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I know more than a few guys on here hunt with one, and I can't say enough how badass that cartridge is. In my opinion, the most underrated round out there. Now, if only more people would hunt it so I could find the damn rounds at more than one place within 150 miles.


This video sort of sucks, it was just me holding my phone, no fancy go pro here. But it gets the point across. If you're impatient, the one I was waiting to come out to shoot is about 2/3 of the way through, but the whole thing's only about 3 minutes. Shot her at the base of the neck, and yes, that is a complete backflip. The .35 will fuck shit up.

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Cool video Jim.
I knew a guy in Nam who had his father ship him his Winchester .35 lever action to use as a bunker buster. He left some nasty holes in a few gooks with it.

I hear Danica Patrick hunts with a .35

jehler wrote:I hear Danica Patrick hunts with a .35

She did for one hunt. But then she put it in the wall and blamed the treestand.

waterfowlman wrote:Cool video Jim.
I knew a guy in Nam who had his father ship him his Winchester .35 lever action to use as a bunker buster. He left some nasty holes in a few gooks with it.

It does make a mean hole coming out. I've never had to track a deer using it.

nice kill AT

waterfowlman wrote:Cool video Jim.
I knew a guy in Nam who had his father ship him his Winchester .35 lever action to use as a bunker buster. He left some nasty holes in a few gooks with it.

one of those sawn down would make a mean sidearm!

assateague wrote:

jehler wrote:I hear Danica Patrick hunts with a .35

She did for one hunt. But then she put it in the wall and blamed the treestand.

Nice video!

Is that a .35 whelan?

Looks like a good round.

I'm looking forward to using mine again for the first time in many, many moons

Bulldog0156 wrote:Is that a .35 whelan?

No, .35 Remington.

assateague wrote:

waterfowlman wrote:Cool video Jim.
I knew a guy in Nam who had his father ship him his Winchester .35 lever action to use as a bunker buster. He left some nasty holes in a few gooks with it.

It does make a mean hole coming out. I've never had to track a deer using it.

Are all your bullets exiting? The best moose round for me is the 7MM 180 grain Nosler partition and most of the time we find the bullet expanded against the hide on the opposite side. This let me know that all of the bullets energy went into shocking the animal. Isn't that what you want with your bullets? I have seen my friends .338 rounds all hit and exit the moose and he still ran into the woods.

Sweet. Curious though, how'd ya hold the phone steady while aiming?


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I hunted with this old man one time. He was hunting with a Savage 99 Featherweight in .358 Winchester. I have never seen a deer get hit so hard on a full boar run through the timber. I always thought anything .358 caliber was flat badass. Still want a .350 Remington Mag in a model 673 Guide Gun and a .358 STA on a Model 77 receiver with the old tang safety, not this bullshit 3-position.

AKPirate wrote:

assateague wrote:

waterfowlman wrote:Cool video Jim.
I knew a guy in Nam who had his father ship him his Winchester .35 lever action to use as a bunker buster. He left some nasty holes in a few gooks with it.

It does make a mean hole coming out. I've never had to track a deer using it.

Are all your bullets exiting? The best moose round for me is the 7MM 180 grain Nosler partition and most of the time we find the bullet expanded against the hide on the opposite side. This let me know that all of the bullets energy went into shocking the animal. Isn't that what you want with your bullets? I have seen my friends .338 rounds all hit and exit the moose and he still ran into the woods.

I've only had one not exit, but that was a hard quartering away shot about 150 yards. Sort of a wing and a prayer shot as a doe was running away across a field. Hit her about an inch in front of her right hip in the belly, and found the bullet in her left armpit. But on any "normal" shot, no- they all come out. With a vengeance.

Whitetail is certainly no moose or elk, though. But they've all pretty much dropped like this one, or close to it. There's no "think I hit it" with the .35. You know. I'll take a big exit wound over all the energy dumped any day. Because on that occasion where the energy isn't enough to drop it where it stands for good, I want to be able to find it.

And Red, I held the phone with one hand and rested the rifle on the crossbar of the stand with the other.

assateague wrote:

AKPirate wrote:

assateague wrote:

waterfowlman wrote:Cool video Jim.
I knew a guy in Nam who had his father ship him his Winchester .35 lever action to use as a bunker buster. He left some nasty holes in a few gooks with it.

It does make a mean hole coming out. I've never had to track a deer using it.

Are all your bullets exiting? The best moose round for me is the 7MM 180 grain Nosler partition and most of the time we find the bullet expanded against the hide on the opposite side. This let me know that all of the bullets energy went into shocking the animal. Isn't that what you want with your bullets? I have seen my friends .338 rounds all hit and exit the moose and he still ran into the woods.

I've only had one not exit, but that was a hard quartering away shot about 150 yards. Sort of a wing and a prayer shot as a doe was running away across a field. Hit her about an inch in front of her right hip in the belly, and found the bullet in her left armpit. But on any "normal" shot, no- they all come out. With a vengeance.

Whitetail is certainly no moose or elk, though. But they've all pretty much dropped like this one, or close to it. There's no "think I hit it" with the .35. You know. I'll take a big exit wound over all the energy dumped any day. Because on that occasion where the energy isn't enough to drop it where it stands for good, I want to be able to find it.

And Red, I held the phone with one hand and rested the rifle on the crossbar of the stand with the other.

rest assured that the .35 would kick the shit out of an elk.

(MT)Montanafowler wrote:

assateague wrote:

AKPirate wrote:

assateague wrote:

waterfowlman wrote:Cool video Jim.
I knew a guy in Nam who had his father ship him his Winchester .35 lever action to use as a bunker buster. He left some nasty holes in a few gooks with it.

It does make a mean hole coming out. I've never had to track a deer using it.

Are all your bullets exiting? The best moose round for me is the 7MM 180 grain Nosler partition and most of the time we find the bullet expanded against the hide on the opposite side. This let me know that all of the bullets energy went into shocking the animal. Isn't that what you want with your bullets? I have seen my friends .338 rounds all hit and exit the moose and he still ran into the woods.

I've only had one not exit, but that was a hard quartering away shot about 150 yards. Sort of a wing and a prayer shot as a doe was running away across a field. Hit her about an inch in front of her right hip in the belly, and found the bullet in her left armpit. But on any "normal" shot, no- they all come out. With a vengeance.

Whitetail is certainly no moose or elk, though. But they've all pretty much dropped like this one, or close to it. There's no "think I hit it" with the .35. You know. I'll take a big exit wound over all the energy dumped any day. Because on that occasion where the energy isn't enough to drop it where it stands for good, I want to be able to find it.

And Red, I held the phone with one hand and rested the rifle on the crossbar of the stand with the other.

rest assured that the .35 would kick the shit out of an elk.

I can see the advantage of a big bleeding exit wound. Interesting dynamics. I shot a lot of deer and pronghorn with my 7mm but lost a few when the damn bullets just punched straight through and left little blood. The .35 sounds like an optimum brush gun.

I wish I could hunt with a rifle.

me wrote:rest assured that the .35 would kick the shit out of an elk.

I can see the advantage of a big bleeding exit wound. Interesting dynamics. I shot a lot of deer and pronghorn with my 7mm but lost a few when the damn bullets just punched straight through and left little blood. The .35 sounds like an optimum brush gun.[/quote]

an expanding design would most definitely kill anything here in MT and possibly the CUSOA. i've seen big ass moose and big ass bears, i will say with full confidence that a .35 will kill an elk real fucking fast, in fact two years ago i hunted elk with the 30.30, didn't get one but my buddy did.

Lokked like ahard hitting gun, like the fact that you shot a good eatin deer, doe's are better eatin to me. If I hunted bucks only I'd go hungry , besides You can boil horns for six month and their still hard to chew. I've had 30/30's and if I ever ran across a .35 i'd buy in a heart beat.

I know of two 180 + whitetails here that were bang flops with a . 243

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I also agree with the idea of a large wound channel.

I have a friend that shoots a .35 Whelen, he swears by it.

I will probably get by with my pre 64 Model 70 .30-06 for deer.

Good shot assa

Were you aiming for the neck?

Shot is at about 2:48

Tomkat wrote:Were you aiming for the neck?

Shot is at about 2:48

Yep. I always try for the neck if it's reasonable. Pretty much guarantees you dead or a miss.

Tomkat wrote:I also agree with the idea of a large wound channel.

I have a friend that shoots a .35 Whelen, he swears by it.

I will probably get by with my pre 64 Model 70 .30-06 for deer.

I've never really looked into it, so don't know the ballistic difference, but I do know that, for some reason, I run into .35 Whelan ammo in far more places. Although I don't personally know a single person who has one.

assateague wrote:

Tomkat wrote:Were you aiming for the neck?

Shot is at about 2:48

Yep. I always try for the neck if it's reasonable. Pretty much guarantees you dead or a miss.

I used to do that with head shots until I took the jaw off one with my 30-06. Couldn't put her down before she got away to starve to death. ....

That's why I like the neck- miss or dead.