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A zombie thread! And, as everyone knows, the only way to put down a zombie is with a 35 Whelen. :D I sure would love to try a 338-06 some day, though.

Forgive me for saying so, but son is working a .410, and you own two 12 gauge, then you simply must round things out with a 20 gauge and then a 28 gauge. For completeness, of course. All kidding aside, I have two 20 gauge: one set up for upland, and the other for hominid. I am in the market...

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 only have one, but it never disappoints.

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...

Sheesh! Here I am, blissfully liking posts and not looking at dates. :oops:

I started with nothing and I still have most of it left.

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.

That's great accuracy. I've shot 225s close to 2700 and I don't think it's needed; 2525 or so might just be perfect.

10 shot string, so you'll need a second one for the fast reload. ;)

Color me confused. I read this on the 2nd and bit hard. Glad I'm not a fish.:LOL:

2 of 2 ----- 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: 1 of 2 ----- 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...

Best part is, when you do judge them, you'll be a mile away. And have their boots. :cool:

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).

Once upon a time. But, it's been many years since I made chips.

I wanted to reiterate this. You have to trip your brass to much shorter than normal with the FTX. As a consequence, you can only use that brass for the FTX - though, I suppose you could do 44 Special level loads in the brass using other bullets - I have used W296 in 44 Magnum as well as 357...

There is nothing wrong with the 308, or a lever gun, so I would be checking for things like clean bore, throat erosion, trigger and firing pin function - and price. Yes, there are a lot of excellent lever rifles for camping and hiking; I have Rossi and Marlin 357s and 44 mags which I happen to...