[Jeff Higgins]

Sure, I would really appreciate that. I'm not sure where "here" might be, but I've found that none of our local retail outlets, no matter how specialized, carry any .348 stuff. It's all on-line, and I've pretty much scoured the "usual suspects". I've already ordered from a couple, and both have limited the quantities I was able to order.

There are other manufacturers who make .348 bullets, but they are all more or less towards the "boutique" end of the business and two to three times the cost. I have a good supply of 250 grain Barnes Originals, for example. And, while 250 grains was Keith's recommended weight, modern thinking is that that weight simply gives up too much velocity. Swift and Woodleigh make various weights, but they are well over a buck a bullet.

If worse comes to worse, I have a bullet mold from Buffalo Arms for a 250 grain bullet, which would suffice for a "plinking" load. I could then save the 200 grain Hornadys for "serious" work. I currently have on hand, and will soon be receiving enough, to bring my total to 700 pieces. I know that sounds like "a lot" for a centerfire hunting rifle, but I do shoot a lot. And this one is a lot of fun to shoot...