Nothing wrong with "dull and boring" , I rather like the 35 Whelen's steady performance .
I have a 1989 Ruger M77RS 35 Whelen that I purchased new; the only thing I've done to it is have it bedded and have a Timney trigger installed .
I have never really pushed it with the newer powders available these days; it has been pretty successful w/ 225 gr. bullets @ 2600 and the 250 Gr. Speer at 2450 fps . I think before I go to warp drive with newer powders the thin, hard Ruger factory pad will need t o be replaced with something a little more forgiving .
The Whelen covers a lot of bases , everything from 158 gr. pistol bullets , 200 gr. cast bullets w/ 12 grains of Unique on up to 250 grain bullets ; not much you couldn't hunt with that range of bullets .
I don't shoot it much these days but I may have to take it deer hunting this year .
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