Originally Posted by Fury01
That old data on the Brown Whelen points out the "every rifle is specific to itself" loading axiom. I have an old custom 35 whelen springfield with 25.5" barrel. Back when I was looking for speed, a 225 Barnes X with 56 grains of AA 2015 behind it went 2752 fps and 56.5 went 2806 fps. Also I think it shows that it is hard to beat the standard 35 whelen when loaded to 60K PSI with any derivate improved chamber by much.
With better powders like CFE 223 and some of the Aliant powders, the old Whelen trots right along with 225 and 250's. I would suspect that these powders would help the Brown Whelen a lot as well.

Amen.
250-grainers at 2500 fps with the .35 Whelen is plenty to flatten most things needing it :

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Bigger hole in barrel and 3 inches longer barrel: Same weight !

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This can happen if you try to hard:

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