I kind of agree - but most people don't realize the Whelen can be loaded to within 100fps of the factory .338mag. with the same bullet weights, bullets of good Bal.Co. This is the fault, I guess, of Reminton, who kept pressure at the 1920 level of the .30/06, due perhaps to the pump and auto rifles it's chambered in.

In a bolt gun, it's a super ctg., even better as a .35 Whelen IMP - which will duplicate factory .338 mag's velocities.