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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 1806480" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>The 338-06 or the 45-70 are great bear cartridges. However.........I feel that the 35 Whelen is a really tough round to beat for bear hunting, and.....a much better round than the 30-06<<<------<u><em>boy I am probably going to get beat up for writing this statement!!</em></u> I've shot bear with both the Whelen and the .358 Winchester, it's been a bang-flop DRT situation. With the Whelen and the Barnes, 225gr TSX bullets it's a large entry hole and an extremely larger exit hole. The .358 Winchester is also a good round, I have one as a back-up rifle in case something goes awry with the Whelen. I missed a very large black bear this past season with the 45-70, so....cannot comment on cartridge's performance, only can comment on the nut-behind-the-trigger's performance; <u><em><strong>not so great!!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></strong></em></u></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 1806480, member: 69192"] The 338-06 or the 45-70 are great bear cartridges. However.........I feel that the 35 Whelen is a really tough round to beat for bear hunting, and.....a much better round than the 30-06<<<------[U][I]boy I am probably going to get beat up for writing this statement!![/I][/U] I've shot bear with both the Whelen and the .358 Winchester, it's been a bang-flop DRT situation. With the Whelen and the Barnes, 225gr TSX bullets it's a large entry hole and an extremely larger exit hole. The .358 Winchester is also a good round, I have one as a back-up rifle in case something goes awry with the Whelen. I missed a very large black bear this past season with the 45-70, so....cannot comment on cartridge's performance, only can comment on the nut-behind-the-trigger's performance; [U][I][B]not so great!!:(;)[/B][/I][/U] [/QUOTE]
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