thanks GP you answered my question to the tee i just picked up a 35 rem this year as a short range deer rifle for the thick stuff i heard it tears through brush pretty good that is about all i know about the .35 cal

thanks for space on your board kodiak

maybe thirty years ago I fired a friends .35 whelen.....it was a custom '98 mauser built by Cap Ahlman in Morristown Minnesota. The bullet was a 250 grain Hornady and the barrel was a converted .300 savage barrel.....the thing had a shortened barrel...it was maybe 20" and in total the entire gun was maybe under 6 pounds. Oh yes.....a birdseye maple stock to boot!!!!

I have only one thing to say about this thing's recoil......OUCH!!!!!

the Whelen kicks more than a 30-06, and less than a 338 Win mag... it also kicks less than my .54 cal muzzleloader loaded with heavy maxi-balls and 100gr powder..... course, that's a light little rifle.

"Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness..those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Santayana

my 35whelen has to weight atleast 8lbs.shooting that gun with 250gr. core-lokt's has just as much ummphhf! as my browning medallion chambered in 30-06sprg shooting 180gr. bullets. i thin it has more to do with the style of the stock,weight if it fits good or not.