I concur. It is, in fact, a black snake. Just don't ask me what kind;)
I've been seeing turkeys out along the side of the road, locally, and I mean the bird variety. I see the other kind, too, but all over the place. I expect that once the season opens, they'll vanish until next year.
I don't own one, but I've used one and I have to say it can be a double-edged sword. We had it in camp and the signal was so good that people ended up teleworking in the mornings. Now, that can be good, because some hunting is really an afternoon affair, but...
I'm curious about those Noslers. I have a couple of boxes of those and according to the propaganda on the box cover, they should be expanding down to 800 fps. If anything, to this point I'd been worried about fragmentation if fired from a rifle, but maybe it really needs that kind of velocity...
Yup. I remember being required to shoot 10 in 2.5 seconds at 5 yards on a 6 inch bull to clear a course. That was with an M4. I managed, just, and kept them all in the dot, but I know 10 in 5 seconds from a pistol would be a real challenge.
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Here is a trajectory using our 225gr in the same environment. (EDIT: This is the 35 Whelen info)
Range
Velocity
Energy
Path
Wind Drift
Yards
ft/s
Ft/Lbs
Inches
Inches
0
2700.00
3641.47
-1.65
0.00
25
2639.08
3478.99
-0.24
0.06
50
2578.98
3322.36
0.85...
A few years back, I emailed Sierra about their bullets in 35 Whelen. Below is their reply. Please forgive the consecutive posts, but this forum has a 10,000 character limit. I found that out trying to post this:
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Let's begin with our #2310 180gr SPT. It was built for a muzzle...
I love me some RE-15 for my Whelen. And my 308s. And... I've also used 748, I believe, but I find that RE-15 is more efficient. That is to say I think you find that RE-15 gives you a certain velocity with fewer grains of powder than 748.
Don't knock the Sierra's, either. I think I may...
That's one of the ideas I had for repurposing a 300WM I've got laying around. From what I read, it would be more than I would ever need for any kind of hunting. Ever. There's also a wildcat from the 300WSM necked up (suppose you could use 325 WSM, for that matter).