I Guess I am Just Not Observant!!!
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The sad thing is for some reason, the .35 caliber has never been very popular with the American hunter. Oh, the .35 Remington has a fairly strong following for those who hunt relativety thick brushy country but for the most part, .35 caliber rifles have not been accepted by the general publc. Come to think of it, the general public voted for Obama too, so maybe that describes their state of intelligence. :roll:
Those of us here who have used the .358 Win. or .35 Whelen know what these cartridges are capable of doing. Currently I have 5 rifles in .358 Win. and 3 in .35 Whelen. I've been doing more work with the Whelen and have neglected the .358's for some time now. Guess I'll have to do something about that. My problem is way too many gun related projects and not enough time and money.
Last December, I finally got to take an animal with my .35 Whelen. I was using the 225 gr. Barnes TSX bullet loaded to an estimate 2700 FPS. The animal was a young cow elk. She was running away from me quartering slightly to the left when I shot. The bullet hit her on the left side in the short ribs and exited between her neck and the right shoulder. That elk hit the deck so hard she bounced. Internal damage was massive. Never in over 50 years of hunting have I seen an animal drop so fast.
As I have a chance to hunt some feral pigs on a private ranch here in Arizona in the not too distant future, I'm thinking I'd best get off the stick and get some ammo for the .358 loaded up. it should be just about perfect for that hunt. Now all I have to do is decide what bullet I want to use.
Paul B.
Those of us here who have used the .358 Win. or .35 Whelen know what these cartridges are capable of doing. Currently I have 5 rifles in .358 Win. and 3 in .35 Whelen. I've been doing more work with the Whelen and have neglected the .358's for some time now. Guess I'll have to do something about that. My problem is way too many gun related projects and not enough time and money.
Last December, I finally got to take an animal with my .35 Whelen. I was using the 225 gr. Barnes TSX bullet loaded to an estimate 2700 FPS. The animal was a young cow elk. She was running away from me quartering slightly to the left when I shot. The bullet hit her on the left side in the short ribs and exited between her neck and the right shoulder. That elk hit the deck so hard she bounced. Internal damage was massive. Never in over 50 years of hunting have I seen an animal drop so fast.
As I have a chance to hunt some feral pigs on a private ranch here in Arizona in the not too distant future, I'm thinking I'd best get off the stick and get some ammo for the .358 loaded up. it should be just about perfect for that hunt. Now all I have to do is decide what bullet I want to use.
Paul B.
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Whoa! I thought I was among the cognoscenti!
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