I'm brand new to this forum. Here's my first question.

Has anyone reloaded for a Winchester 351 Self Loader and can share the up's and down's they experienced or, any unseen challenges. Indeed, a gun that's called a self loader does require ammo.
I could use more empty brass. I have boxes of new factory but it's a painful thought to use them for general shooting days.
I had heard there are some little quarks about reloading this cartridge. I have loaded thousands upon thousands of M1 Carbine rounds. So??? Anyone have a 351SL that they load for?
(OPINION: I still feel the origional M1Carbine's should have been issued [made in] the 351 cartridge and not the 30cal Carbine cartridge).
Well fellas .....there's my first post and, with an opinion?
Side-Bar: I heard that the French bought 351's in WWI and rear seat gunners used them in aircraft to aircraft shooting. Any history buff heard of this?
PS) The gent who posted split necks in a 223 and does not want to anneal his brass has only one other option.....rechamber to: 223AI.

Welcome to the guide!!!

Thank you sir

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do a search at castboolits and the handloadersbench , while not extremely popular i have seen articles on both sites pertaining to this round , g'luck

There are a couple threads over @ castboolits I posted some information .
See if I can sum it up as you noticed the bullets are only seated .2" from the factory I have found that the Lee Factory crimp die helps keep the bullets in place and I do not have to regroove bullets. I have RCBS .351 reloading dies standard 38/357 mag. dies seem to work better? the brass is thicker so they still work well for me. Last year I noticed how close 351 cases were to .223 Remington I trimmed some to length and the empties cycled and ejected from my gun. I have loaded those 223 trimmed cases 11 times with no problems but loads are just enough to function action. Bullets are SIZED .357 bullets THAT have been SIZED to .351 diameter I am using speer 160 3/4 Jacket and a Lyman gas checked cast bullet of 162 grs. For loads I start around the maximum for 357 mag. and stop when gun functions.