Light bullet load for 35W

[mattd]

My Whelen was rebored from a 3006 with a 12 twist. I'm sure that will be great when I get a heavy bullet mold, but right now what I have is the NOE 180g FN.

I've only tried A2015 and got about 2-3in groups at 50y. I was fireforming my 06 brass. Rather then a bunch of trial and error, can you guys suggest some good starting points powder wise?

Thanks

[Yodogsandman]

It would be nice to know what your intensions for you load is. Paper, cheap plinking or hunting. Is your 35 Whelen a 12 twist? Try 13.0gr Unique up to 19.0gr Unique. Lower end for paper and the higher end for hunting. I'd guess the lower end will give you the best accuracy.

[Kestrel4k]

For lower end loads in my (~identical) .350 Rem Mag, in my experience Trail Boss was far superior to the traditional/typical powders for this sort of thing - group sizes ~1/2 that of a wide variety of other powders tested (Unique, SR4759, 800x, Red Dot, etc).

Have done mostly jacketed, but I did find that 180gr's were better than 158's.

I have very limited experience on the top end; but from everything I read, Reloader 15 is pretty close to optimum.
Alternate choices would perhaps be W748 & IMR3031.