350 Legend 160 Grain Ammunition

350 Legend 160 Grain Ballistics & Drop Chart

160 gr all-copper, .356" bullet diameter, .17 G1 BC, 155-yard zero (+2.0" high at 100 yards).

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Should I run the 160 grain or the 140 grain 350 Legend?

Pick the 160 grain when you want the most penetration and bullet weight, for heavier-bodied northern deer, hogs, or a quartering shot that has to reach the vitals through bone. It leaves a 22-inch barrel at 2,325 fps with 1,920 ft-lbs. The 140 grain starts faster and shoots a little flatter, which some hunters prefer for lighter deer and open-country shots. Both are all-copper and both leave the blood trails the 350 Legend is known for. When in doubt on big-bodied deer, the 160 is the heavier hitter.

Will this 160 grain ammo cycle in my rifle?

At a standard 2.265" overall length with our rounded AR-profile tip, it feeds through bolt actions, AR-15 platforms, and single-shot rifles without modification, and owners report it running cleanly in low-end AR uppers that choke on other ammo. It suits the common rifles: Winchester, Ruger, Tikka, Bergara, Franchi, Mossberg, Weatherby Vanguard, CVA Cascade, Scout, and Hunter. The one exception is the Savage Axis, whose lighter firing-pin strike can fail to set off the primer: use our S/H load for that rifle.

Is this 350 Legend ammo a hollow point?

No, and it does not need to be. It uses a solid copper bullet with a rounded performance tip that initiates expansion on impact, so it opens into a wide, controlled mushroom the way a hollow point aims to, but without a lead core to fragment or a jacket to separate. That is what gives it the big entrance holes and full weight retention hunters report, with penetration a cup-and-core hollow point cannot match.

How far will the 160 grain shoot, and what is the effective range?

Muzzle velocity is 2,325 fps from a 22-inch barrel. From a 155-yard zero the drop chart above shows it two inches high at 100 and about four and a half inches low at 200, staying inside its 1,150 fps and 500 ft-lb expansion window out to roughly 250 yards, a realistic effective range on deer. The heavier bullet drops faster than a lighter one past that point, which is the trade for its penetration.

Is the 160 grain legal where non-lead ammo is required?

Yes. The bullet is solid copper with no lead in it, so it meets non-lead rules on federal land and in restricted zones. You lose nothing on terminal performance and leave no lead in the meat.

What does solid copper give me over a lead-core bullet?

Weight retention and consistency. A lead core can separate from its jacket, so the bullet either comes apart early or slips through without opening, which is where the 350 Legend earned its blood-trail complaints. Ours is one piece of copper: it opens, it stays together, and it keeps nearly all of its weight driving deep, so a heavy-bodied deer gets the same wide wound channel up close that it does at range.