There is something to gain and something to loose with a 35 whelen, and those would be frontal area and ballistic coefficent/sectional density respectively.
I know I'd love a rifle that shoots 225gr of .358 caliber lead at 2600 fps...
30-06s.... Love/Hate/Re-evaluate
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There is something to gain and something to loose with a 35 whelen, and those would be frontal area and ballistic coefficent/sectional density respectively.
I know I'd love a rifle that shoots 225gr of .358 caliber lead at 2600 fps...
Heck, even I have some 220 gr ammo. I'll probably use it in my Dad's old Fudd gun to kill a bear with. Will it kill any better than a 7-08 or .308 using 10-150 gr bullets? I doubt it.
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Or the 30-338L improved
Mine made a whole 150 fps gain over my .300 Wins. When the barrel died I didn't see the sense in doing that again so it now sports a 7-300 barrel. It was fun while it lasted, and by fun I mean insanely loud.
I like mine with coke
celebration of the freedom of Cuba id always a good thing ...
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Never mind coke, good luck finding brass for that RUM.
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Heck, even I have some 220 gr ammo. I'll probably use it in my Dad's old Fudd gun to kill a bear with. Will it kill any better than a 7-08 or .308 using 10-150 gr bullets? I doubt it.
Those yellow & blue 'Dominion/C-I-L' boxes sure bring back old memories.
Heck, even I have some 220 gr ammo. I'll probably use it in my Dad's old Fudd gun to kill a bear with. Will it kill any better than a 7-08 or .308 using 10-150 gr bullets? I doubt it.
Great pix. Thanks for sharing. Brings back some great memories of simpler times...
It does , I've still got 2 boxes of 303 , 215 gr KKSP's that my dad bought many years ago . I found them after he passed away , the old man dropped a few Moose with them over the years . They're not for sale or use , they're just for looking at .
Heck, even I have some 220 gr ammo. I'll probably use it in my Dad's old Fudd gun to kill a bear with. Will it kill any better than a 7-08 or .308 using 10-150 gr bullets? I doubt it.
Those 220 grain CILs were what most of the old bush guys had in exploration camps if they had a 30-06. More carried a LE with 215 grain .303.
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Accuracy is more important than highest muzzle speed when developing loads. For example, I got superb tack-driving accuracy with Hornady 130gr SP bullets in my .300 WM at a lowly 3100 fps muzzle speed. Less than what a .30-06 can do.
Decided to stick with that load on a Bighorn Sheep hunt in spite of the low muzzle speed. More than sufficient power for taking my trophy Bighorn ram. 1 shot DRT at about 200 meters.
Not in this case nor was it necessary to push it to max. Speed is fine, accuracy is final (on Deer-sized game anyway
). Goes to show the .300 WM gets it done loaded to sub-.30-06 levels. The high muzzle speed flat-trajectory argument is less relevant with the advent of ballistic reticles.
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Another blast from the past, CIL Imperial .300 WM factory loads with the Sabre Tip bullet. Ballistic tip bullets actually aren't a new idea. These factory rounds were picked up a few years back from an estate sale and fired just fine in spite of having been stored for about 45 years.
Used the cil king kore soft points to kill my first moose with that bullet
Shot threw a old half burned tree trunk and broke its shoulder and down it went
I still have the slug I recovered, could buy a tag for $10 either ###
Those were the days
Shot threw a old half burned tree trunk and broke its shoulder and down it went
I still have the slug I recovered, could buy a tag for $10 either ###
Those were the days
