Read http://www.reloadersnest.com/q...389&BulletWeight=180

180 338s at 2544 (Ironically EXACTLY what I clocked a 7BR doing with 139 SSTs in custom 21")

those 338 Whisper was shot in an 18.5".

The 338 and 358 on a 7mmBR case seems like a neat round up to 200-250 yds. 35 cal would as we know give pistol bullet options for more economical practice/plinking.

Looks on the surface that a 35 BR would do almost what one person was getting with a WSSM case. Put in a std. short action, OAL would never be an issue.

Thoughts?

358 gremlin is what you are thinking... it is doung 35 Rem plus balistics in an ar15. You can click on the link in my sig line.

Read some past posts on that neat round, a good one for an AR no doubt. When I want more than a 6.5-7mm I jump to the 338 and 358 bore, both really slap game.....cannot 'not respect' the killing power they display when you witness it.

I would like to know what a bullet like a 180 XTP would do perhaps at 2600 MV would do on a broadside deer? Lights out? I know a spitzer will trump it out at longer range, but woods hunting.....should be a solid performer as other 'light 35 bullets' I would think.

The 35 BR lags the WSSM case by a 300-400 FPS margin.

If you're hot for one, AJ Brown has a reamer and a good bit of experience with the 35 BR.

Had no idea there would be that much difference.

What speeds are they running with 180/200/225?

AJ has more data than I on the BR case - I went with the WSSM and PPC.

180's in a bolt gun will get you in the high 2300 to low 2400 range.

200's in the 2100-2250.

As I recall you've get about 38.5-40.0g of H20 in the 35 BR, 37.7-39g with the Gremlin vs 57g with the WSSM/BFG.

I had a savage 10fcm rebarreled by SSK to 338 whisper.

I use sierra 300 hpbt or NEI 305 cast from wheel weights. The silencer is one I made from aluminum tubing and barstock. The baffles are conical and K shaped, blast baffle is SS. The mag is part of an M-14 mag welded to the bottom of the savage mag. It shoots better than 1 moa with the sierra, nearly as well with the cast.

I only shoot subsonic, 12 grains of surplus WC820 (like H110) gives 1050 fps with a stdev of less than 20 fps.

Ranb

Neat set up there, and thanks fireball.