RE: 35 Whelen
 

No joking from me, If I want a medium bore, I use the .338 Win Mag.

RE: 35 Whelen
 

No he's not joking, he just has no idea what he is talking about much like most of his other posts.

RE: 35 Whelen
 

White horse baby White horse;)

RE: 35 Whelen
 

Thats the first time I've heard of anybody put down the 35 Whelen, Myself I have a 9.3X62 which has a little on the 35 Whelen but not enuff to mention.
Check out this article..
http://www.cybertorpedo.com/africanhunter/firearms/35_whelen_zimbabwe_01.htm

And I'm not even going to talk about this anymore ,
WHERES THE TYLENOL ...???! ANDABOTTLE OF OLD CROW !!!!

RE: 35 Whelen
 

Dang ,the 358 Bullet is a wonderful bullet ,I have a 35 Rem. in a 336 Marlin which is a wonderful combo, and with handloads I can easily push 200gr. RN bullets , to 2200fps.. and with low pressure ..andI have yet to have a Whitetail out run that... and the 35 Whelen is alot more gun than the 35 Rem.
I've been putting off building a 35 Rem custom on a Yugo action,just for the heck of it...

RE: 35 Whelen
 

Duckbutter, I'm pretty sure that I know what Im talking about when I say that you're comments arn't necessary towards me, actually, most of the comments I post are correct, only a small portion are incorrect, and I take the blame for them when they arn't right. The .35 Whelen, to me, is a big, slow, and weak cartridge, when the .338 Win Mag can be purchased, who needs a .35 Whelen?

RE: 35 Whelen
 

But, I have found, that when you mess with the .243, and .35 Cal fans, you get burned.:D

RE: 35 Whelen
 

The 338 Win Mag is a fine round for Brown bears and some use it for Elk,
My self I would rather have a 9.3X62 which is almost a ballistic twin to a 35 Whelen AI... And son, its not how fast a bullet goes butits how it functions at a given velocity.....Thats why deem big ole slow bullets penetrate like no tomorrow....and PENETRATION is the first step to a clean kill..not speed...

And unless you are planning to shoot a Bull elk at 300 yd.'s would be served well with a 35 Whelen or a 9.3X62 or a 358 Win. or a 350 Rem. mag...
or dare say a 30-06 or a handloaded 8X57 or a 308 Winny...375 win.,356 win 444 Marlin or the new 308 Marlin or a 45/70 within 200 yd.s ...but a fellow may have to hunt and be skilled to get closer than 300yd.s
They will get the job done

RE: 35 Whelen
 

I agree, Buckeye, I'm not saying the .35 Whelen is a "bad" cartridge, I'm just saying that I don't like it, there is nothing wrong with it, just another classic in the -06 case family. I'm glad that we don't have to argue anymore.

RE: 35 Whelen
 

I am starting to build a 35 whelan on a budget. Savage action, A & B Barrel, Boyds JRS stock.