35 Whelen Cast versus Nosler SB RN

[rickt300]

Shot at 100 yards. 200 gr. LEE cast from 50/50 WW and pure lead. Destroyed the first two jugs, split third and expanded bullet diameter through 4th jug ending up in the 5th jug. Starting speed 2025 fps.

[rickt300]

How long does the review take?

[rickt300]

Try this.

Screenshot 2026-08-06 at 17-24-08 35 Whelen playing with cast - 24hourcampfire.pngScreenshot 2026-08-06 at 17-23-52 35 Whelen playing with cast - 24hourcampfire.png

Screenshot 2026-08-06 at 17-23-52 35 Whelen playing with cast - 24hourcampfire.png

The jacket is from a 200 grain Nosler Solid base bullet made for the 35 Remington and I have to say I was not overly impressed. Both were jug tested the same way and with the same power charge. 31.0 grs. of I4227. The core from the Solid base bullet was not recovered. The cast bullet weighs 194.2 grains and the jacket from the solid base weighs 102.4 grains.

[gumbo333]

That cast boolit looks like what most deer hunters are looking for. Will it group? The fun part.

[rickt300]

That cast boolit looks like what most deer hunters are looking for. Will it group? The fun part.

Under an inch and a half. The rifle is a light one with a 4x Leupold on it. My old eyes aren't as sharp as they used to be.

[ChristopherO]

I would take both deer hunting any day. Most deer aren't as tough to traverse through as water jugs are. The cast looks to have done a bang up job. I have a WFN 182 grain mold for the 35W. Gas Checked and powder coated range scrap at 1,800fps with 4227 does a dandy job on water jugs at 100 yards. Maybe I should see if it will group at 2,000fps. Would love to hunt deer with it but the Buckeye State only allows straight wall cartridges. It would be a handy round for called in coyotes, which is legal.

[Balrog006]

Try this.

Screenshot 2026-08-06 at 17-24-08 35 Whelen playing with cast - 24hourcampfire.pngScreenshot 2026-08-06 at 17-23-52 35 Whelen playing with cast - 24hourcampfire.png

Screenshot 2026-08-06 at 17-23-52 35 Whelen playing with cast - 24hourcampfire.png

The jacket is from a 200 grain Nosler Solid base bullet made for the 35 Remington and I have to say I was not overly impressed. Both were jug tested the same way and with the same power charge. 31.0 grs. of I4227. The core from the Solid base bullet was not recovered. The cast bullet weighs 194.2 grains and the jacket from the solid base weighs 102.4 grains.

That’s really great looking deformation on the CB, 50/50 WW and pure definitely seems to be the ticket for getting expansion out of cast. Great work there-thanks for testing and posting.