reynolds357
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I dont see lower ammo cost. I bought a bunch of Hornaday 450 B.M. for $1 each last week. It has high msrp, but is on sale all the time.Lots of guys with 450 experience have tried the 350L in the straight wall states and have generally found the new gun to be just fine. The reduced recoil and lower cost ammo of the 350L are big draws for this segment.
With the number of 350L guns sold and the prospects for sales over the next few years in these straight wall states, the 350L is on track to become well established for lots of non-reloading hunters.
In addition to the straight wall states, the gun seems to being doing well both as a "starter gun" where recoil is a concern and in other locations with folks do not need long range capability and like the idea of a 35 cal gun.
A big part of the success so far has been the combination of low cost for factory ammo and a good selection of gun options including entry level bolt actions, complete ARs, budget AR uppers and budget AR barrels.
With a good selling "new" hunting gun, the prospects are good for continued production of existing 350L specific bullets and prospects are good for more new bullets from the makers that have not jumped on board yet.
Once the initial hype and pent up demand is satisfied, gun sales may slow. However, the basic usefulness for the non-reloading hunter will not go away.
Before the 350L came out, folks were using the 357 maximum and 35 cal wildcats based on the 233 case. Without factory guns and factory ammo, these were never going to become popular.
With the 350L doing fine for the non-reloaders, there is not much reason for a gun company to bring out a competing rimless 35 caliber round or to try to get the 357 maximum (or 360 Dan Wesson) back in mainstream production.