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Offline elhoward622

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.35 Whelen in the field
« on: January 11, 2011, 12:54:41 PM »
Finally, i have bloodied my .35 Whelen Handi.  This buck slipped in behind my stand in the fading twilight and I stopped him broadside at 60 yards. I placed the bullet behind his front shoulder and 200 grain Hornady exited his left front should and was not recovered.  I was completely blown away with the power of the Whelen.  Even though it was a lung shot, the buck dropped in his tracks and expired within seconds.  This truly is an amazing cartridge! 
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Re: .35 Whelen in the field
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2011, 01:34:10 PM »
congrats on the nice buck. The whelen is the next rifle on my list. The few people I know that have whelens have all had similar responses on their first kills with them....bang...dead. Can't wait to get my hands on one.  ;D
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Re: .35 Whelen in the field
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2011, 01:49:39 PM »
Nice, congrats!!  ;)

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Re: .35 Whelen in the field
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2011, 02:04:31 PM »
Congratulations on a great hunt, a nice deer and a superb rifle.  I've thought long and hard about a Whelen, but I've got this fixation with the straight walled cartridges.  I think my next two will be the Handi in .444 and the .500,  Several of my my bottlenecks such as the .30-06 and 7mm-08 haven't even been out for meat yet. I was hopeing to use the '06 for bear this year, but it didn't work out.  I thought my grandkid would use the 7mm for deer, but that didn't work out either.  He missed his Hunter Safety Course.

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Re: .35 Whelen in the field
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2011, 02:50:51 PM »
I have the same affinity for straight walled cartridges too!  I have a .500 S&W craving, but I just rummaged around at on old gun shop and came out with an of old, dusty box of Barnes .35 cal 275 grainers for $10.00  ;D!  If the barrel will stabilize them I may not need a .500 mag. I'll have a thumper of my own!
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Re: .35 Whelen in the field
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2011, 03:03:14 PM »
Nice!
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Re: .35 Whelen in the field
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2011, 05:10:54 PM »
congratulations,  wait till you take one at 200 + yards and get  the same result, lots of juice in the old hammer.

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