The Whelen will have less muzzle blast.
The Whelen does not need a magnum action.
The Whelen will have less felt recoil. maybe?
The Whelen makes a bigger hole.
They use the same length action don't they?
I have shot both and owned a Whelen. The Whelen was a puppy dog in the recoil department comparted to the .300's I've shot. That could be the stock as well, the Whelen had a Mickey on it.
I think you can get another round down in the Whelen - surely that will be the deciding factor for at least 1.2 hunters out there.
Then there was that recent thread about sub .30 caliber rifles being vastly inferior to .30 and above. The logical extension would be that a .35 caliber hole would be worlds better than a .30...
I had no interest in any sort of magnum 'til I recently found a .300 WM (Kimber 8400) that seemed to be too good of a deal. Thus far, it seems to kick far less than my Whelen (700 CDL), and it handles really well, to boot. However, I'll think I'll go broke by the time I book enough hunts with each rifle to discern what animals that one rifle can kill, that the other cannot.
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