Gun Review: Winchester XPR in .350 Legend

Winchester doubles down on affordable hunting rifle performance with the XPR bolt-action, now partnered with the company’s own flagship .350 Legend round. Purpose-built for deer hunters, the straight-walled .350 Legend’s low recoil and serious performance add to its instant appeal in the field.
Should hunters wanting a Legend bolt-action grab the XPR? Guns.com finds out.

[@downloadedxzx]

After sighting in at 60 feet, I could easily cover 5 shots with a nickel kzbin.infoUgkxQt2uORDRfFOVSrO4idv4B90ThT6EOnEL ! Truly a pleasure to shoot! Scope was easy to adjust for eye relief. Only problem the varmints must have seen it delivered lol!Update: So impressed with shot groups at 30 yards I purchased a Hammers 3×9 with adjustable Objective scope! Now a true nail driver!

[@mikecampbell5856]

Kirsten's reviews are some of the best on the internet.

[@Gunscom]

Glad you enjoyed it Mike.

[@jessemccarthy05]

Agreed, she always does an exceptional job.

[@harrycrannell7895]

I paired an xpr compact in 350 legend with a Boyd’s spike camp stock. I used the compact for the 20” barrel. Rifle is a superb shooter and will be my Ohio gun

[@ralphross2357]

I sure do enjoy your reviews and how you deliver information. Thank you

[@DavePoidvin]

You are articulate and very professional, great review and very well done. Congrats. Dave & The Girls

[@jimenagulla9081]

Looks like a nice, budget friendly rifle, Kirsten sure was having a tough time turning that bolt down, she should use the Palm of her hand to push it down and not two fingers. Good review, she seems very knowledgeable and well spoken, thanks!

[@BibleLifeMaui]

She is absolutely adorable! AND well versed in her topics.

[@999Lucas]

I hope the 350 legend sticks around. It's sensible, safe and useful. It is humane for harvest since it has some punch, but the range is brought in a bit for real world distances. Who wants to carry a 200lb animal more than 200yds anyhow? I can't say enough about Kristen's reviews. It feels like I cant get away from tacticool and millitarized defense type reviews. I appreciate the range and hunt focus, because if we are honest that is where we use these tools most. Its like a godsend that she doesnt even mention, "shtf", 'truck gun' or anything else on my youtube gun bingo card.

[@hernandovillamarinbuenaven7476]

Many thanks for your great vids/ reviews. Pretty much one of our favorite channels. God Bless!!🙏🙏🙏

[@rudysroots2789]

I love her and her review’s.

[@joestriker2100]

I agree.

[@user-bm8zr1zw2b]

Hopefully 2024 will see me the new owner of a Winchester xpr sporter in 350 legend, I really like the wood stock on a rifle, more accurate in my eyes, luv em, shakyjake out.

[@jn7420]

Nice review. I have the 350L CVA Scout single shot. Got a deer last season at 120 yds. A tack driver!!

[@MacCready_]

Sub 200 yards is definitely the perfect way to describe the .350 legend. Even the finest barrels are at the mercy of the ammos put through them. This is glaringly obvious with the .350 legend. As of this writing, there are very few ammos in .350 legend that group well at 200+ yards. Out of my 20" gun with typical off-the-shelf ammo, 1 moa at 100 yards is easy but out to 200 yards I rarely can get less than 3 moa (6 inch spread). YRMV

[@winstonjones7519]

Every review with Kristen in it gets a thumbs up.

[@Gunscom]

Glad you enjoyed it. Happy Holidays Winston!

[@BibleLifeMaui]

Great video Kristin. Very professional and practical. You display a deep knowledge of your subjects. Thank you and God bless you sister.

[@sharondoherty5143]

I noticed there was a little difficulty with seating the bolt back into place. Can you advise why

[@remerman11]

Good review. Exactly what I was looking for!

[@bestestusername]

excellent, I found this channel again, I was not sure of the name. good reviews. Needs a five round mag though, 3 is not enough for pigging.

[@kennethverkest6717]

I live in the state where you can only use straight wall cartridges I'll never give up old Reliable shotgun knock them dead every time and I have all the knockdown power I want

[@CRD-hi6vk]

Does anybody else notice that everything about this rifle (including the magazine) is identical to the Tikka T3x? Just look at every little aspect of it. Safety, bolt, bolt remover on the left side... it looks identical to a Tikka. I’m a Tikka collector so I can see how much this looks like Tikka.

[@timlogue9421]

In my opinion the Winchester XPR is the perfect rifle for the 350 Legend

[@joestriker2100]

Bolt, magazine, bolt release and safety remind me of my Tikka rifle in 7mm-08. In fact, almost identical. Minimal learning curve if I get one of these Winchesters here in Michigan.

[@edwinweller6979]

I HAVE ONE LOVE IT

[@Jonathan-xf4pl]

Do they make them for lefties?

[@nathanmurtoff99]

I believe Savage makes them in a left hand bolt gun.

[@pickledferret3947]

i thought leftist hate guns?

[@jaypgriffith7882]

Simple Review. Thanks

[@poorfatman5317]

Do you do any hunting videos

[@miketanner1920]

Nice setup what is the total price with scope and rings would be interested to know thanks

[@Gunscom]

Hi Mike, the rifle is $550. The scope is $550. Rings are around $50. So you're looking at $1150. Many of these products can be found on our site. Hope this helps.

[@benphilippi2288]

Nice rifle and video.

[@chasec9638]

Do you think this would be good for coyotes?

[@brucelewis1017]

Do they make a 4 round magazine for that rifle

[@brucelewis1017]

How well does it work on hogs and deer

[@paksianworasang6372]

Can you shoot .357 in this rifle ?

[@QuietMikeW]

I don’t understand the hunting laws that restrict the shape of your cartridge!? What is that supposed to accomplish?

[@AmericanMinuteman95]

It’s a dumb law but the thought is “straight walled and shotguns don’t have the range of a bottleneck cartridge” made for hunting in more urbanized areas

[@rdchris6146]

Because of the low bc it doesn’t travel as far as a bottle neck with lethal energy. It’s really designed for American whitetail which are on average are shot at distances under 100 yds. Really great on hogs which is why I built an ar which has mag capacites up to 20 rounds. My weight with Faxon 20” barrel came in at 6lbs 3oz minus optic

[@benkellar9970]

It's just for liberals in the mid-west

[@cartermccauley7352]

@@benkellar9970 that’s a rare breed in the Midwest. Unless you in the capital

[@benkellar9970]

@@cartermccauley7352 they think it makes it safer

[@UntitledSpaghetti2]

The 350 Legend is not the fastest straight wall rifle cartridge. It's easily slower than the .444 Marlin. It's low velocity, bad BC, and terrible SD is no match for the .243 despite Winchester's marketing claims.

[@blackie1of4]

You're 💯 percent accurate with your analysis... however... I highly doubt you'd find a deer that could tell difference between the three inside 200 yards. My experience tells me that it's a matter of choices and since the 350 Legend is legal in those straight wall states... the lack of recoil is welcoming :)

[@benkellar9970]

I live in Ohio and love to shot as much as i love to hunt and honestly it's much more fun to shot the 350 over the .444 and hunting Whitetail the .444 is a bit of over kill if you ask me. My buddy took one last year at 100 yards and left a baseball hole coming out

[@blackie1of4]

@@benkellar9970 I hear ya about those wound channels and recoil... nobody likes recoil and if they say they do they're lying. I get it... I have shot numerous calibers and I'm aged and wise to recoil. My first hand experience is that I enjoy shooting more than hunting. So I'll hit the range often and I'm pleasantly surprised by the lack of recoil from the 350 Legend. Don't get me wrong... I just came back from the range yesterday toting my 358 Winchester... the recoil is tolerable and I get MOA with factory ammo too :) One last thing... I ALWAYS say this: Ya know what the difference between the 30-06 and the 7mm-08 is on whitetail? I get one more burger using the 7mm-08 :) Shoots better too!

[@benkellar9970]

@@blackie1of4 yeah im all about getting more meat in the freezer and i look forward to taking my 350 out soon. I just got the Winchester 350 bolt today going to site it in sometime this week

[@blackie1of4]

@@benkellar9970 I tried all ammo to date and mine shoots MOA with Federal and Winchester 180 grains Hornady 170 grain was a little over Winchester 150 grain a little over Good luck with your range trip and best wishes this upcoming season too

[@axp8598]

efficient

[@eugenejohnson8635]

For the money they should put a better stock on the rifle sad but when you buy cheap you get cheap stuff

[@noahbouchard5155]

I think it’s a great stock for the class it’s in. I have the xpr as well as a ruger American and savage axis and I think the Winchester has a far better build quality

[@justafloridamanfromthe75thRR]

@@noahbouchard5155 I'm planning to purchase either a Win XPR or a Ruger American, these are my options. Out of these two which one do you recommend? My concerns are reliability and accuracy.

[@noahbouchard5155]

@@justafloridamanfromthe75thRR definitely the Winchester and it’s not even close. I traded my ruger for the Winchester xpr. The action on the ruger is terrible and doesn’t feed reliably, it also didn’t provide very good accuracy with any of the 5 ammo types I tried in it. The Winchester is just a much nicer shooting firearm and feels like better quality

[@perryrusso3764]

The 350 legend will leave no blood trail...several of my family and friends bought the XPR, and three of us shot big bucks...only one recovery...none of these bucks left a single drop of blood...I was shocked to say the least...I was telling this to a good friend at the range yesterday and he said he knew of two fellas who shot good deer with the same caliber and experienced the same results...couldn't find the deer...really disappointing with this purchase

[@brokenarrow6491]

If your not killing the deer that's not the guns fault. If you shoot it through the heart and or lungs it will bleed.

[@perryrusso3764]

@@brokenarrow6491 Well, let's just say the deer was shot thru the lungs at 37yrds....although my vantage point from my stand was awesome it was at a steep angle....it just about put the deer to the ground when I shot...he was hit hard center shot...its too light of a cartridge...reminds me of the 45 caliber pistol bullets used with muzzle loaders years back...not very effective

[@brokenarrow6491]

@@perryrusso3764 So it was shot through the lungs at 37 yards and wasn't recovered? I don't understand how that is possible. Not calling you a liar. I have killed lots of deer and seen some odd things. I do understand about the old muzzleloader bullets. I used to use the 44 cal hornady and I didn't get a lot of blood but it did kill them for me.

[@perryrusso3764]

@@brokenarrow6491 ya its the truth....surprisingly this gun has not lived up to its reputation for me and some others....Id like to believe something else happened that can't be explained...in my opinion you almost always see an arrow or get an immediate blood trail...but a bullet you can't see...I believe the deer could have been hit high between the lungs and spinal cord....I suspect we all shoot a deer at some point and never recover the animal...its a sick feeling for sure. Good luck

[@justafloridamanfromthe75thRR]

@@perryrusso3764 so the ammo's fault is the gun's fault? If I understand this story correctly, the bullet was the one not doing it's job, not the gun. Maybe it was a mistake to purchase the gun in 350, but regardless the XPR is a very good rifle. Don't blame the gun, blame the ammo.

[@marcdenis6466]

Minute of Arc.

[@joelmason394]

Co

[@aaronbuckmaster7063]

She bobbled the follow up shot on the bolt. The bolt got hung up three times at least on the bench. It is not a control feed action. I watched it twice objectively because I love Winchester’s. It didn’t look good. It’s obvious she’s not at all smooth with a turn bolt. Maybe not working the action with a hunters intention was the problem. I don’t know. I guess I’ll have to get one in my hands and see for myself.

[@UntitledSpaghetti2]

It looks like she's use to a 90° bolt lift. The XPR has a 3 lug 60° bolt. You can tell when she's showing the bolt release button that she's trying to lift the bolt knob higher than it goes.

[@Smarterthanyou-mthrfkr]

I dont like folk that kill for trophy’s. . Only true hunters kill to eat.