35 Whelen and 250gr Bullets

[Blkram]

*Update time*
With some help from JD suppling me some 250gr Speers , mission accomplished.

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Also experimented with partial neck sizing with a Lee Collet Die.
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That'll do!
Anytime a rifle shoots minute of mouse, we need not worry about minute of moose!
Go forth and slay large critters!

 

[preacher]

@preacher I also used a lot of XMR 2015 in the 35 Whelen with the 225 gr Ballistic Tip for 2700 fps. I think I was around 53 gr too. It is a good powder, a bunch of critters fell to that load. Well worth the try if you have some of that powder.

That was my first '06 case "Wildcat", so to speak and that 35 WAI case is almost cylinder! I had tried every powder in their #1 Load manual except H322 behind their old 200X, no results. Finally a light came on ) thinking 45-70 fast burners and why) I tried H322. Bingo, perfection, 2970fps! 58gr was their "Max" for a standard Whelan then. In my Ackley Improved, I got bookoo speed, had to be higher pressure, but brass was indestructible, lasted forever it seemed. Only reason I abandoned it was the fact I have a bad Left eye now, and don't even want to have anything happen to my good, right eye, ha! It also gave me "an excuse" to try other rounds, etc.

 

[RL338]

Finally a light came on ) thinking 45-70 fast burners and why) I tried H322. Bingo, perfection

With lighter bullets my 35 Whelen likes the Alliant RL-12.