You have to consider the old Springfields and Winchester Model 95 leveraction rifles that have been rebored, rebarreled to 35 Whelen. The first Whelen I ever handled was a well worn Model 95. Also there is a heck of a variation in throat length in various rifles, mine is very long allowing me to use 59.0 grains of RL15 under the 250 grain Speer easily. I just work up the old fashioned way till I see pressure signs and back off two grains.

Dog I rescued in January

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