35 Whelen Powder

[Edd]

Do any of you 35 Whelen guys have an opinion about or some experience using Staball 6.5 powder with a 260 gr bullet?

Will the burn rate be too slow?

 

[Rdlningcltchdmpr]

Do any of you 35 Whelen guys have an opinion about or some experience using Staball 6.5 powder with a 260 gr bullet?

Will the burn rate be too slow?

I just looked at Hodgdon load data. Varget is about as slow as practical./ full case. H380 is also about as slow as practical./ full case. Staball is much slower. If you're set on trying it anyway it would be a compressed load and less velocity. Ramshot( big game) powder might be an option. If it were i , i would abandon heavy bullet's and opt for the barnes ttsx 180 grain. Much better all around. Barnes load data is on line free.

 

[Old Navy]

Bigger bullets is what the Whelen was designed for. Poor man's magnum back in the day.

 

[Homerange]

Varget is about as slow as practical./ full case.

Actually it's right up there on the weights the OP wants to use.
50-60(C) gr in bullet weights 180-250 gr.
Pressures are down a touch on ADI's other 35 Whelen offerings which might suggest there's a bit of room for additional stuffing.

Varget = ADI AR2208
http://www.adi-powders.com.au/rifle/35-whelen/

 

[Rdlningcltchdmpr]

Bigger bullets is what the Whelen was designed for. Poor man's magnum back in the day.

Back then they didn't know about the great advantage of copper bullet's. A 180ttsx at much higher velocity will out penetrate the heavier slow lead core bullet. The 180ttsx goes in 180 grains and comes out 180 grains leaving no lead contamination in the animal. High velocity copper bullet's = deeper penetration even through big bones. New technology is wonderful.

 

[LA50SHOOTER]

IMR-4064 for 200-275 gr.
IMR-4895 for 180-200 gr.

 

[Old Navy]

The .35 Whelen is simply the 30-06 necked up. It came out in the 20s. A lot of African hunters used it. When I started hunting in the sixties there were a few around.

 

[Down South]

Back then they didn't know about the great advantage of copper bullet's. A 180ttsx at much higher velocity will out penetrate the heavier slow lead core bullet. The 180ttsx goes in 180 grains and comes out 180 grains leaving no lead contamination in the animal. High velocity copper bullet's = deeper penetration even through big bones. New technology is wonderful.

This is the bullet I use in mine. Deadly load.

 

[Daddymac]

I tried several bullet / powder combinations in my 35 Whelen Encore with an MGM barrel, and not that it was really bad, just not what I wanted.
I picked up a box of Double Tap loaded with the 180 Barnes TTSX to just try some 180's before I bought a box to try loading, after testing them, I thought about selling my dies and buying some more of the loaded ammo, they shot great.