Ive been selling off lots of rifles and getting down to just a couple. I have a 22-250 for coyotes. I have a lightweight 308 and 270 for the majority of my hunting. I go back and forth fighting a battle in my head that I need to sell one and just keep the other. I love the 270 because it is fairly flat shooting. I love the 308 because it is a short action, very light, and with modern 180 grain bullets it can damn near do anything I want.

And then.....there is my .35 Whelen. I LOVE the .35 Whelen. I don't NEED it at all. A 308 or 30-06 or even the 270 will in all reality do everything I need, but damn I love the Whelen. It just thumps game. That is how my dad describes it. He says you shoot game with other rounds, you thump them with the Whelen. Maybe it is just psychological, but everything I shoot with it seems to drop like a sack a bricks. There is just something about that big 35 caliber bullet that just works.

Last edited by STS45; 01/25/15.
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