Originally Posted by surefire7
Originally Posted by 35400Whelen
Dose any one here have any experience with heave bullets in the 35 Whelen? 275gr. and up.
I have some Hawk 275gr. bullets on order. Just wondering if any one has any load data and/or hunting experience.
Thanks


In answer to your hunting question, I took a huge Shiras Bull Moose last year in Colorado with my Ruger Hawkeye SS/Syn 35 Whelen with 1:12 barrel twist and a 280 gr. SAF going 2,300 fps.

He was standing broadside at 40 yds. when I hit him in the shoulder. He took four steps and fell over dead. Found the bullet under the hide on the opposite side.

I'm guessing that the makeup of the Swift and the Hawk bullets is similar enough that they should produce like pressures with like powder charges. I've heard that both are quite "sticky", though I've only used the Hawk bullets, and they were definitely "sticky" for me, producing pressures much higher with like charges than other bullets of same weight that had gilding metal jackets. What powder and charge did you use with the A-frames?

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