Hello. A little while ago I got a 35 Whelen. I've been working up a load with RL15, 225gr. Sierra gameking, and CCI250 primers. It shoots accurately and fast.
Does anybody have any experience with these bullets on game?
I've read in a few places guys prefer the 250gr. bullets in the Whelen, but I wanna give these a shot.
It will be interesting to see the feedback from guys that have used them in the Whelen. I'm shooting the 250g Speer Hotcors, they work ok. I tried 225g partitions and couldnt get nearly as good of groups. Velocity wise I think my 225's were around 2700 with RL-15. I can only offer opinion on them, and I would say they will be fine, but would still try to avoid heavy bone. I'm going to try hornady interlocks when I'm out of the speers, I think they are one of the strongest conventional bullets around. Good luck with your load and keep us posted on their performance.
From what I've gathered from other sites, and a PM here, the SGK tends to be a good deer bullet, but that's where it stops. I have some 225gr. Nosler Accubonds, 250gr. Hornady IL SP, and 250gr. Hornady IL RN. I'll try them and keep the Sierras for lighter stuff.
I tried the 225 Nosler Partitions and I got excellent groups but couldn't seem to get enough speed and a good group at the same time.I was around 2400fps and got under an inch group,once I went hotter the groups opened up.I never did try 250's,I have stuck with the 200 gr Barnes TSX and I have managed to keep groups along with velocity.
35 Whelen 225gr. bullets
Linear Mode
