I had Randall Redman rebore a pre'64 M/70 to .35 Whelen more than 25yrs. ago, it's a 1:14" twist. I found IMR 4064 to produce best accuracy with 225gr. bullets and IMR 3031 with 200gr. bullets. I shoot cast bullets with 15gr. Unique for off season practice, also shoot jacketed pistol bullets, my rifle shoots them all accurately. I've taken several whitetail deer with my Whelen, it always gets the job done.
A 12 twist .358 Win, not a Whelen.
But the idea of a .35 cal shooting so many different type bullets and doing it well is pretty amazing.
I got the idea of having more that one scope, each sighted for different classes of ammo. Don't have to be QD, just rings that can return to zero.
My last deer kill was with a 178 gr. Hammer at around 2,800-2,900 fps (Haven't yet clocked it). It really "hammered" that deer...
Check out Hammers and Cutting Edge Bullet's Raptor.
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