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Figuring out best load for plains game - up to Eland. I normally run TSX light for caliber, curious what you guys think? | ||
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You can never go wrong with a Swift A-Frame,, I tend to use more than enough gun | |||
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I luv TSXs...the 225s will be great plus you can also use it for pigs in your home state Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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I have a 35 Whelan Imp that shoots both the 225gr TTSX and the 225 gr accubonds very well. They work well on elk so I suspect they would work for you. The 250 gr may be a good choice also but the 225 gr bullets will add some range. | |||
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Thanks - hoping for pass through and wondering if 225/250 is too heavy? | |||
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I shoot both 200gr Nosler Accubonds and 225gr partitions in my 35 Whelen AI and get 1/2" to 3/4" groups. Shot a white tail deer this year with the 225gr Pt and was a Texas heart shot, bullet was a complete pass threw from stern to stem with very devastating results so any thing in the 200gr premium bullets like the accubond or a partition/ A-frame 225gr will get the job done with a lot left over. | |||
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The heavier bullets are going to penetrate deeper than lighter bullets. You will get more pass through shots with the 225 and 250 than you will with the 200gr.The 225 will give you the best combination of deep penetration and flat shooting. | |||
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I have been using 225 grain Barnes "X" flat base in my Whelen for close to 20 years now and am beginning to work with 225 grain TSX as the old Flat Base are getting hard to find. I have been well satisfied with the performance I get. Even the rocks don't last forever. | |||
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Great choices, either bullet will do a fine job on Eland. SAF would be my first choice, I personally have killed lots of large African plains game along with Eland with the 250 grain SAF in a 338 caliber, all were quick clean kills. With the greater velocity of the 225 and the greater SD of the 250 grain bullet I believe penetration would be about the same. "An individual with experience is never at the mercies of an individual with an argument" | |||
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I use 225's in my Whelen at about 2650fps. Great accuracy and superb performance. Heavier bullets may require a twist faster than 1-16. Just a note here. Several years ago on a bison hunt in Kansas, a 250 grain Nosler Partition was used in front of a full house load of RL15. The shot was about 80 yards broadside. At the shot, you heard the fawap of the bullet when it hit the bison, and the zing as the pass thru skiped across the prairie. Not the bullets you mentioned, but a good example of performance from The Whelen. NRA Benefactor Life Member | |||
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My last hunt in Zambia in 2015 I took along my 35 Whelen and it took Oribi, Leopard, Lechwe, Hartebeest, Bushbuck and Warthog. I used 250 gr. NP and I was pleased with it. | |||
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I used it some years back and recently with my Jack Haugh custom rifle...Used the Nolser bullets exclusively...It worked great, kills really well on big game of all kinds..I would use it on cape buffalo with a proper solid, but wouldn't be my first choice by a long shot.. Why did I sell my 45 Whelens? I simply preferred my .338 Win. that has become my all time favorite caliber for NA game. and Ive had great success with it in Africa where its becoming more and more popular. I now have two buffalo to its credit, but the 40 calibers are my choice for DG in Africa. Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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I vote for the 250 grain bullets- it'll be plenty flat in a Whelen to 300 yards, and if you know your trajectory, you can push it a fair bit past that too (just ask the whitetail buck I cracked at 416 yards last fall). If eland were on my ticket, I'd give the 280 gr A-Frame a look, but only if your rifle has a 1:12" twist. Otherwise, shoot the weight the Colonel was designed for! Safe travels, and please post pictures on your return!  | |||
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John, Either bullet will work fine. Your most likely to get a pass through with the TSX. Another bullet that works very well in the Whelen is the 250 Speer Hot-Cor. At 2400-2500 fps it works very well. I've seen it used on moose and caribou with devastating results. Mark MARK H. YOUNG MARK'S EXCLUSIVE ADVENTURES 7094 Oakleigh Dr. Las Vegas, NV 89110 Office 702-848-1693 Cell, Whats App, Signal 307-250-1156 PREFERRED E-mail markttc@msn.com Website: myexclusiveadventures.com Skype: markhyhunter Check us out on https://www.facebook.com/pages...ures/627027353990716 | |||
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