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BFaucett
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Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen
31/08/08 12:37 PM

I'm a big fan of medium bore rifles in general. I have a .338 Win Mag and a .375 H&H but as I get older (I'm 54) I find myself becoming a little more sensitive to recoil and to rifle weight. I've really come to enjoy what I call the mild-mannered medium bores such as the .35 Whelen and the 9.3x62.

I haven't hunted anything with the .35 Whelen yet but I have done some plains game hunting with my 9.3x62. My 9.3x62 is a CZ 550. I currently own two rifles in .35 Whelen. One is a Rem 700 CDL and the other is a recently acquired (this week) new stainless Ruger M77 Hawkeye. Rather than try to decide between the .35 Whelen and the 9.3x62, I simply chose to own both!

Both are classic cartridges.

Personally, I think the .35 Whelen is closer ballistically to the 9x57 Mauser and .350 Rigby Magnum than to the 9.3x62 but that's not a bad place to be at all! Both the 9x57 Mauser and .350 Rigby Magnum had fine reputations in Africa as general purpose medium bores.

Cartridges such as the .338-06, .35 Whelen, and 9.3x62 may not have what are considered today to be "flashy" ballistics, but they all seem to get the job done without a lot of recoil and muzzle blast.

A ballistics table that may be of interest:

Cheers!

-Bob F.

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Boddington on the .35 Whelen	Charles	01/07/08 11:42 PM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	Charles	14/07/08 10:01 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	Ripp	14/07/08 11:02 PM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	Plains99	30/08/08 01:25 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	9.3x57	30/08/08 11:09 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	shinz	30/08/08 03:06 PM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	Mike_Bailey	30/08/08 08:53 PM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	hoppdoc	30/08/08 09:36 PM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	9.3x57	31/08/08 03:30 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	BFaucett	31/08/08 12:37 PM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	Con	01/09/08 10:35 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	BFaucett	01/09/08 03:01 PM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	Con	02/09/08 12:30 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	9.3x57	02/09/08 03:50 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	BFaucett	02/09/08 04:02 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	Huvius	02/09/08 05:12 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	shinz	02/09/08 12:52 PM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	Huvius	03/09/08 08:51 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	shinz	03/09/08 11:35 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	Con	03/09/08 11:24 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	Huvius	03/09/08 01:58 PM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	Squarebridge	09/09/08 10:52 PM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	DarylS	10/09/08 02:38 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	Squarebridge	10/09/08 07:17 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	Bramble	10/09/08 07:41 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	DarylS	10/09/08 08:06 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	Squarebridge	10/09/08 09:29 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	Con	10/09/08 12:30 PM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	BFaucett	02/09/08 11:11 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	BFaucett	02/09/08 02:19 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	gryphon	10/09/08 03:49 PM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	Con	10/09/08 09:46 PM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	DarylS	11/09/08 01:11 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	IronBuck	27/12/08 04:47 PM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	Der_Jaeger	27/12/08 09:29 PM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	bonanza	28/12/08 02:01 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	shinz	28/12/08 06:46 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	IronBuck	28/12/08 04:20 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	bonanza	28/12/08 05:06 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	Der_Jaeger	28/12/08 05:30 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	ChrisPer	28/12/08 09:47 PM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	bonanza	29/12/08 01:31 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	rigbymauser	29/12/08 07:38 PM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	shinz	29/12/08 06:39 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	9.3x57	29/12/08 07:26 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	IronBuck	29/12/08 02:03 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	bonanza	29/12/08 03:42 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	IronBuck	28/12/08 05:55 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	DarylS	02/07/08 12:34 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	albertan	02/07/08 11:05 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	DarylS	03/07/08 01:20 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	albertan	06/07/08 10:49 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	Con	06/07/08 10:59 PM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	Nakihunter	07/07/08 12:02 PM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	Plains99	08/07/08 12:58 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	DarylS	08/07/08 01:30 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	Will	14/07/08 09:47 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	9.3x57	02/07/08 11:19 AM
Re: Boddington on the .35 Whelen	bigmaxx	02/07/08 12:29 PM

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