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35 whelen improved fireforming.
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<blockquote data-quote="Cold Trigger Finger" data-source="post: 1655604" data-attributes="member: 56732"><p>I have a 375 Whelen A.I. </p><p> It came with 4 boxes of ammo that was fireformed Lake City 06 brass . That ammo was formed and loaded in the 70s I've visually examined every round and have yet to find a split neck. The person that firmed and loaded these did not anneal the brass. I'm amazed at the quality of this brass. </p><p> He was working toward a light weight , fairly compact bear thumper back then. His bear loads were a 350 gr Barnes Original soft nose. He was getting around 2150 fps from the 19" barrel. </p><p> I hunt it with the 250 gr TTSX BT @ 2500 fps using H4895.</p><p>I have used 35 Whelen RP brass and various 06 brass. As this rifle only has iron sights on it. I can't tell any difference in the accuracy. But, it seems to have identical killing ability to the 338 Win mag with 250 gr bullets at the distances I shoot an iron sighted rifle. </p><p> I hope you have good success with your 35 Whelen AI.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cold Trigger Finger, post: 1655604, member: 56732"] I have a 375 Whelen A.I. It came with 4 boxes of ammo that was fireformed Lake City 06 brass . That ammo was formed and loaded in the 70s I've visually examined every round and have yet to find a split neck. The person that firmed and loaded these did not anneal the brass. I'm amazed at the quality of this brass. He was working toward a light weight , fairly compact bear thumper back then. His bear loads were a 350 gr Barnes Original soft nose. He was getting around 2150 fps from the 19" barrel. I hunt it with the 250 gr TTSX BT @ 2500 fps using H4895. I have used 35 Whelen RP brass and various 06 brass. As this rifle only has iron sights on it. I can't tell any difference in the accuracy. But, it seems to have identical killing ability to the 338 Win mag with 250 gr bullets at the distances I shoot an iron sighted rifle. I hope you have good success with your 35 Whelen AI. [/QUOTE]
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