Author Topic: Handi Whelen Muley! (Read 1872 times)

mattparliament · « **on:** November 11, 2007, 03:59:59 PM »

Hey guys! I was out in the wilderness Saturday morning and had a good hunt. Snuck up on a nice muley and tossed some copper. One shot through the lungs, he hunched up, took a step and layed down, a few seconds later his head dropped, done deal.

The gun: 35 Whelen Handi Rifle
The load: 225 grain Barnes TSX at 2800 fps
The distance: 275 yards.

and the deer:

Fred M · « **Reply #1 on:** November 11, 2007, 04:08:44 PM »

Concrats Matt.
Nice deer! You can't beat the TSX bullets, they do the job. Fred

Doug K.A. · « **Reply #2 on:** November 11, 2007, 04:12:16 PM »

Congrats! Nice buck

quickdtoo · « **Reply #3 on:** November 11, 2007, 04:44:44 PM »

Nice buck, Matt!!!

Congrats and good shooting!!

Tim

gomerdog · « **Reply #4 on:** November 11, 2007, 06:07:29 PM »

Nice buck!

Handi22-250 · « **Reply #5 on:** November 11, 2007, 06:12:47 PM »

Nice deer man! Sounds like that is a good caliber, and a heck of a shot at 275 yards!
Good Job!!!

Couger · « **Reply #6 on:** November 11, 2007, 07:03:01 PM »

Nice job! Congrats.

That deer looks like it was a good size boy. How much did it weigh?

handi243 · « **Reply #7 on:** November 11, 2007, 11:21:49 PM »

Matt 1
deer 0
Congrats!!!!

dw06 · « **Reply #8 on:** November 12, 2007, 12:33:07 AM »

Nice buck,and some good shooting with the handi too!

GatCat · « **Reply #9 on:** November 12, 2007, 02:15:10 AM »

Great deer, and great shot. Would you be willing to give load data..or a source you used. It's what I'd like to load in my H&R Whelen.
Mark

mattparliament · « **Reply #10 on:** November 12, 2007, 04:17:16 AM »

Quote from: GatCat on November 12, 2007, 02:15:10 AM

Great deer, and great shot. Would you be willing to give load data..or a source you used. It's what I'd like to load in my H&R Whelen.
Mark

if you do a search on here it should show up, or Tim might put up a link

. Both Tim and I did some load development here's what I use, just be sure to use common sense and do some development on your own.

225 grain Barnes TSX
61.5 grains of Alliant Reloader 15
seated .005 off the lands

super accurate in my gun

the weight? I have no idea but he was big. I was 3-4 miles in and wasn't about to pack out bones (except antlers!)so he was boned out in the field. The pack was super heavy though! Pretty sore today....

Dixie Dude · « **Reply #11 on:** November 12, 2007, 05:27:13 AM »

How did the bullet do in the deer, expansion, all the way through? At that range I would like to know how it worked? I have a .35 Whelen now, but haven't killed anything with it yet. Thanks.

quickdtoo · « **Reply #12 on:** November 12, 2007, 05:29:05 AM »

Here's Matt's range report.

Tim

http://www.gboreloaded.com/forums/index.php/topic,100788.msg1098266994.html#msg1098266994

mattparliament · « **Reply #13 on:** November 12, 2007, 06:54:19 AM »

bullet was not recovered, shot through him with a nice golfball size exit hole. At that range it still has about 2500 fp of energy which is still plenty, even for an elk.

GatCat · « **Reply #14 on:** November 12, 2007, 08:06:18 PM »

Thanks for the info and the link. I'll have to give it a try!!!
Mark

handi243 · « **Reply #15 on:** November 12, 2007, 11:09:52 PM »

Is h&r offering the 35 again?

black-tail · « **Reply #16 on:** November 13, 2007, 02:55:20 AM »

Nice buck. I use the 225 TSX in my 350 Rem mag. (700 Classic) but I only get 2625 out of mine

but I can hold a 1.625 200 yard group!) I have yet to use them on game, but am glad to hear that they work nice.

quickdtoo · « **Reply #17 on:** November 13, 2007, 05:29:07 AM »

Quote from: handi243 on November 12, 2007, 11:09:52 PM

Is h&r offering the 35 again?

I don't think so, no one has mentioned it.

Tim

db22 · « **Reply #18 on:** November 14, 2007, 12:52:27 AM »

Congratulations, Matt! You are a fine sportsman -- even at that distance, you made a clean one-shot kill. I hope you are mentoring a younger hunter. Some hunters laugh at our use of single-shot rifles, and some non-hunters give us that tired old "cruelty" lecture. You are a great example to show to either group. Thanks for posting the photo!

statelinerut · « **Reply #19 on:** November 14, 2007, 01:02:51 AM »

That is awesome man. I someday want to come out and try for a muley.

Congrats!

aulrich · « **Reply #20 on:** November 14, 2007, 05:02:07 AM »

Hunting mule deer is fun, a nice change over a typical tree stand whitetail hunting. Lots of walking, you usually see lots of deer, but shots can be lots longer you need to be prepared for 300.