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ORIGINAL: TerryM

Even if a leopard is a relatively small and thin skinned animal the damage it can do if not dispatched quickly in my mind dictates hitting them very hard. I have been using a remington model 7 custom KS in .350 rem mag using 225 gr. Partitions and have to admit it is the deadliest and most versatile rifle I have ever owned. It drops deer, moose and bear like nothing else and I find it actually kills quicker than my .338 win mag did. I have also seen that round take caribou at over 300 yds and again it literally dropped them in thier tracks. You can tuck yourself to bed every night reading marketing brochure ballistics tables but real life experience has shown me and several other friends of mine that the .35 cals are extremely effective way past what people think they are good for. A .35 whelen is virtually the same as my .350 and I wouldn't feel bad about carrying a .338-06 either. A .35 caliber Partition will smash both front shoulders of your cat while transfering a lightning bolt like shock wave. My experience with it is all "one shot kills" with dead in thier tracks performance. I have never recovered a bullet yet nor had any animal ( moose included ) go more than 20 feet after a shot. My 245 lb buck crumbled in his tracks this year at the shot.


I doubt they can match up to my .375 H&H with .260 Gr. NP. I mean, say what you want, if you want to hunt with a .35 cal go for it, but I'm gonna stick with the .338 or .375 cals. They seem to work a lot better.