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Hi TD, good to see you again. I have a well-established velocity for the IMR4064 load with the 200 TTSX. How does velocity get added to the QL equation to "back in" to a load as you described? I have a velocity for Power Pro Varmint (PPV) as well, but since Accurate Powders aren't in the QL...

Thanks for the likes, what's this trophy apparently given because "Somebody likes you"? Like a participation ribbon for showing (back) up? Makes a guy feel all warm. ;)

Hello gentleman, I hope you all are well. I am a prodigal son who left and is coming back home... No place like "home" on this forum for my 35 Whelen AI. Haven't posted in a good while, but still enthusiastic about loading for my favorite round. Been doing some work with the 200 TTSX and...

Thank you. Hope you guys have had or will have successful hunts this year.

I appreciate you letting me know, the Speer data will be a good place to work up from then. For what it's worth, my youngest son, 23 years old, took his first elk with a 270 Winchester and the 110 TTSX. 35 yards almost point-blank angled it on the sternum and went out halfway back at the top of...

Hi DrMike, I enjoy seeing the over 30 caliber cartridges in use. Thanks for providing that data to truck driver. I am still working with the Whelen AI, 200 TTSX has been my bullet of choice for quite a while now. Wondering if you're able to run a QL using Power Pro varmint? Speer has some...

Hey nice bullet and performance! I have recovered two original Barnes X bullets from elk over the years. A 200 grain X and a 250 grain X from my 35 Whelen AI. Both of them had a frontal diameter of . 74", basically the same as the 250 gr Oryx. Both strong quartering shots that diagonally...

All right guys it's been a tremendously long time. Figured this was the best thread to revive my questions in. Hope everyone is still around and doing well. I have continued to use the 200 TTSX in my 35 Whelen AI with IMR 4064 as the powder. Has been wonderful on elk and deer. Wondering what...

I follow the same procedure... primer pockets seem to tell the pressure story based on my 26+ years of reloading. I used to keep brass with loose pockets on hand for practice loads. As I get older (still not 50 yet, however :) ) and don't reload as much in the off-hunting season months, I...

You are burning 60.2 gr. of a very slow powder, with a light bullet. The fact you are getting much better relative velocity with the 154 interbonds backs that up. RL26 is on the slow side for 140 gr projectiles. Granted, it shows good velocity in the 270 Win with 150 gr bullets, at just...

100 yards or less for your shots? You're very certain of that, so go with the 200 gr partition at 2600++ fps with RL22 or the 200 AB. Will probably ruin less meat and fly extremely flat at long-range with a high BC when you hunt elsewhere with longer range shots. Either of those bullets will...

Good thread, just read it. I wonder if Nosler uses the heavier jacket in the Accubond bullets versus the old style Ballistic tip, thus they are simply using the same jacket for the "new" Ballistic tip to keep cost down to streamline things. That would be my bet if I was betting dollars to donuts.

1) what barrel length? 2) what was the sign of pressure @ 64 grs? Nosler shows just over 2900 fps with the best load they can muster in a 24" bbl with 61.5 grains of Mag Pro... 1.5-2.5 grains more is a significant jump. There is no such thing as a free lunch. Pressures are higher than...

I bought into the magnum mania in my mid- 20s (early '90's) and did successfully use a 300 Winchester Magnum up until early the 2000's. Shot my first bull elk with it and took a number of mule deer and whitetails as well. An article by G. Sitton in a Petersons hunting magazine sold me on...

That is a beautifully recovered bullet. Is that from an elk/animal or from water jugs? I'm surprised there aren't more recovered bullets from animals in the test section. Is it because there aren't any to recover because they are exiting? I posted another thread a while back with a...

Thanks Rodger! It's a bummer no one else wants to post up and play in this thread though! I hoped for sure there would be more guys working with the newer powders in the 35 Whelen/AI.

Ok, slow Saturday night around the house... Alrighty then... Assuming bait. The shots won't be terribly long, this may be a great and fun opportunity to go totally old-school and shoot the 250 grain Speer or Hornady Spire Point or even RN. Of course a 250 partition would perform with...

I will second RL22 as the powder for most velocity in my 270 Winchester. Most of my work is with 130 grain bullets but it's a decided advantage over any other powder I have worked with a chronograph. RL22 gets 3090 fps with 130 grain bullets out of a 22 inch barrel in my M70, with most...

Am I correct that the hunt would most likely be over bait? Or is it spot and stalk with shots potentially out to a couple hundred yards? My thought is shooting for the shoulder you want the toughest bullet to anchor it as you have said. That is the 200 TTSX in my mind. And the speed/...

Thanks Roger. I guess if there's a shot I wouldn't take with the TTSX that I would with Accubond or cup and core because of what lies beyond, I would not take the shot. Held off on a nice muley buck last fall because there was another buck right behind him. Any bullet from my 35 Whelen AI...