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Decided on the Whelen. Assuming our rifles make the same connections we do we will be in Alaska in a few hours and looking for bear tomorrow evening.

Did a little load work with the 225 Sierra and settled on a load of Alliant PP MR 2000 at just shy of 2600 fps. I like the idea of a moderate load with that bullet and brass should last forever. Accuracy is certainly acceptable.

My 250 speers shoot to almost the same POI at a similar velocity but not quite as accurately.

Here is eight shots transposed on one target while doing some seating depth tests. Not a Varmint gun but should do the trick.