I use a stainless CVA Apex Whelen for primitive weapons season here. My load is the 225gr Accubond over RL10x, which is actually listed in the Nosler manual. I think I'm a grain or two above their minimum charge, but it is substantially less powder than the typical choices for 225gr loads. The result is less recoil and 2,425fps with that load. As the bullet is quite sleek for a .35cal, it offers a pretty dang flat trajectory for such a moderate velocity, which is something that many of the blunt-nosed 180-200gr choices cannot give. I sight in about 2.5" high at 100yds and I'm pretty much "on" at 200yds and only a couple inches low at 225yds. It knocks nice holes in whitetails out to 225, which is as far as I've shot it. Blood trails are always more than adequate, and as a result I will often hunt that rifle in rainy conditions even during regular rifle season.
