Well got some shooting done yesterday with the handi 270 and 35 whelen. Quite happy with both.
Had some fine tuning to do with sighting in the 270 and just wanted some practice also.
The round:
100 grain hornady soft point
50 grains of H4895
Winchester Large Rifle Primer
OAL: 3.145
Taken from 2006 Hodgdon manual
Chrony: 3404 fps
Use: antelope medicine next weekend
Results:
the last five shots are to the right of the cartridge, I "called" the flyer and expected it to be a touch to the left...
35 Whelen, here's where it gets a bit more interesting.
the load:
Barnes 225 grain TSX
61.5 grains of Reloader 15
I forget the overall length but it is .005 off the lands
Winchester large rifle primers
This is an interesting load and fun playing with the TSX's The Barnes manual states a max load of 60 grains of R15 for their XFB's but due to the reduced pressured of the TSX's it's recommended to work up slowly from max inspecting for pressure signs which I did at a previous session.
The chrony: 2810 FPS, that's a whallop! Put's me in the 338 mag realm with our little handis....
also, my best group of the day, only a 3 shot, those bullets are a bit pricy and they were my last 3, I only loaded 10 to see if I liked them, here's the 3 shot group:
My rest is nothing fancy, a split log wrapped in a fleece jacket on the hood of my jeep, and I'm in the standing position. I was using the varmint stock also. I was a bit rusty and I got better as I went, always good to practice.
On a side note, I also made some 225 grain Nosler ballistic tip since they were quite a bit cheaper and I loaded them at 2600 fps and they chronied at that speed, the point of impact was 6 lower at 100 yards. This was surprising to me, I thought at 100 yards they would be pretty close.