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In my youth played with a 35 Rem in a Marlin; since have had a Rem KS in 35 whelen, a Whelen AI, a 660 350 Rem all of which have gone Down the road. Came upon a Serengeti Awalkabout in 350 a year or so again am reminded again what a great littl cartridge this is.

You get a 35Whelen and can load down to cover the little ones and load normal to take care of the rest of 35 cal business. Spend the excess hunting. Magnum Man

kalik et al - I no longer have any 35 cals.

I have had 2-3 358 Win; 1 Sav. 99 at least 1 BLR maybe 2.
I found them to be GREAT short to MEDIUM range deer rifles. Sudden death on whitetails.

Here in Ark. we have a good black bear population BUT there are TOO MANY booby trapped pot fields close to bear habitat. I like my feet and legs and hunting too much to risk them.

The 358 Win OR 35 Whelen make GREAT bear guns too.

I had a 35 Whelen made on a Rem 760 BEFORE Rem. brought out the 7600 in 35 Whelen. The MAIN reason I let it go was, there was a lot of RUMOR that IMR 4320 was going to be dropped. That never happened BUT... now I miss it tremendously.

Given my hunting habitat, I would like to have another 35 Whelen.
I would RATHER have the one I made than a new one & that fellow will NOT sell it back to me.

In 358 I like the 180 Speer FN & 200 HSP.

In the 35 W. I only used the 200 HSP BOTH WORKED GREAT ! !

Yes!

Marlin 336 in 356 Win
Ruger Frontier in 358 Win
Rem 760 in 358 Win
Rem 700 Classic in 35 WHelen
Mauser 98 in 35 Whelen
Rem 673 in 350 Rem mag

Was interested in a 35 Sambar (358 WSM)or a 358 Norma until I discovered TAC powder for my 350 Rem mag. With 225 gr TSX's at 2800 fps, why more?

I am currently in the works of a .350 Rigby Magnum, being built on a 1909 action!

Sounds very cool...what is it?

Well, I had a 35 Rem in a 336 and a 350 RM in a custom shop M7 in a full stock..may be the most beautiful rifle I have ever owned.

I now have: Rem 700 Classic 35 Whelen
Ruger 77 RS 358 with a 18.5"bbl.

I always wanted a 356 lever in a Marlin or 94 Big Bore..never found one but did buy a bunch of brass in anticipation

There is something to be said for frontal area, and the 35's can really deliver the "Thump"

Curious to try the 180 Barnes TTSX in the .358

Is it available now.?

I tend to go the other way... "If I only had a .358 Norma, I would have seen more game. I need to buy something new."

SS Hawkeye .358, and a 700 Classic Whelen.

edit: Whoops, I see that you meant "no tags drawn", not "no tags filled".

A classic British cartridge introduced in 1908, was a populer hunting round in African and Asian countries. It has a case capacity greater than the .35 Whelen but similar ballistics as the .350 Rigby Magnum was loaded to lower pressures. The case is basically a necked-down and beltless .375 H&H Magnum.

The ballistically-identical rimmed version of this case was called the .350 No. 2 Rigby. Both utilized a 225 grain bullet. While light for a .35 cal. game rifle, the intent was to provide a higher velocity projectile than the cartridge's proven predecessor, the .400/350 Rigby.

re the 350 RIgby Mag...would you load it hotter than the original loadings, in a modern rifle, w/ the latest powders?

Or keep in vintage?

With capacity of a 35 Whelen, you could push a 225 gr bullet at 2750 fps or more, easily, if the rifle is up to it.

With the new brass and action I will run it a little hotter...but it worked just fine for many years.

NK K9 Looks like you should pick up another 7600 in 35 rem and have it rechambered into 358 win ...... triple threat of fine remington pumps !

Great reply to this thread , cannot beleive the manufacturers cannot acknowledge the popularity of the 35's .

Presently in stable I have (1) 358 win in a 7600 pump ... (1) 35 whelan in mod 700 LH MTN .... (1) RUGER NO 1 IN 35 whelan....TC Contender in 358 Bellm and not a one is fussy about load .

Can anyone pass on Bryce's call tag ..... sometimes it is hard to recognize who's is who on this site ?

Yup - Model 7 CDL 350 mag. & Model 700 CDL 35 Whelen.

L to R .358 Win
180 TTSX, 200 TSX,200 Hornady RN,200 Win Silvertip,250 Hornady Spire,250 Hornady RN

35 Whelen 225 TBBC

Awesome picture!

200g TTSX right?

180 TTSX load from Doubletap

Hmm thats a bullet I could be interested in.