I bought a 350 to use in straight wall states, groups well with the Winchester deer season 150s. I’ve kill deer out to 200 yds with it so far and really like it, mines a Savage.
It has about the same recoil as a 30-30 my grandkids are small and they like shooting it, and I find myself using it more than I ever thought I would.

All rifles were zeroed at 100 yards. The 350 was about 4 ft low at 300 yards

Safety reason if you are hunting a small piece of property with neighbors. Great gun for 100 yd shots.

Just bought the Ruger American compact. I really like it so far. It's accurate and lightweight, recoil is minimal. Haven't had a chance at a deer yet while carrying it but I don't doubt it's capability within its effective range. I have a Leupold 1.5-4x20 with the Pigplex on it.

I would say great gun for up to 200 yards

Welll , you can't afford to buy a 30-30 now lol

Or a 357 maximum that didn't do well on the market

Are you aware of any 400 Legend rifles aside from Savage? The Savage 110 Trail Hunter looks like a nice platform to put a suppressor on.

I wish they'd come out with a affordable 460 S&W rifle . Go great with my pistol

They all drop like a rock after 400yds. I certainly wouldnt entertain shooting ling distances with a 350 legend. I do think it would be perfect from 100yds in. Every caliber ive checked ballistics on start dropping hard at around 400yds. I believe for an average hunter, 400yds is a wall theyll never get over. After that you would about have to have specialty equipment to make the longer shots. I realize it does happen but i would bet a weeks pay theres 10x more failure than success with average hunters and common equipment.

Not a 350 legend but I had MGM build a .444 Marlin barrel for my TC Pro Hunter frame. I mounted a Leupold VX-3HD 4.5-14x50mm scope on it. One of my coworkers is into custom guns and long range shooting. He hand loaded some bullets for it and set it up for me. This setup is very capable of 200 yards with a 265 gr bullet and it is also capable of 250 yards in the right persons hands. I don’t shoot enough to feel comfortable with a 250 yard shot.

My gun before I mounted the scope.



Picture is 3 shot group from 100 yards when my buddy was fine tuning zero and getting average speed for cds dial.

X2....

The original poster was asking about the 350 legend as an option for a young son. One of the reasons he named was recoil. Here is a recoil chart to show where the 350 legend falls. It’s 2 ft-lbs less than the .243 and 30-30 with better energy than those two and significantly less recoil than some of the other calibers mentioned above.
https://backfire.tv/recoil/

I wondered about recoil after watching that lady shoot the 350 but she was shooting prone.

True but one can get into some Lazzeronis and other exotic calibers and extend it a little more. I guess it depends on what you want and willing to spend.

The majority of long range cartridges fall into a short point blank range. Mags extend yardage 20-30 years in average. There’s other factors too.
I want knocking the 350 at all. My second biggest buck was killed with a lever 44 I loaded for. Shot him at 25 yard. Wished I had my bow. My biggest buck was killed at less than 80 yards with 300 WSM.

I would look at the 360 buckhammer

Built my kids one on a cheap bear creek side charger upper and I've been happy with it compact almost no recoil and is moa at 100 with anything you put through it.

There is no recoil.... where do I see this lady though?

Thanks for all the responses. Again it’s primarily for Illinois and he is only 6 so we aren’t ready for long range shots just yet anyways. I ordered a Ruger American Compact Ranch in 350 Legend for him this morning. Hopefully he will get to try it out on some hogs come January and have him ready to roll one in Illinois next season.

I built one on an AR platform when the ammo shortage was a thing. Every where I went I sent piles of 350 legend ammo was the main reason I built it. Then my niece who was 6 at the time wanted to start hunting, so I changed the trigger to a GEISSEL
SSA-E two stage trigger, added a collapsible stock and mounted a nikon 2.5x10x42 on it. And feed it winchester 180gr spoft points. The gun is incredibly accurate with that round. She shot her first deer with it when she was 6 last year. My dad had an eye surgery and had a hard time seeing the irons on his marlin 35 rem so I loaned him that one and he shot one with it as well. Hers dropped in its tracks his went about 15yds.
She loves the gun recoil is nearly nonexistent and she can shoot it well. With her being very petite she had a hard time with a compact youth rifle trying to shoulder it to see through a scope. But with the collapsible stock I can get it short enough for her to shoot and that trigger is smooth and light to help avoid jerked trigger shots. We went this year at the end of the first doe season and she wanted to do it all herself, so I let her. She handled it well and shot a little low at 90yds and got a clean miss. Point being she was comfortable enough to do so with the recoil.