I used an Ackley reamed out Mod 700 classic 35 Whelen for a tad over 20 years. I always used new, fireformed brass with my hunting loads, but never had a blown primer, etc. I used loads that were truly wildcat in speed/pressure, though you would never know it by the looks of the brass/primer pockets nor bolt lift. IF I was NOT legally blind in my left eye ( after 2002) I would still use it and its favored loads. all it takes is one time to hurt my "good eye". ha. So yeah, I love the Ackleys, the Gibbs, the Shermans...anything like that, but one has to gamble IF you want to gain much speed over the factory round. QuickLoad can help, as a good chronograph. No way to get extra speed without extra pressure...even I know that, ha. But they are a Handloaders Dream....and most of us get to handload/shoot/dream way more than we get to hunt.
