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The .350 Legend, also called 350 LGND (9×43mmRB), is a SAAMI-standardized [2] straight-walled intermediate rifle cartridge developed by Winchester Repeating Arms. The cartridge was designed for use in American states that have specific regulations for deer hunting with straight-walled centerfire cartridges.
Factory loadings. Number of manufacturers producing complete cartridges - e.g. Norma, RWS, Hornady, Winchester, Federal, Remington, Sellier & Bellot, Prvi Partizan. May be none for obsolete and wildcat cartridges. H/R: Handgun (H) or rifle (R) - dominant usage of the cartridge (although several dual-purpose cartridges exist)
.400 Legend.400/350 Nitro Express.400/360 Nitro Express.400 H&H Magnum.400 Jeffery Nitro Express.400 Purdey.400 Whelen.401 Winchester Self-Loading.404 Jeffery.405 Winchester.408 CheyTac.41 Great Lakes.416 Barrett.416 Hushpuppy.416 Remington Magnum.416 Rigby.416 Ruger.416 Taylor.416 Weatherby Magnum.425 Westley Richards.43 Mauser.43 Spanish
350 Legend, Proprietary. The head and rim dimensions exactly match the military 5.56x45 case, allowing the use of the standard bolt-face of an AR-15. However, the case has an added taper and is longer than 5.56x45 cases, so these cannot be reformed from any other existing case.
The .350 Remington Magnum is a powerful cartridge primarily intended for use in "brush guns," which can readily be maneuvered in environments where hunting opportunities appear and disappear quickly at relatively close ranges. The .350 Remington Magnum is capable of taking any game animal on the North American continent effectively and humanely.
The 35 Whelen was designed by James Howe, of Griffin and Howe, partially in response to letters from Leslie Simpson and Stewart Edward White, suggesting that a good all-round rifle for African use would be one of 333 to 350 caliber, with a bullet of 250- to 300 grains (ideally 275 at 2500 fps.
However, modern ballistic studies have shown no noticeable difference in terminal performance correlating to the recoil difference between typical minor and major handgun calibers. [7] On the other hand, the power factor requirement has been kept to award the greater challenge of marksmanship required by competitors to shoot firearms with more ...
Also the muzzle energy is only an upper limit for how much energy is transmitted to the target, and the effects of a ballistic trauma depend on several other factors as well. There is wide variation in commercial ammunition. A 180 gr (12 g) bullet fired from .357 Magnum handgun can achieve a muzzle energy of 580 ft⋅lbf (790 J). A 110 gr (7.1 ...