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I have an MRC 1999 stainless in .358 Win with both a Serengeti walnut stock and a MacMillan Edge (green with black web). It is one of my favorites - I even took it to Africa for plains game with 225 gr partition handloads. I mounted a 3-9 Leupold Compact scope in silver finish on it.

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As do I. And trying to get pointer to get one before this fall...

I have a 35 Whelen that I built at school. It's on a Howa 1500. Would love to do a 35 Newton someday on a modern action. New brass is out there, which makes things easier.

Didn't Mr. Towsley's wildcat essentially wind up as a 358 RUM?

I like the .35's quite a bit myself. It's too bad they seem to have gotten lost in the shuffle.

Love the .35s. I have a Remington Classic .35 Whelen and a BLR .358. Will someday get a .35 Rem. Bryce Towsley used to post on here occassionaly as UMT something or other. I have not seen him in a while.

Lou

IIRC, Bryce Towsley was on here for a while.... But some of the smart-aleck a-holes on here pizzed him off and he left... Too bad, our loss...

Yep. It does the job with a certain style. Good rifle/caliber.

Have had and loved the 35 Whelen, 350 Rem Mag, 35 Rem, and now only have the 358 Win left.

Started with a 358 Norma in the 70s and fell in love with the 35. I had my 721 rebored to 35 Whelen and purchased a 760 in 35 Rem, and just bought a savage 10 to build a little 358 carbine.

Erich

My first .35 caliber (many years ago) was a Marlin 336 which I still have. Since that time I've aquired a Remington Model 14 (.35 remington) and a Savage 99 EG in .358 Win. which I will likely own when I die.

Over the years I've had a few other .35's pass through my hands. These included a .351 Winchester (interesting rifle, but not so useful cartridge), a .357 Mag. lever gun (kind of nice to carry with a .357 revolver, but just a bit too weak compared to a .44 magnum that could be had in the same rifle).

I also owned a .35 Whelen that I foolishly traded for something I really didn't need......a truely great cartridge that I will replace some day. I tried a .350 Remington Magnum for a while, but found it to be an akward and complicated way to reproduce Whelen ballistics......not a very well thought out cartridge in my mind.

I always wanted a .358 Norma and still think it is a great round, but a good deal on a .338 Magnum filled my needs in that niche. Since then I just can't justify the high price wanted for the few Normas I've run across......but if ever I find one at the right price I'll likely jump on it.

I've owned at least one .35 caliber rifle since I was 16 and have always found the caliber to be in the "Goldilocks" zone.....not too big and not too small....in every niche from the .35 Remington to the big Norma round. The 35's kill better than smaller rounds in their class and don't beat you up as much as larger ones.

Lets see a Remington 7600 in 35 whelen, 2 600s in 350 rem mag. One 660 in 350 rem mag, a remington XP100 in 350 remington mag. One original browning blr in 358, a new stainless takedown blr in 358. One ruger 77 Mk II all weather in 350 rem mag and finally a contender in 35 remington. Some people say I have a problem. I could do everything with the just the Ruger. Load it down or up. I can even go heavy as the mag box is long. But what fun is just one 35 caliber rifle.

35 Caliber ! This is how I feel about the caliber

Rem 700 358 Win ( E R Shaw build 20" )
Rem 600 358 Win
Browning A-Bolt Hunter II Ultralight 358 Win ( Grice )
Ruger RS Carbine 358 Win
T/C Encore 24" 358 Win
VZ-24 24" 358 Win
T/C Encore Handgun 15" 358 Win

Model 7 CDL 350 mag
Rem KS 350 mag
Rem 660 350 mag

Sold my 35 Whelen a while ago. Now every thing is short action. I have a few on the auction block right now just to reduce the numbers. Can't begin to hunt every thing I have. i would say from the list that the 35 cal is OK.

Ken

firarms44 is NH's leading 35 caliber advocate.....he has so many 35 cal rifles, I was stunned to learn he actually owned a 30/06

Ken no more Whelen's?

I'm just a .35 piker in this crowd!

Had a .358 BLR, traded off towards something. It was a good rifle and gave me a truly spectacular open-sights kill on a doe at 125-150 yards. That was cool

So I had my M7 rebarreled by PN and that's my only .35. I love It. While I don't consider it JUST a short range round, since it'll do fine out to 350 or so, with that said.... it is one HELL of a short range round! Enough velocity for some shock effect, enough oomph to convince the deer that it's all over, right now.... enough bullet for a heck of a blood trail if it comes to that.

And very minimal bloodshot! It's pretty much perfect for where I kill most of my blacktails.

My '06 likely becomes a Whelen on it's next barrel...

That would be me....only used the 35 Rem in a marlin lever;and I came across a supply of 250 gr Bitterroots, so decided to build a rifle around them;got Butch Searcy to get me a 12 twist Krieger,and hung it on a pre 64 H&H action,with Brown stock and necked up 8mmRem Mag brass...92 gr RL19 gave a bit over 3000 fps....

It was a bit much of a good thing, but really left a 338 in the dust...

357 Maximum for me

I recently joined the .35 group with a 700 Classic in .35 Whelen. The big surprise is that this thing is more accurate than I expected. Regularly shoots cloverleaves at 100 yards. Worked fine on my bear last week.

model 700 classic 350 rem and a 77 ruger in 35 whelen for me!

Here you go:

Forgot about that...a couple of weeks ago I ordered a .357 Max barrel from MGM for my son.

I would like a 358STA... as soon as it is nolonger a wildcat...


Or a 358 Ruger...


When they make it