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What is in your opinion the best 35 caliber BG rifle? Why do you feel that way?
Question by Del in KS. Uploaded on March 14, 2010
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Del-
Don't have any .35s, but if a .338 Win Mag won't handle it, I will stand to attention, and SALUTE IT!
LOL
Dont have one yet, but 35 Whelen. You get the best of two rifles, the energy of a 338 and the recoil of the 30.06 at least the recoil wasnt bad in the one I fired. Wanted a 358 Win for a while but found out a 308 with a 180 grain bullet has the same energy as the 358 with a 200.
Y'all know my answer so I won't post it here! I ditched my .338 Winchester M-70 synthetic stocked rifle in favor of the King in 1989! I think it was the combination of stock design, relative lack of accuracy, and 250 grain loads that did me in with the .338 WM.
Hey, Del
I'll rent you mine! LOL
If you want to talk about the 'best' .358 out there for big game it would have to be the .358 Norma since you could use it in Africa for 'big' game. For me I'd take the Whelan in North America..
I like the .358 Norma too because it has plenty of speed to take elk at longer ranges if necessary and yet isn't too heavy on recoil. I really like the .35 Whelen too. I guess that just makes too much sense for me because it is obviously all we would need in North America. I have shot a few deer with a .35 Rem and have been impressed with the performance of the .35 caliber bullet but the .35 Rem is clearly limited to 150 yards or so and deathly slow. I don't like the recoil of the .338 Win Mag but the big .35s have the more tollerable "pushing" recoil like the .375 H&H so I would be inclined to go for the .358 Norma and get a little more speed for longer shots and shorter leads.
If you have fired a .338 Win mag with full house 250 grain bullets, you know what the recoil of a .358 Norma is like. Same case.
I'd probably take the Whelen. Have no experience with one but I love the .338/06 and they are pretty tight company from looking at the books. Nosler has a load for the .35 Whelen with thier 225 Accubond that nearly touches the .350 Norma Mangle'um. The local Wally actually has .35 Whelen ammo as does an area ACE Hardware.
The .350 Remington Mag isn't a bad choice either. I also hear good things about the wildcat .35 based on the .325 Short Mag case.
I am going to try the deuce and a quarter Nosler loads one of these days. I bought some of their Nosler Custom 225 Partitions a few years ago and they did not attain the MV advertised in my rifle. But then again, those weren't my handloads either. :-)
.348 is close enough to .358 so the Winchester Model 71 gets my vote. About the smoothest lever action ever made. Reloading 250 gr Barnes originals in those unique rimmed cases and shooting a M71 with factory peep sights just makes me grin. That steel butt plate reminds you that there is more than ample energy in the round. So what if it is limited to a couple hundred yards - means you have to hunt. Unfortunate that many will never see the woods again.
There's a very nice Remington 700 in .35 Whelen at a local gunshop ... and no, I won't tell you which one. It would make a nice backup to my M760 ... or would it be the other way around?
The wildcat .35-.375 Ruger is more than interesting. In a Ruger 77 it should put a hurt on most anything.
MLH
A friend of mine has a M-71 that is probably the smoothest thing Winchester ever made. He elk hunts with it as his gradfather did. The M-700 in .35W is safe by me! I already have mine. LOL My son has a M-760 he just got from my brother at Christmas time. Beautiful rifle with really nice wood.
i have my dads 760 remington in 35 rem...a semi wouldnt haul all of the dear that rifles brought down.after i refinish the stock it will go back into service,and do the same for me.
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Del-
Don't have any .35s, but if a .338 Win Mag won't handle it, I will stand to attention, and SALUTE IT!
LOL
Dont have one yet, but 35 Whelen. You get the best of two rifles, the energy of a 338 and the recoil of the 30.06 at least the recoil wasnt bad in the one I fired. Wanted a 358 Win for a while but found out a 308 with a 180 grain bullet has the same energy as the 358 with a 200.
Y'all know my answer so I won't post it here! I ditched my .338 Winchester M-70 synthetic stocked rifle in favor of the King in 1989! I think it was the combination of stock design, relative lack of accuracy, and 250 grain loads that did me in with the .338 WM.
Hey, Del
I'll rent you mine! LOL
If you want to talk about the 'best' .358 out there for big game it would have to be the .358 Norma since you could use it in Africa for 'big' game. For me I'd take the Whelan in North America..
I like the .358 Norma too because it has plenty of speed to take elk at longer ranges if necessary and yet isn't too heavy on recoil. I really like the .35 Whelen too. I guess that just makes too much sense for me because it is obviously all we would need in North America. I have shot a few deer with a .35 Rem and have been impressed with the performance of the .35 caliber bullet but the .35 Rem is clearly limited to 150 yards or so and deathly slow. I don't like the recoil of the .338 Win Mag but the big .35s have the more tollerable "pushing" recoil like the .375 H&H so I would be inclined to go for the .358 Norma and get a little more speed for longer shots and shorter leads.
If you have fired a .338 Win mag with full house 250 grain bullets, you know what the recoil of a .358 Norma is like. Same case.
I'd probably take the Whelen. Have no experience with one but I love the .338/06 and they are pretty tight company from looking at the books. Nosler has a load for the .35 Whelen with thier 225 Accubond that nearly touches the .350 Norma Mangle'um. The local Wally actually has .35 Whelen ammo as does an area ACE Hardware.
The .350 Remington Mag isn't a bad choice either. I also hear good things about the wildcat .35 based on the .325 Short Mag case.
I am going to try the deuce and a quarter Nosler loads one of these days. I bought some of their Nosler Custom 225 Partitions a few years ago and they did not attain the MV advertised in my rifle. But then again, those weren't my handloads either. :-)
.348 is close enough to .358 so the Winchester Model 71 gets my vote. About the smoothest lever action ever made. Reloading 250 gr Barnes originals in those unique rimmed cases and shooting a M71 with factory peep sights just makes me grin. That steel butt plate reminds you that there is more than ample energy in the round. So what if it is limited to a couple hundred yards - means you have to hunt. Unfortunate that many will never see the woods again.
There's a very nice Remington 700 in .35 Whelen at a local gunshop ... and no, I won't tell you which one. It would make a nice backup to my M760 ... or would it be the other way around?
The wildcat .35-.375 Ruger is more than interesting. In a Ruger 77 it should put a hurt on most anything.
MLH
A friend of mine has a M-71 that is probably the smoothest thing Winchester ever made. He elk hunts with it as his gradfather did. The M-700 in .35W is safe by me! I already have mine. LOL My son has a M-760 he just got from my brother at Christmas time. Beautiful rifle with really nice wood.
i have my dads 760 remington in 35 rem...a semi wouldnt haul all of the dear that rifles brought down.after i refinish the stock it will go back into service,and do the same for me.
Post an Answer