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xausa
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Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?
26/04/08 12:18 AM

I suspect that the vast majority of "big game" animals taken in the US are white tail deer. The .35 Whelen is unnecessarily poweerful for white tail, and with the wrong bullets (such as those designed for elk or moose) is actually less effective than smaller calibers.

Moreover, the .35 Whelen has been a factory cartridge for only 21 years and no great effort has been made to promote it. On the other hand, the .270 Winchester has been around since 1925 and has been actively promoted by both Jack O'Conner and Col. Whelen himself. It is a much more sensible "all-round" cartridge and has a great deal less recoil. One of the reasons for the failure of the .358 Winchester was that it was offered in the Featherweight version of the Model 70, and the recoil was fierce.

In 1987, when the .35 Whelen was introduced as a factory round, those hunters with enough knowledge to appreciate its advantages already had one in all probability, as in the case of the .22-.250, another Remington effort to legitimize a wildcat. I don't know this to be a fact, but I suspect that the .22-.250 has also failed to live up to expectations, as far as sales are concerned.

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Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	Woodbeef	23/04/08 11:43 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	458Shooter	27/04/10 11:51 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	DarylS	28/04/10 02:29 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	Rule303	28/04/10 08:34 PM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	Woodbeef	02/05/10 01:51 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	CZ_hunter	24/08/13 06:13 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	DarylS	04/09/13 01:20 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	Rule303	04/09/13 10:48 PM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	mart	06/09/13 05:20 PM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	DarylS	02/05/10 05:48 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	9.3x57	02/05/10 06:03 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	DarylS	03/05/10 01:06 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	9.3x57	03/05/10 01:25 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	Mcleish	12/07/10 04:13 PM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	moltogordo	29/06/08 12:53 PM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	albertan	29/06/08 02:16 PM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	xausa	29/06/08 03:20 PM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	Marrakai	29/06/08 07:46 PM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	9.3x57	29/06/08 10:48 PM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	xausa	29/06/08 11:06 PM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	9.3x57	29/06/08 11:26 PM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	mbogo3	27/03/10 12:26 PM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	DarylS	28/03/10 01:47 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	Paul	29/03/10 12:14 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	Con	29/03/10 06:03 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	Paul	31/03/10 10:47 PM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	DarylS	29/03/10 02:06 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	DarylS	24/04/08 01:38 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	szihn	24/04/08 02:52 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	hoppdoc	24/04/08 08:51 AM
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Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	Plains99	24/04/08 11:41 PM
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Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	9.3x57	25/04/08 02:12 AM
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Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	pinotguy	25/04/08 06:17 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	Con	25/04/08 03:48 PM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	xausa	26/04/08 12:18 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	9.3x57	26/04/08 02:00 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	xausa	26/04/08 02:12 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	9.3x57	26/04/08 02:32 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	DarylS	26/04/08 04:26 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	9.3x57	23/04/08 12:12 PM
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Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	9.3x57	25/04/08 12:10 PM
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Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	Rell	23/08/13 11:29 PM
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Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	86thecat	29/03/10 02:03 PM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	DarylS	30/03/10 03:29 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	Con	30/03/10 05:24 AM
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Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	CptCurl	25/04/08 09:28 PM
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Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	CptCurl	26/04/08 04:58 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	jimincolo	26/04/08 05:28 AM
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Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	Nakihunter	26/04/08 03:01 PM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	hoppdoc	26/04/08 08:36 PM
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Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	xausa	26/04/08 11:05 PM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	hoppdoc	26/04/08 11:31 PM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	Nakihunter	27/04/08 12:34 PM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	DarylS	28/04/08 02:48 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	9.3x57	28/04/08 04:47 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	Con	28/04/08 07:04 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	DarylS	28/04/08 08:38 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	albertan	04/05/08 03:38 PM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	9.3x57	26/04/08 11:57 PM
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Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	DarylS	27/04/08 03:21 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	Landy	27/04/08 08:19 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	9.3x57	27/04/08 08:45 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	Landy	27/04/08 10:47 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	9.3x57	27/04/08 11:15 AM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	xausa	23/04/08 02:11 PM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	Nakihunter	23/04/08 02:26 PM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	Paul	23/04/08 08:28 PM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	Plains99	23/04/08 11:27 PM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	szihn	23/04/08 11:55 PM
Re: Why has the 35 Whelen never caught on?	9.3x57	24/04/08 12:26 AM
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