.35 cal round nose
 

has anyone loaded corelokt 200gr for the .350 mag or the hornady round nose? if so would you be willing to share your recipe

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I don't remember the load, but i do remember the 200 grain Rem. and Hornandy bullets were too soft on moose, so i soon quit them. Of course, that was long ago, and they may have changed the jacket thickness by now?

DM

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I picked up some sierra gk 200 grs the other day and they pretty well out of my 35 whelen. I was using 2460, but I also like R15 in the whelen.

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yea i use alot of R7 andR15 in my .35's. what kinda problems did you have on that moose? was it in a whelen ir 35 rem or somethin other?

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Actually it was "those" moose... I've shot more that a couple with the 350 Rem. Mag... (in two different rifles) The problem was, not enough penetration... I don't like to have to "depend" on side rib shots on big game...

DM

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huh. we have killed three moose just in the last 8 years (permit only here) all w/ a 350 mag and just a 200gr corlkt psp and they all dropped in their tracks. 32lbs 12lb and 88lbs nt giants but big enugh t draw a cnclusion off of. one was quartering twards us and brke the shoulder and exited one was butt of the ear and exited and the other was just abouve the shoulder and exited. i know it isnt a debate about the 350 mag itself so was it hornadys on all occasions? what did you or have you switched to in your 350's for a bullet

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32 pound moose? What are you weighing the horns?? The balls on the moose i hunted weighed that much... HA HA HA (KIDDING of course lol)

OK, i switched to 250 grain bullets and got better performance... BUT, the best fix i did, was to dump the 35cal. and go to an .338-06...

Keep in mind i was working toward a rifle to hunt big bears with, so i EXPECTED no failures in my bullets. I shot a lot of big game and did a lot of bullet testing and the 33's out performed the 35's... (i was hunting brown bears regularly)

This was long ago, and there arebetter choises in 35 cal. bulletstoday. If i was hunting moose or big bears today with an 350 mag., i'd be useing Nosler partitions in it.

DM

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lol yea my key board has been acting up latley. the 'nine' key doesnt always work and i dont really re-read what i type before sending lol

anyhow, thanks for sharing your experiances. i use my 350mag religously up here in these thick woods and have had no wounded animals. all bang flop dead. as far as out performing the 35's go, i dont think i would ever notic an accuracy issue as i shoot all open sights and the guns can shoot way better then i can and i like the mid to high 2600ish velocities for the corelokt bullets and the barnes that i send through my 350.

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Of all the round nose 200gr bullets the rem corelokt is the toughest and yet the easiest to expand at low velocities. All the 200RN's were made for the 35rem and its oridgenal 2110fps to 2140fps for some longer barrels.

I shoot them at 2200fps from a 35rem and they will take more velocity the that. How everI shoot the 200gr PSP CoreLokt and the 200gr Hornady Spire Point from a 358win and they work great on deer, but would not use them on anything larger than deer. For black bear, elk, and moose I use the 225gr partiton. It expands fast and still maintains 60-70% of its weight to punch very deep if not 100% and out the other side.

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tried any triple shock barnes in .35?

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No I don't use any pure copper or pure copper jacked bullets, only gliding metal jacked bullets.

You might like the Speer 220gr but I am not sure if it will take much velocity over 2400fps. For your 350rem the 225gr partition it tops. Remember velocity is not everything even in longer range shooting that 225part is a solid 300 yards and then some bullet in the 350rem. It will out shoot the 200gr bullets a around 270 yards and beyond even for deer. but for moose the 225/250gr are the best. I would except any accurate load with the 225gr partition that was 2500fps and over and I would guess 2600-2700fps is easy to reach in the 350.

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Check with conley precision they load the 358win with the 200gr CLRN at 2520fps. Maybe it tuffer than I known. It is hands down the best 35rem bullet avaible, any where between 2130 and 2200fps the oldtimer really come alive for deer, bear, moose, if inside of 125 yards it still works great.

35rem, 358win, 35whelen, 270win, and 22 hornet "tools of the trade".

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lol my shots are seldom over 50 yds here in maine but its nasty thick and the bucks are big and tough. ive head horror stories about the nosler partitions not expanding. any truth to this? ive never really experimanted w/ them at all. also i apreciate all the info

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Quite the opposite the partition has a very soft nose that tapers back to a ticker jack and then tha partition part that will still punch through. Itis designed for just 60-70% weight retension so that soft nose sends peices off that do more damage than just the retained core on its own can do. Their like a b-tip and barns x bullet all in one bullet.

As long as the impact velocity is at or above 1900fps it will expand! For me the 225gr partition is the do all bullet for the 350rem/35whelen/358win. The whelen can use the 225gr accubond but he 350/358 can't handle this long of bullet the neck is to short not to mention the magazine length.

Tac, Reloader #15, H4895 are good powders ( I hear for the 350)