12-12-2019, 09:54 AM
The .350 Legend was created for states that require a straight walled cartridge for deer hunting. In places like Michigan you are allowed to use a straight walled cartridge with a case length between 1.160" and 1.800" and a minimum of .35 caliber if you are hunting in the "shotgun zone". If I am not mistaken, if you use a Grendel basic case it would be about a .40 caliber. The issue here is bullet options.
The intention of the rule was to allow some handgun cartridges for use in the shotgun zone, as this would still keep potential range of a stray bullet down. Since the rules didnt call out specific cartridges and instead listed dimensions it left things open to more than intended. I can not use a .45-70 in lower Michigan, but I can use a .458x1.8 that will drive the same weight bullet to the same velocity as hand loads for a lever gun.
I looked into using 6.5 Grendel basic brass, but it leaves me with a shorter cartridge than I would like and the bullet options were less than ideal.
The intention of the rule was to allow some handgun cartridges for use in the shotgun zone, as this would still keep potential range of a stray bullet down. Since the rules didnt call out specific cartridges and instead listed dimensions it left things open to more than intended. I can not use a .45-70 in lower Michigan, but I can use a .458x1.8 that will drive the same weight bullet to the same velocity as hand loads for a lever gun.
I looked into using 6.5 Grendel basic brass, but it leaves me with a shorter cartridge than I would like and the bullet options were less than ideal.