 grain round with it.
 

Kestas69

Senior Member
That's a pretty buck.

Interesting w the interlock, they aren't a bad bullet, but wow did it fall apart for you. Hit him in heavy part of shoulder?

I shot 2 does at 30 and 50 yds w 165 gr ftx bullet, just 1 in and 1 out. Wanting to see what it does at 200 yds.

Shot him to the left side of his chest. I found fragments of the bullet on couple other occasions with exit hole present, but it always big chunk, not small pieces and some kind like this performance. Didn’t shoot anything past 100 yards yet.
 

Rich M

Senior Member
Shot him to the left side of his chest. I found fragments of the bullet on couple other occasions with exit hole present, but it always big chunk, not small pieces and some kind like this performance. Didn’t shoot anything past 100 yards yet.

Gotta say it is not what you'd expect from a 170 gr soft point at 2200 +/- fps. Should not fragment but you can't argue with the results.

I've also got a couple Fury bullets - 158 gr and 170 gr weights. Trying these cause they expand down to 1200 fps. Didn't want to worry about underperformance at say 250 yards - my rifle shoots great at 250.
 

Kestas69

Senior Member
Maybe more knowledgeable guys than me will chime in on this.

According to chuckhawks.com

350 legend, Winchester 150gr EP

Muzzle-2225 fps/1649 ft. lbs
100 yards-1877 fps/1174 ft. lbs
200 yards-1569 fps/820 ft. lbs
250 yards-2022 fps/683 ft. lbs
Killing Power Score (KPS) at 100 yards=19.7 KPS at 205 yards=13.5


300 BLK, Winchester 150gr EP

Muzzle-1900 fps/1203 ft. lbs
100 yards-1717 fps/972 ft. lbs
200 yards-1549 fps/799 ft. lbs
250 yards-1471 fps/721 ft. lbs
Killing Power Score (KPS) at 100 yards=16.5 KPS at 190yards=13.7

Looks like very similar performance to me.
 

tcward

Senior Member
Maybe more knowledgeable guys than me will chime in on this.

According to chuckhawks.com

350 legend, Winchester 150gr EP

Muzzle-2225 fps/1649 ft. lbs
100 yards-1877 fps/1174 ft. lbs
200 yards-1569 fps/820 ft. lbs
250 yards-2022 fps/683 ft. lbs
Killing Power Score (KPS) at 100 yards=19.7 KPS at 205 yards=13.5


300 BLK, Winchester 150gr EP

Muzzle-1900 fps/1203 ft. lbs
100 yards-1717 fps/972 ft. lbs
200 yards-1549 fps/799 ft. lbs
250 yards-1471 fps/721 ft. lbs
Killing Power Score (KPS) at 100 yards=16.5 KPS at 190yards=13.7

Looks like very similar performance to me.
The 350 150 gr Deer Season is more in the 2300-2350 FPS range and energy is closer to 1800. 300blk is a fun range gun but given the choice I’ll take the 350 all day for hunting.
 

Kestas69

Senior Member
did you get the eyes in the bushes on the way back to the downed pig too? about :38
I thought I saw one pig going down and another was squealing after the shot. I looked around through my thermal monocular from the stand but didn’t see any. Was short on time so didn’t spend time looking around. I checked video at home and was going back to those eyes over and over again trying to figure out where she was downed. Somebody was eating good today :)654FA606-6FAD-488E-9CBA-355EC2B602FD.jpeg654FA606-6FAD-488E-9CBA-355EC2B602FD.jpeg654FA606-6FAD-488E-9CBA-355EC2B602FD.jpeg
 

Kestas69

Senior Member
Saturday night something happened I have never seen before. I was watching this hog on thermal sneaking on two does under the feeder. Usually deer leaves before the hogs come in. Not this time. This hog was able to get close and charged the last 20 or so yards like a tank. Scared them pretty good :)
Wanted to try Winchester 180gr instead Hornady 170gr this time. Worked good on head shot. Next time will go for usual neck shot. BF2DC5F3-0022-4E2B-B745-3034AE5420BF.pngFA032328-8E23-4ADD-A494-2A3B416BFDA1.jpeg
 

chrislibby88

Senior Member
Just wondering if you are not hunting 300blk suppressed would you still choose it over 350 legend and why?
Right. I would pick 6.8spc, 350, or 450 over any of those in an AR. 6.8 performs pretty much evenly with 6.5 grendel at practical ranges, and doesn’t require a long barrel to do it. 350 and 450 both out perform 300blk too. I have a 300blk, but it’s a suppressed range toy.
 
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