Ok, first off....yes Indiana has some F'kd up deer regulations. But the point is that this coming 2012 season we have a new regulation that says rifles can be used for deer hunting as long as the cartridge used has a case no longer then 1.8" OAL and a bullet no smaller then .357 in diameter.
So enter the .358 Hoosier!
Parent Cartridge...... .358 Winchester
Modifications.......Cut to 1.8" and Shoulder Moved Back.
So I had a rifle built from a Stevens 200 which consisted of just rebarreling it with a shillen barrel chambered for the .358 Hoosier. It looked good and felt good.....but wasn't me. I sold it the same day it came via UPS.
I then ordered a full custom blueprinted Remington 700 from AJ Brown Arms in Bloomfield, IN which will be KG Gunkoted black. It will have a varmint contour 20" Shillen barrel and a pillar bedded McMillan HTG stock in GAP Camo which I plan to skim coat. It will wear a Ziess Conquest in Warne Rings atop a 20MOA Warne tactical base. (Quite a deer rifle!!)
So I am pumped about this project. Mainly because even though I have been reloading since I was about 14 years old, I have never had to trim cases, set shoulders back, fireform...etc. It will all be new to me and I will probably need some help!!
The gun should look about like this but the bbl/action will be black.
btw....mine will be threaded and I am having a custom engraved Thompson Machine suppressor made marked ".358 Hoosier" for the caliber and probably "Hoosier" as the model.
I figured I could play around with trying to load some subsonic 200 or 250 grain round nose or lead loads in the off season.
So enter the .358 Hoosier!
Parent Cartridge...... .358 Winchester
Modifications.......Cut to 1.8" and Shoulder Moved Back.
So I had a rifle built from a Stevens 200 which consisted of just rebarreling it with a shillen barrel chambered for the .358 Hoosier. It looked good and felt good.....but wasn't me. I sold it the same day it came via UPS.
I then ordered a full custom blueprinted Remington 700 from AJ Brown Arms in Bloomfield, IN which will be KG Gunkoted black. It will have a varmint contour 20" Shillen barrel and a pillar bedded McMillan HTG stock in GAP Camo which I plan to skim coat. It will wear a Ziess Conquest in Warne Rings atop a 20MOA Warne tactical base. (Quite a deer rifle!!)
So I am pumped about this project. Mainly because even though I have been reloading since I was about 14 years old, I have never had to trim cases, set shoulders back, fireform...etc. It will all be new to me and I will probably need some help!!
The gun should look about like this but the bbl/action will be black.
btw....mine will be threaded and I am having a custom engraved Thompson Machine suppressor made marked ".358 Hoosier" for the caliber and probably "Hoosier" as the model.
I figured I could play around with trying to load some subsonic 200 or 250 grain round nose or lead loads in the off season.
