The 35 Remington is easily my favorite cartridge, and I've owned three rifles chambered for it. Started out with a waffle top 336 RC, and then on to 760 in the same. For some reason the 35 Remington dumps deer in their tracks, but they run when hit with a 35 Whelen? Obviously different bullets, and it's the bullets that do the killing, not the launching pad. Even so, the softer 35 Remington bullets operate very well at relatively modest speeds and there isn't a better common big game stopper inside 200 yds