cwlongshot
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Another 35 caliber fan here. Its started with the first "deer rifle" I bought myself about 1982/83. It was a older Browning BLR in 358 Win. WOW WOW! My experience shooting deer at that time where a few with a bow and two more with my Grandfathers 8mm Mauser with Factory 170g Federals. Bow deer of coarse always ran some got out of site, all died within 100 yards. The 8mm Deer where both hit well and dropped in site.
The first one with the 358 was about 80 yards high shoulder. That deer "sucked" its legs up to its body. Fell straight down. Bounced out stretched its head/neck and slowly rolled onto its side. OOH BABY I HAD A HAMMER!!!! The next few years resulted in DRT after DRT not one made a step. Then one morning a few deer stood facing me @ first light. I looked them over close found sizable horns dropped X hairs to under that white spot and squeezed. That deer almost ran me down!!!!! But literally ran past that I could have touched him as he past had I not moved. He ran smack into a tree 20 -30' behind me and died. That 200g ST had exited just in-front of the hind quarters and creased that ham.
In 1986 I had a 35 Whelen built on a Argentine Mauser. It has a 25" Shillen Barrel and Bell n Carlson pounder stock. I loaded that with 200g Hornadys over 2520 @ just shy of 2900 fps. I have had shoulder shots fail to exit. I switched to the 225 Sierra thinking it tougher. It was not, I went to the 225 Accu-Bond bullet.
About 5 years ago I bought a 358 Norma Mag on a Winchester pusher 26" bbl. That gun with 4350 pushes a 250g Oryx bullet to 2870 fps! I have yet to "christen" that rifle.
Along the way I bought a couple 35 Remington levers and took a few deer with 200g RN Hornadys. I always wanted a Marlin 336 35 Rem.
When I started hunting local small Parcels. I switched to a H&R single shot in 357 Maximum. That rifle was perfectly suited for the thick close short shots and its taken a few dozen deer. Only a few of those have walked from its 180g bullet at about 2200 fps.
I love these 35 cal rifles!!
CW
The first one with the 358 was about 80 yards high shoulder. That deer "sucked" its legs up to its body. Fell straight down. Bounced out stretched its head/neck and slowly rolled onto its side. OOH BABY I HAD A HAMMER!!!! The next few years resulted in DRT after DRT not one made a step. Then one morning a few deer stood facing me @ first light. I looked them over close found sizable horns dropped X hairs to under that white spot and squeezed. That deer almost ran me down!!!!! But literally ran past that I could have touched him as he past had I not moved. He ran smack into a tree 20 -30' behind me and died. That 200g ST had exited just in-front of the hind quarters and creased that ham.
In 1986 I had a 35 Whelen built on a Argentine Mauser. It has a 25" Shillen Barrel and Bell n Carlson pounder stock. I loaded that with 200g Hornadys over 2520 @ just shy of 2900 fps. I have had shoulder shots fail to exit. I switched to the 225 Sierra thinking it tougher. It was not, I went to the 225 Accu-Bond bullet.
About 5 years ago I bought a 358 Norma Mag on a Winchester pusher 26" bbl. That gun with 4350 pushes a 250g Oryx bullet to 2870 fps! I have yet to "christen" that rifle.
Along the way I bought a couple 35 Remington levers and took a few deer with 200g RN Hornadys. I always wanted a Marlin 336 35 Rem.
When I started hunting local small Parcels. I switched to a H&R single shot in 357 Maximum. That rifle was perfectly suited for the thick close short shots and its taken a few dozen deer. Only a few of those have walked from its 180g bullet at about 2200 fps.
I love these 35 cal rifles!!
CW
