lanman
Beginner
- Dec 3, 2011
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I've been loading the 64 grain bonded solid base for a friend of mine to shoot in his 22-250 for a few years now. He has been telling me that they kill like lightning but I had not had the opportunity to witness it personally. Monday Eve I stopped by, Whelen in hand, to go see for myself. He has a feeder setup across the street from his house in a small bay-head behind an orange grove. He said the hogs were coming every evening like clockwork. Around 7:15 when it started to cool off a bit, we jumped into the mobile electric ground blind (GolfCart) and drove into the woods. We strategically parked about 100 yards away looking down a long lane to the feeder. We watched a raccoon steal corn for about 15 minutes, then he got nervous and scurried away. First the smaller ones ran in, then the larger ones, near 20 in total. We picked out the two we wanted and did the count down, 3,2,1.. it sounded like a single shot and we piled two up in the lane.. neither took a step.
He shot a boar that weighed between 80-100#. It was slightly quartered towards him. Bullet entered the side of the neck but exited in the center of the front shoulder. I was surprised at the exit wound.. you could easily stick a quarter down the hole. unfortunately, no bullet recovery..
Here are the results of the hog I shot with the 35 Whelen & 225 sierra GameKing
https://forum.nosler.com/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=35444
He shot a boar that weighed between 80-100#. It was slightly quartered towards him. Bullet entered the side of the neck but exited in the center of the front shoulder. I was surprised at the exit wound.. you could easily stick a quarter down the hole. unfortunately, no bullet recovery..
Here are the results of the hog I shot with the 35 Whelen & 225 sierra GameKing
https://forum.nosler.com/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=35444