I wished Browning would have made the BLR and BAR in 35 whelen. A Winchester 1895 in 35 whelen too.
They do (or did) offer BLR’s in .358. I had one. With modern powders a .358 does everything “legacy” .35 Whelen’s did, with the exception of 250+ grain bullets, where COAL will be the limiter.
I can get 2700 fps with 200’s out of my 20” bolt .358. That’s definitely in the realm of factory Whelen loadings. I throttle it back to around 2650 just because that’s my normal MO, but I never saw a single pressure sign at those speeds in either .358 I loaded for, the BLR or my M7. That’s using RL7.
They also used to offer the BLR in .325 WSM. Had one of those, too. That’s Whelen-esque.
