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**Mike Irwin** · September 22, 2011, 05:57 AM

Yeah, false economy was the wrong term.

I should have said "For me, it was a non-existent "benefit.""

I've known many people who have owned .35-caliber rifles of one stripe or another AND .38/.357 handguns and who have regularly reloaded for those cartridges.

Yet, of them, I've known but ONE person who has loaded pistol bullets in their rifles.

If you have no inclination to do it, for whatever reason, then it's not a benefit.

As someone else mentioned, as well, there's also a far better selection of .338 caliber bullets available for reloading.

The .35s generally are decent cartridges, but in my view they are severely handicapped by the variety and selection of bullets that are on the market.

Pistol bullets don't do much to alieviate those selection issues.

In short, were I given the choice between a rifle chambered in one of the .338 cartridges, or one of the .35 cartridges, and all things about the rifle (price, weight, etc.) were roughly equal, I'd choose the .338 every time, hands down.

September 22, 2011, 05:57 AM	#24
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,390	Yeah, false economy was the wrong term. I should have said "For me, it was a non-existent "benefit."" I've known many people who have owned .35-caliber rifles of one stripe or another AND .38/.357 handguns and who have regularly reloaded for those cartridges. Yet, of them, I've known but ONE person who has loaded pistol bullets in their rifles. If you have no inclination to do it, for whatever reason, then it's not a benefit. As someone else mentioned, as well, there's also a far better selection of .338 caliber bullets available for reloading. The .35s generally are decent cartridges, but in my view they are severely handicapped by the variety and selection of bullets that are on the market. Pistol bullets don't do much to alieviate those selection issues. In short, were I given the choice between a rifle chambered in one of the .338 cartridges, or one of the .35 cartridges, and all things about the rifle (price, weight, etc.) were roughly equal, I'd choose the .338 every time, hands down. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.