I have 2 rifles chambered in 35 whelen. I love this caliber. It is my favorite for North American game. I have taken many deer & several balck bears with it. Some day my custom mauser in this caliber WILL follow me to Africa!

Here is my elk load: Easily good to 300+ yards.

250 Grain Nosler Partition/ RL 15/ Fed 210 primer

Indices Range
Range - yds. 0 100 200 300 400
Velocity - ft./sec. 2550 2357 2174 1999 1833
Energy - ft.-lbs. 3609 3085 2623 2218 1865
Path - in. -1.5 2.9 0.9 -8.4 -26.4
Drift - in. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Time of flight - sec. 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.6