.. um i dunno, i shot a nice size buck with a .300 win mag and wished i hadnt..i not sure if hitting a whitetail with a 515 hardcast is what i'd want to do , lol ..but to each his own.. i took my new rifle all apart and cleaned the factory goop and whatnot out of it and cleaned the bore out, and polished up a chamber just a bit, tomorrow i plan on zero-ing the scope and breaking in the barrel ( im a bit picky about that too, lol ) ..remington reports that the 200 gr. will shoot flat from 0 to 100 yards and only drop to 1.5 inch at 150.. so we'll see..
the 35 whelen is not rare but still im out of the crowd wiht this round, and i just may keep it that way if the bullet preforms like promissed. we shall see
cheers, mates