358318 in the 35 Whelan

[Blammer]

Ok I have this boolit.



I'm trying 4064 in it to start.

Anybody else use this boolit? What are you using for powder?

[Doc Highwall]

Nice looking boolit Blammer, who modified the mould or the pin.

[Blammer]

It's the NOE 358318, with a HP.

It came with a HP and a Dish HP, this is the dish HP version, this one wt's 243gr lubed and checked.

[Shuz]

You have a very nice looking boolit there! Good luck with it!


4064 is my "go to" powder for one of my Whelen's. It pushes the 280g 358009 Lyman very nicely and gives a velocity of 2150 fps. Accuracy is 1-1/2 inches at 100 yds which has proven to be MOM(minute of moose) and MOE(minute of elk)! This gun has a Douglass 1:12 twist.

My latest Whelen is a new Remington 700 CDL with a 1:16 twist. I haven't tried the 358009 in it yet, but the RCBS 35-200 does extremely well with Unique. Best group so far is 4 shots in .88 inches at 100 yds, but the 5th shot blew the group to 1.88!

[tarbe]

Blammer

Those are seriously nice looking boolits! I lusteth.....

What alloy are you using, and what temp are you casting them at, if you don't mind me asking?


Tim

[Blammer]

Just using straigh WW alloy, nothing special. The temp? whatever it takes to get good fill out. I don't have a thermometer and never have used one.

[Dean D.]

Hey DJ, nice lookin boolits. I use S.R. 4759 with my 358318's. 29.5 gr. @ 1880fps (chrono'd) grouped the best so far @ 1.012" at 100 yards.

FWIW, I load 52gr of 4064 behind a 250gr JSP @ 2272 fps and good groups. Not sure how much you would need modify this load for cast boolits.

[Ben]

Blammer :

I'm glad I'm not the only person who doesn't use ( and probably never will ) a thermometer.

Ben

[Greg in Malad]

Blammer,
I have a NOE 358318 that I use in my .350 Rem. So far 65 gr. of AA8700 is my best load. It is producing 1800 fps and 2 moa.

[Bret4207]

Just using straigh WW alloy, nothing special. The temp? whatever it takes to get good fill out. I don't have a thermometer and never have used one.

You just shot some holes in the ships of the guys that think they need such and such a special alloy at 897 BHN dropped from a pot set at exactly 737 degrees.

Good for you!

[Beerd]

You just shot some holes in the ships of the guys that think they need such and such a special alloy at 897 BHN dropped from a pot set at exactly 737 degrees.

Good for you!

bret,
you forgot the decimal point, the best BHN is 8 point 97 as measured on a Lee Hardness Tester.
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[Blammer]

lol

too funny

[warf73]

Blammer,

Tell me about this boolit and how well did it work for you.

Thanks Warf

[Lefty SRH]

Nice boolit, it looks ver similar to the 35 THOR I am using in my 35 remmy.

[Blammer]

to update this.

I have not gone back to trying this bullet lately because I found that to get my projectiles to really shoot well in my whelen I need to water quench them. Basically harden them just a tad so they will shoot really well.

unfortunately I have not cast any lately, so nothing available to test and shoot.

[TXGunNut]

That is a nice boolit, if the Thor GB mould doesn't work out I'll have to try it. Without a HP it should be about 250 grs but it's probably more stable with a HP. I'm wondering about HT'ing as well. I think my initial loads were a bit too fast for my alloy. I suspect to realize the potential of a 4064 or 4350 load it's going to take some hard lead shot or heat treating, or both.
So many moulds, so little time. Reckon you'll get a chance to try it anytime soon?

[warf73]

Thanks Blammer,

I was looking for boolit designs for the 358 winchester on the web and ran across this. Its a great looking boolit, wish Tom could make it in a nice 2 cavity brass.

Warf

[stocker]

I cast the identical boolit from an NOE mould. 38-40 grains of H4895 does very well with a BHN13 alloy air cooled in my Whelens. Using 4895 is almost a mantra for me with that cartridge. I am quite happy with the results of these at about 1900FPS.

[taco650]

Talk about resurrection! Thread was 3.5 years old and still gets replies, lol!

[JesterGrin_1]

Talk about resurrection! Thread was 3.5 years old and still gets replies, lol!

It is called doing a Forum Search. As there is a whole bunch of information to be found here both New and Old. Nothing wrong with bringing and Old Thread back up to get more information or give it.