358 Winchester Ammunition – A Useful, All Purpose Round

By Bob Shell

U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- Editors Note: Gun writer Bob Shell makes the case for appreciating the 358 Winchester ammunition round.

Many ammunition rounds, or calibers, have come and gone, dropped off by the wayside.

There may be many causes that they didn’t make it but for whatever reason the shooting public didn’t display enough interest to continue to produce that ammo.

Some reasons may be valid, such as underperforming or not serve a useful purpose. Other rounds are perfectly fine but didn’t catch the public’s fancy. In that category are most of the 8 mm and 35 caliber rounds. There are some fine offerings there but the American shooter just doesn’t display enough interest to give manufacturers an incentive to make the rifles and ammo.

It seems that if it doesn’t hold ½ LB. of powder somehow it doesn’t measure up. To my knowledge deer haven’t grown tougher or acquired body armor so many of the old rounds still will work.

358 Winchester