Recent content by JARoot

With an electronic scale you have to be aware of power input cleanliness, air currents, temperature variations which effect the load cell, etc.... i have an RCBS that is at least 7 or so years old... the only one they had back then... it is pretty accurate.. i always run a calibration sequence...

can someone tell me what the expansion rate of the 35 accubond is when compared to the 35 BT? The BT performs well on deer for me... punches in with a pencil hole, opens up and comes out the other side with a bit of authority... I am concerned the AB won't open up quite as well or as fast in...

FWIW shot this same load this weekend from the 35 Whelen AI... with CCI BR-2 COL of 3.500 (puts me .015 off the rifling). 24" (OAL so 22" of rifling roughly) Douglas XX Tube... Chronoed right at 2550 @ 15 ft from the muzzle... shot .375 C/L to C/L, 5 rounds @ 100. 58.5 grains shot almost...

225 gr NBT's with 56 grains of 4064 and a CCI BR-2 in my 35 Whelen AI get me 2460 fps 59 grains of 4350 gives me 2340 fps...

Personally I have been waiting for the 225 AB for my 35 Whelen AI... I like the 225 BT as it is what i shoot now for deer size game and actually get very respectable velocities... Some of us do load the Whelen in a bolt action where length is not as great a concern, such is the case with my...