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JDL
07-18-2021, 02:48 PM
Lyman 358156 HP or solid traveling 1640 fps. Deer worthy within 75 yards?

Winger Ed.
07-18-2021, 03:06 PM
If you do your part with shot placement, I don't see any problem.

Don't hit any part you plan to eat, it'll leave a wound channel that will look like a baseball went through it.

Larry Gibson
07-18-2021, 03:17 PM
This is the end result of a 200 gr [RCBS 35-200-FN] out of a 35 Remington at 2,150 fps cast of COWWs + 2% tin then mixed 50/50 with lead and AC'd. Bullets were HP'd 3/16" deep with a 1/8" Forster HP tool. Deer was 90 yards +/- away.

As is said; "you can eat right up to the hole....."

The 358156 HP as the OP mentions will do just fine.

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Always looks worse than it really is when the blood shot hasn't been cleaned off. Not really any worse than most every other wounds. If you are going to shoot a deer there will always be some damage, especially if a quick clean kill is wanted. This deer staggered maybe 20 feet sideways and went down.

ChristopherO
07-18-2021, 09:12 PM
Had that very mold in hand yesterday but elected not to purchase. Wishing I had.
Actually had the Ideal mold and the Lee mold Larry shows in my hands. The Lee is a bit too long to feed in the 35 Whelen or it would have come home with me.