I have made it a goal this year to dust off my Grandfather's old 351, work up some hand loads (this will definitely be the biggest challenge), test accuracy, and harvest a deer with it this year. I thought some on here might find the rifle/ cartridge interesting.

The rifle is a Winchester Model 1907 (mine was made in 1908) in 351 WSL. Ballistically it falls between 357 mag and 357 max. The rub is that ammo hasn't been manufactured in about 40 years and with the current ammo crisis projectiles and cases are very hard to acquire. It's a straight blowback action with a substantial counterweight so its heavy for its size but it's very handy and somehow manages to balance nicely.

I've got a good supply of 357 maximum brass and they're the ideal candidate to convert to 351. just need to shorten it, remove about half the rim and cut an extractor groove.

for the projectiles (they're .351 diameter for jacketed) I purchased some Lee sizing dies and I'll draw down an assortment of 180gr .357 and .358 projectiles to load and test. I'll update when I've made some more progress.

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