Just finished up the 35 Whelen rifle that started as a 98/22 mauser last year. After I got it back from the gunsmith with a new Douglas bbl 1-14 twist all I had to do was stock it, put sights on, and a Bold trigger. That wasn't too hard till I tried my sight combo out. I had a Lyman reciever sight already on the action when it was a 8MM. I have a nice globe from a Anschutz 22 that I planned on using but there was no way I could get it mounted low enough, it ended up shooting about a foot low at a 100 with the rear cranked up as high as it will go. I ended up with a 17a Lyman on a .250 ramp and I could probley use a .100 ramp to keep the line of sight lower yet. When I shot it for the first time it showed promise even though the stock wasn't bedded proper and the trigger needed adjusted bad. Well I took care of that this past week with some fiberglass, trigger adjustment, and aforementioned front sight from Midway. I have the loan of a 358009 mold and my own 250 gr Saeco mold so Boolits were no trouble. I cast up some of each and sized them at .360 with some FWFL. Since I had already tried WC820 I went to WC844 for this test. Loaded 10 of each boolit with 31, 32, 33, and 34 gr. All are a ways below max for that wt boolit [ I like wimp loads since I've got older }. The 32 gr load appeared to shoot the best with the 280gr . The 250 Seaco wasn't as good but started shrinking at 34gr. I have a purty good assortment of surplus powders to play with so I'll be busy for a while. Thinking of trying some dacron with the WC844 next. Gonna try to post the target here if it works.
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