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re: 35 Whelen bullets

Posted on 7/21/21 at 7:32 am to
Posted by Donkeypunch
Georgia
Member since Jun 2007
1424 posts
Posted on 7/21/21 at 7:32 am to
I’ve been looking for a few months with no success myself. Congrats on the new rifle though. The Whelen is a beast.
Posted by DocHolliday1964
Member since Dec 2012
1312 posts
Posted on 7/21/21 at 8:09 am to
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The Whelen is a beast


If you mean that it’s a great game killer you are spot-on,

However, there are a lot of misconceptions about the Whelen. It’s just a necked up 30-06. As such, it has no more powder capacity or power. Recoil is same bullet weight for bullet weight in same weight gun (basically-differences for stock design and recoil pad etc). A 180 gr bullet from the same case with the same powder capacity is the same animal. Where the Whelen shines is in the 225 and 250 gr projectiles. I ve shot the 35 Whelen, the 338-06 , the 375 Whelen and the 400 Whelen. They are all beasts on game. None were recovered from any of the game we shot including the kudu and zebra (700 and 650 lbs respectively).

It will shoot scope mounts loose on crappy mounting systems on light guns so the advice to remount is very sound!
This post was edited on 7/21/21 at 8:12 am
Posted by Tigre85
Louisiana
Member since Feb 2019
1954 posts
Posted on 7/21/21 at 8:37 am to
Accidentally down voted , I use my 35 whelen more then my 270 . If you hit a deer with it , its going down . Great gun .
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