New NOE 360-310 FN "The 35 Thumper"

[Yodogsandman]

5Shot, That 35 Thumper looks to be a winner in your new rifle! too! Cant wait to see your results when you've had the time to wring it out properly. Still wondering if anyone's taken any game with it.

[5Shot]

I don't know if they have or not, but I think it would plow from stem to stern through anything in NA. I am going to take out my milk jugs with me next time and see how many I can crack.

[35Whelen]

Steve.....the Thumper has drawn blood. I sent a box to an acquaintance who asked to try some in his rifle. He blanked last fall but took a nice fat whitetail buck this year. He hit the deer a bit high, but double lunged and disrupted the spine.....DRT....about an inch hole going out. He shot the buck in Ontario....says the bullet likely made it to Manitoba I can post some pics if you like...I don't think he would mind.

[5Shot]

Steve.....the Thumper has drawn blood. I sent a box to an acquaintance who asked to try some in his rifle. He blanked last fall but took a nice fat whitetail buck this year. He hit the deer a bit high, but double lunged and disrupted the spine.....DRT....about an inch hole going out. He shot the buck in Ontario....says the bullet likely made it to Manitoba I can post some pics if you like...I don't think he would mind.

Let's see them!

[35Whelen]

Entrance wound
Exit Wound
Internal wound

[cwlongshot]

Have you powder coated any?

I have a 358009 clone and powder coated its too big for all my 35’s.

CW

[35Whelen]

Not powder coated. Sized to .3595 and two coats of Ben's Liquid Lube. Gas checked

[Yodogsandman]

Congratulations! Nice job! First known kill with the new bullet! How was the reaction?

[35Whelen]

Congratulations! Nice job! First known kill with the new bullet! How was the reaction?

From the e-mail I got from the fellow I sent the slugs to, it was a bang flop Steve....

[cwlongshot]

Bringin' up a older one here!!

I have a Accurate 36-310W ordered. I had the nose shrunk .003 to make room for my PC. Have high anticipations.

Shooting in 358 Win, 35 Whelen & 358 Norma magnum.

CW

[5Shot]

The big ones are fun!

[Astocks2622]

Am I correct in assuming the NOE 360-313-FN-AX2 is the same bullet as the group buy 360-310 FN, just available as a normally stocked item now?

[35Whelen]

Am I correct in assuming the NOE 360-313-FN-AX2 is the same bullet as the group buy 360-310 FN, just available as a normally stocked item now?

Yes...you are correct. Wicked accurate, and you'll be hard pressed to ever recover one from
Game...or an earthen berm

[Astocks2622]

Wonderful, thanks. I'm just getting into casting, and have been enjoying it. Decided I want at least one mold for each caliber I'm shooting, and this one looks great for the Whelen for use here in Alaska.

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[35Whelen]

You won't be disappointed. Moose and bear medicine for sure

[cwlongshot]

Looking at manuals and investigating QL.

I have decided on four powders, two for Whelen and Two for the NM.

3031 & 4198 in The Whelen and cfe223 & N140. After imputing all bullet dimensional figures, all these powders should produce less than 40k at FASTER then my targeted velocities. I dropped these "top" loads (@<40k) by 3.5g and worked back up in .5 steps.

Hoping to shoot and chrono today.

CW

[35Whelen]

49 grains of IMR 4831 gave nice low pressures a nice slow start and was deadly accurate

[TurnipEaterDown]

Some alternative powder selections, and data from "nearby" development that I have done (i.e. different bullets of weight Similar to this NOE 360-313-FN-AX2) might come in useful in your development, so I will list below.
These were from use in a 35 Whelen Improved w/ 1:14 twist, but the capacity doesn't differ grossly from the standard 35 Whelen, and I never could notably exceed book standard 35 Whelen velocities in this firearm of mine.

These combinations listed below are NOT pressure tested, may be Unsuitable for use in any other firearm, may lack description of key determining factors influencing pressure, and are NOT provided as loading advice (only general knowledge).

Woodleigh 310gr weldcore, 3.30" COL, Remington brass, WLR primer, 60° F
XMR 4350, 57 gr, 3512 foot lbs, 2260 feet per second
RL 15, 52 gr, 3238 foot lbs, 2170 feet per second (52 Max in Woodleigh manual, @ 2140 fps w/ standard 35 Whelen)

Hornady 275 gr Round Nose, 3.250" COL, Rem brass, WLR primer, ?° F
RL17, 58 gr, 3514 foot pound, 2400 feet per second

[Cosmic_Charlie]

Over 2000 fps. with a 300 gr. boolit is big medicine! Nice job!!!

[cwlongshot]

I shot my 3031 loads yesterday.

https://rumble.com/vtaeiq-shooting-m...len-wcast.html

36.5-38g. 1600-1680 fps. ALL @ or just under 1". Pretty pleased @ accuracy but lil slower then I wanted. The next ladder will be 38-40g.

This was with my Accurate 36-310W bullet COWW.

CW