Possum,
My hunting load for the .35 Rem super 14 barrel is as follows and comes out of the 3rd edition of the Sierra Handgun Manual (it is a maximun load):
Of course, you need to work up to this load carefully starting at 36 Grains of H322! Your barrel is not the same as mine!
Case..........Remington
Primer........Fed 215
Bullet.........Sierra 200 gr RN
Powder.......40 grains Hodgdon 322 (maximum load)
Cartridge OAL.....2.536 (for my barrel)
The Sierra manual shows a velocity of 2050, but this load out of my barrel chronographs an average of 2151 fps. I have absolutely no high pressure signs in my barrel. Very slight primer flattening, very easy opening of action, and I am on my 5th loading of this lot of brass. I only partial resize, and do not set the shoulder back when reloading. However, in my Son's .35 Rem barrel, this load can only be loaded a maximum of 3 times, but his chamber is a lot larger than mine. I just sight in dead on at 150 yards for a flat shooting trajectory; 2.26 in. high at 100 yds. Accuracy wise, I have shot around 1 inch groups at 100 yards with this load.
This bullet has expanded well for me on a 6 foot blackbear, on antelope, and on deer. I also keep all shots at 150 yds or less. At 150 yards, it is still traveling at 1525 fps with 1032 ft/lbs of energy out of my barrel. The Sierra manual says this bullet will expand at 1500-2500 fps, and out of a handgun 150 yds should be maximum. That has been my experience. Most of my shots have been from 25 yds to 125 yds, and have had good bullet expansion as seen on lung damage, but have never recovered a bullet. Quite a few years ago, I shot an antelope at 200 plus yards through the lungs, and the antelope went about a quarter of a mile before laying down and dying. Very little expansion from the bullet, but a large enough frontal area to kill the animal (I learned a lesson here, and was sorry that I didn't humanely kill that animal). The blackbear was shot at aprox. 35 yards through the lungs as it was lying down eating dandy lions in early spring, and the lungs were totally destroyed. The bear ran about 10 yds at the shot and went over backwards with a death bellow. Good lung damage on deer and antelope at up to 125 yards. After the 200 yard antelope, I went to a 7x30 Waters for any hunting where I expect to shoot over 150 yards. I still want to shoot an elk with the .35, but still have not had the chance, having to use my rifle usually due to having to take quick shots and/or not having a rest for the handgun. But my time will come.
Maybe this load will work for you as well as it does for me.
Gary
