Just like the title says. I’m thinking about buying my son one to use in Illinois but I don’t know anyone that has one. If you own or have owned one What are your thoughts?

Ill be buying one soon. Ive heard good things. I reckon you would expect results similar to a 30 30

I bought a 350 legend barrel for my encore from MGM. Shot a nice 9 pt in Illinois, but it wasn’t a far shot. Hit it where you should and it ran 30 yards and fell over. Shooting the 150 grain Winchester deer season loads and it had a nice hole on both sides of the chest. I would take that caliber over a slug gun all day every day. Very little recoil (30-30/.243) and would be perfect for smaller/younger shooter.

If you’re not hunting in a straight wall cartridge state…I don’t see the attraction.

I've killed one with my AR last year. I hit high and got spine it anchored him for a finishing shot. Only one example but I was impressed enough with bullet performance (big fat bullet relatively speaking) that I finally got around to ordering a cheap 18" axis II in 350 just earlier this week to play around with. Think I am just going to steal a scope of another rifle to put on it. I'll likely upgrade the combo if the caliber proves itself out.

I’m not big on new cartridges and feel the same. Besides doing well suppressed. I don’t know what a 300 BO can do that a 30/30 can’t.

Right, but i want both. Maybe a couple of both

I think we’ve gotten three this year with the legend. Two under 25yds and one at 150yds
I wanted a woods gun with more knockdown than the creedmoor and blackout. It fit the need because I can use my rugged obsidian can which saves 4” off the end of the barrel as compared to my thunderbeast ultra 9.

The furthest any of the deer made it was 20yds.

Get him a Ruger American Ranch and some 180 Grain soft points.
That combo is a stone cold killer with very little recoil.

That’s what I’m looking at just waiting to call Shane to order it for me. Lol

I have one y’all can borrow if you need it quick.

I appreciate it. We won’t need it till next season. He shoots a youth .243 in AL. But that .50 cal muzzleloader was a little more thump than he wanted in Illinois this year. Lol

Bought son one and now I’m gonna get me one. Very impressed with capabilities

A few 400 Legends are starting to hit the market now. Check the ballistics on those puppies. Plenty of ammo already.

I love the 350 legend. I killed 4 of the 6 animals I killed in Texas with it. The big axis doe went the farthest and that was only about 60yds. I shoot the Winchester 180gr soft points. I highly recommend it for a short range weapon.

The only reason I would buy one is cheap ammo unless I was in a straighwall ammo state, and I got a 450 BM I can use for that.

Love that Encore!!

Bought my kids one for Illinois and because I think 243 isnt as good of a killer 😄 The 350 knocks the heck out of them with 180 gr soft point. Both deer my 11 year old shot dropped. I said 200 yards was the limit for my kids, so the fact that it drops like a rock past that distance doesnt bother me. I have a guy hunting with me that has used one for about 4 years. Every deer he has shot hasn't gone over 10 yards.

During Covid, 350 Legend and 28 ga. were the only ammo on the shelves. I built an AR pistol in 350 Legend, put a Vortex 1-8 illuminated scope on it. Acts like a red dot on 1 and can zoom to 8 for longer shots. Fun to shoot. Haven’t killed anything with it yet.
S&W makes a revolver chambered in it. Basically a .357 magnum-magnum.

Me either. Can't really see what it does for an Alabama hunter that a 30-30 or 35 rem doesn't.