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Another thought would be to use bullets for the 350 Legend, if they are available as components. Even though they are only 150gr. Winchester states good down to 1500 fps.


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I have no personal experience with reduced loads in the Whelen, but Mule Deer published an article on reduced loads and included this one for the Whelen:
(Remington case, WLR) 200 Hor RN, 36.5gr / IMR4227, 2197 FPS, 1.12" av group. If you substituted the 200gr SP you'd probably have your 200 yard criterion - might even have it with the RN.

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I've killed several deer with my 9x57 pushing a 200 gr Remington RNCL (.35 rem bullet) at about 2500 and it works great.

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2500 seems to be the magic number when using 200gr. bullets, I use a charge of IMR 3031 that produces 2500fps. It is accurate and expands well on whitetail size game .

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Originally Posted by gunswizard
2500 seems to be the magic number when using 200gr. bullets, I use a charge of IMR 3031 that produces 2500fps. It is accurate and expands well on whitetail size game .

That seems odd gunswizard since the 200 grain bullets are largely for the 35 Rem and the 35 Rem can't come close to that velocity. What bullets are you considering in this statement? I'm probably not understanding the point quite right.
weagle, I have heard good things about the Remington 200 RNCL (I have a box of 250 myself) but have not hunted with them. I think they'd be a good choice for the OP's reduced loads.
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Yeah the 200 RNCL is just a well designed bullet. I punched the shoulders on a doe at about 30 yds (2500ish fps) and it left a golf ball size hole and didn't ruin both shoulders. A 270 or 30.06 at that range would have made a mess of both shoulders. I've killed numerous deer with that same bullet at 100ish yds from a 35 rem, so I know it will perform well at much less velocity also.

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I'm using Hornady Inter-lok 200gr. RN.

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Originally Posted by gunswizard
2500 seems to be the magic number when using 200gr. bullets, I use a charge of IMR 3031 that produces 2500fps. It is accurate and expands well on whitetail size game .



I have no doubt that its performance is magical...
You're into 358 Winchester territory there grin


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Originally Posted by gunswizard
I'm using Hornady Inter-lok 200gr. RN.



...about like throwing a dump truck through the boiler room.



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I'm trying the 220 grain Speer in my .35 Whelen,the intended use is for deer and hogs. I went out yesterday with some handload's using IMR 8208 XBR and Fed 210 Match primers. With the 22" barrel it is getting an average of 2724 fps, accuracy is good at 1-1/2" at 100 yards.


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