.35 Whelen article.

[Vince]

I sent my buddy a link to the article because he's chasing velocity with his Whelen and not happy with the results.
Factory ammo seems to run 200 fps, or so, faster than his loads. I also told him to go to a cup and core bullet and stash those Barnes bullets to use as paperweights. He's not planning on reaching out with the Whelen and plans to keep it under 200 Yards if he can. It's nice to know however that it can reach out there if needed. I just think he'd have better luck with a different bullet as I see the mono metal bullets as needing a faster luanching platform than the Whelen if he wants to get out there a little ways.
Great information here and I've tried to get him to join up but he is still reticent much to my chagrin.

Vince

 

[tddeangelo]

There really shouldn't be much need to use a mono bullet in the Whelen, either, I wouldn't think?

I'm using HotCor's, partitions should be good, AB's are around.....plus a host of Hornady and Sierra bullets that one can find with some searching. I'm not sure there's much but headaches to be gained from going mono with a Whelen? There's plenty of bullet mass there, shedding a bit off a lead core bullet isn't really a problem, I don't think.

 

[preacher]

Hey Vince, I use H322 behind my 200X, and 200 TTSX. I used the old AA2105BR behind my 250X. I bummed some 250 partitions from Scotty and I found R15 and a magnum primer worked swell with them and with the 250 Speer. I still haven't worked with any 225 in this rifle, but I have some. Of course, I think we all want all the speed we can get ( or need for close hunting) but an accurate load will work fine with those big bullets. I did discover that I could get speed with the 200 X ( and later 200 TTSX) and they actually penetrated as much as my old 250X load did! For me, I could live with any standard Whelen load, but I just like the looks of that Ackley case! lol

 

[PJGunner]

There really shouldn't be much need to use a mono bullet in the Whelen, either, I wouldn't think?

I'm using HotCor's, partitions should be good, AB's are around.....plus a host of Hornady and Sierra bullets that one can find with some searching. I'm not sure there's much but headaches to be gained from going mono with a Whelen? There's plenty of bullet mass there, shedding a bit off a lead core bullet isn't really a problem, I don't think.

I'm sure you're absolutely right on this. :wink: However, when I first started loading for my Whelen, I'd decided to use it on this der hunt were the state requested we voluntarily use a monometetal bullet. I got a couple of boxes of the 225 gr. TSX bullets and some Re15 and worked up to the max load for my rifle. The fact that groups ran in the .50 to .75" range at 100 didn't hurt either. The load does 2710 FPS at 15 feet and th three elk I've taken with that load have been two one shot kills and the third elk was hit a bit too far back and required a finisher. She was anchored though and not going anywhere. My fault on that one. I've done some preliminary work with the 225 gr. AccuBond and Partition and 250 gr. Speer and Hornady bullets but like the results with the 225 gr. bullets much better. Now if I can get the groups from the AB and PT to tighten up some, I just might go with them on my elk hunt next January. Can't say what those TSX bullets looked like as all were complete pass throughs. The monos work in the Whelen although they may not be necessary. 8)
Paul B.

 

[tddeangelo]

Oh, I don't mean that they're a BAD idea, just that Vince's buddy seems to be having issues getting them to shoot, so my point was to reinforce Vince's idea of looking non-mono bullets.

 

[Vince]

Oh, I don't mean that they're a BAD idea, just that Vince's buddy seems to be having issues getting them to shoot, so my point was to reinforce Vince's idea of looking non-mono bullets.

I need all the reinforcement I can get.

 

[SJB358]

I did well with the 225 TSX in my Whelen. I had poor performance with the 200 grain Remington CL's on deer. I decided I wanted something tougher and bought some 225 TSX's. They were very easy to load. The M700 35 Whelens seem to have a long throat so they are seated pretty far off the lands right outta the gates. I ran mine with 59-60 grains of RL15 and it ran a little over 2700 like Paul's load. Used it that following Fall to crush a bull elk and black bear. I wasn't super impressed on the elk as it flew through and he kinda looked at me, then collapsed. Probably not a direct reflection of the bullet but I wasn't really impressed. The black bear collapsed instantly, but it was a full length body shot, starting on one side and traversing to the opposite side and lodging in the hide. Bullet lost one petal after crushing alot of bone. Shot a few deer with plain old rib shots and they ran off looking untouched, but died within 75 yards and lots of blood. I then moved onto Nosler and have been completely satisfied. Hit hard and most things don't move very far. Same goes for the 225 outta the 358. Awesome bullet.