Good Afternoon Counselor,
I have had mine for about a year, and while waiting for my dies to come in, the army sent me to be stationed in D.C., so all of my load development is on hold for awhile. My BLR is the priority when i make it back home.
In factory loads, the only thing a fellow can buy are 200 grain silvertips, and where i think they would be adequate for deer, I expect a fellow would be much better served handloading for a general purpose round, and then defenitely if he wanted to something that was a little tougher, like bears and hogs.
I am going to load either a 225 grain sierra gameking, or a 250 hornady roundnose, and see which one shoots better, and that is what i plan on taking to the woods this year. For bear or hogs, i think the partition nosler would be just about ideal,either in 225 or 250 grain form. Hornady also makes a 200 grain spitzer bullet that has shown to be incredibly accuratte in my 350 mag, i expect it to be the same in the 358. 35 is my all time favorite rifle caliber, and everything that i have ever shot with anything 35, i have never needed to track.
My intended rifle powders for this cartiridge are all from IMR, 3031, 4320, and 4064.
If you end up working some up before I do, i would love to hear your results.
Good SHooting,
Steve