Ammo for Whelen
 

I was wondering if anyone has any experience shooting factory ammo for the whelen. My options are
1. nosler 225 balistic tip 32$
2. rem cor-loct softpoint 200 gr. 24$
3> federal 225 gr. 30$
I'm going for whitetail. Thanks

RE: Ammo for Whelen
 

Me and my dad have always used either handloads or the Remington's and they've worked fine. The .35 Whelen's a great all-arouund round for almost everything in North America. What kind of rifle is your's???

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I have a Savage 111 .270 that I'm converting into a whelen with an after market barrel. Bennet and something don't rember the brand.

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The Whelen is over powered for deer, so it really doesn't matter which one you use!!!

Now, for bigger animials, i'd get pickier!!

Drilling Man

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Who makes factory loads with ballistic tips for the 35 Whelen?

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www.cpcartridge.com
www.gunsandammomag.com/ammunition/nosler

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I like the federal load, but I would recomend reloading for it yourself. THe whelen is a very easy cartridge to load for and you can't beat the price.

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I currently don't have the time or money because I wok full time and I'm a full time grad student. In the future I will reload but for now its not an option so I have to do with whats available. Sorensen any info you could give me about loading would be great. To be more specific what bullets are you using and what velocity are you getting. I appreciate all the knowledge you guys are sharing.

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I used the Federal TBBC to take an elk last year. About 250-275 yds. I'm going to Newfoundland for moose this fall and will try the same round. Anyone had any experience with the Conley stuff. I believe they load an 180 grain in the Whelen. Just curious as to the quality of their ammo.

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What type of hunting are you planning on doing, with your current situation I would say settle on one load for all your hunting. Buying factory ammo for the Whelen will be a little more expensive and there aren't that many factory loads available. I would say the Federal 225 TBBC is probably the best choice as a one load for everything. Nosler has a 225 gr partition load but finding someone who carries them and at $40 a box that's a little pricey. Save all your brass. I handload 200 gr Hornady interloks and corlokts using 4064 and get sub 2" grp on the average. The 200 gr Remington factory loads were at 4".

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I had two loads worked up for my whelen. One a 250 Hornady RN @ 2450fps and the other a 225 sierra SBT @ 2650. They would work with the same zero with the 225 hitting exactly 3" higher than the 250gr load. Varget and H322 were my perfered powders, along with rem cases and WLR primers. The 250 hornady load was extremely accurate. The only problem with the Nosler BT was that it seemed to generate exsessive pressures compared to the Sierra SBT. The barnes 225gr TSX is another bullet worth a good look. My loads always worked better with a crimp so I had a Lee "factory crimp" die custom made for the whelen, works great. The whelen is super easy to load for and a great old cartridge. Its spectacularly good at killing game without a lot of whizzbang and fanfair.

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Thnderchicken, I am going for whitetail for now. Are you getting four inch groups @100 yards with the remington 200 gr. loads.

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4" grps were the average out ot my 7600 with those factory loads. Now I handload the 200 gr corlokt and interlok with average 1 1/2" grps. Like I said and you've probably already figured out that there aren't many available from the factory. Suggestion: You're on a budget, buy a few boxes of shells, shoot them, if the gun shoots them well enough all's well. Otherwise I'd say buy a Lee anniversary kit for around $70, BUY A BETTER SCALE, the Lyman 500 is probably the best in it's price range. Lee dies for $25. You have some brass to start with, bullets, primers and powder will run about $35 so for around a $150 your reloading. While the Lee isn't the highest quality press I persoanally find the dies alot easier to use than most and the case trimmer and pilots are a great approach.

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The TBBC loads are fairly accurate in my rifle (Remington CDL). I just installed a Bell & Carlson stock with the aluminum bedding plate. I've seen improvement in accuracy with some of my other Remington's using this set-up. Also plan to lighten the trigger a little. To keep things in perspective, the Whelen puts a large hole in an animal no matter what load your shooting. I don't see MOA groups as being a priority but am looking more for consistency. Would still like some feed back on the Conley ammo if anybody has any.

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Like I said the tbbc's are probably the best available, but I still wouldn't pay $30 a box when I can handload what I want cheaper.