Well, I'm back at my 35 whelen, you know how these things come in cycles.
I just cast up a bunch of RCBS 35-200 boolits.
My goal is to be able to thump a deer out to 200yds with this. Should be easy enough. :)
I perused my 35 whelen load notes from last time and found I had not done much with this projectile.
54gr of IMR4895 resulted in HORRIBLE accuracy.
46-52gr of IMR3031 faired no better.
52-57gr of Varget was bad also.
Probably way too fast velocity estimates was around 2400fps or so.
I looked at my books and the IMR website for powder suggestions and charge wts on where to start.
I used QL to figure a charge wt and velocity of around 1900 fps for all of the below powders.
These are the powders I'm considering.
Varget 40-44gr get 1800-2000 fps
Lilgun 27-32gr get 1800-2100fps
H4198 32-34gr 1900-2000 fps
IMR4895 40-44gr 1900-2050fps
H380 44-48gr 1850-2050 fps
My main concern at this point is "too little" powder in the case resulting in bad things happening.
I will not use a filler.
I also see it as using a faster powder vs a slower powder in the above choices. Faster being Lilgun and H4198, slower being the others. What's your opinion on fast vs slow powders for this cartridge?
Anyone have any powder choices they use in the 35 whelen, even if not listed above?