Since having rotator cuff surgery I have been shooting 200gr. loads in my .35 Whelen. I found a Ken Waters Pet Load that uses the Hornady Inter-lok 200gr. RN bullet and IMR 3031, it produces 2500fps velocity and is extermely accurate often producing 3 shot cloverleaf groups @ 100yds.. I used this load to take a whitetail buck in '018, a raking shot at 100yds. entered just ahead of the last two ribs and the bullet was found just beneath the hide on the far shoulder. It retained 66% of its original weight and was perfectly mushroomed, when the chest was opened the lungs poured out looking like they had been put in a blender. I have also loaded 180gr. Speer FP bullets and 180 Hornady XTP, both produced good accuracy but I have yet to take any game with these loads.
