RanchDog 360-245 RF

Probably be good bullet in the Whelen with it’s longer neck than most 35’s. It’s been a while since I’ve loaded for my 35 Remingtons, but as I recall the 190 fills the neck without having the gas check down in the case proper. It would probably work pretty well in my long throated 350 Remington magnum. I guess it could also work in the 358 Winchester depending on the particular rifles’ throat length.
Rick

I would be interested in it as a 220ish or 245.

Brad

So are you trying to just make a longer RD 190 RF?

looks like your using the Ranch Dog 311-165 RF as pattern?

comparing to RD 359-190 RF

So your going to loose one crimp groove right off the git-go.  And are you going to grow it in length or just girth?

Yes. There is more interest.
I’d also love to see a .340″ RD around 230-240 grains. I’d think Al would very likely be able to utilize the same tooling for both diameters… Maybe Al can shed some light on the subject. 

I think I’d like to try this bullet in Ol’ Ugly, she’s going hunting with the RD 359-190 this year but will resume the quest for a heavier bullet in a few months. I like the flexibility of the 2nd crimp groove, tho. My 35 Rem (Scopekiller) likes the top groove, Ol’ Ugly likes the second one.

I started a thread about your proposal over on the CB forum, Beagle333. As we both know the 35 Whelen has plenty of fans over there. I hope you don’t mind, I’d like your idea to become reality in time for me to be pouring some 360-245’s as soon as hunting season is over. Hope the CB folks don’t mind me promoting NOE’s site a bit over there, would like to see a few more CB members over here.

The factory throat in my Ruger #1 is quite large so I would have to see a drawing of the proposed bullet in a .35 Whelen SAMMI drawn chamber before I commit to this buy..