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220 Hammer In 35 Whelen
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<blockquote data-quote="gyrfalcon" data-source="post: 2356586" data-attributes="member: 120244"><p>The photo testifies to the great destructive power of the load you are using. However personally I eat a lot of my deer meat, in the form of steaks, roasts and stir fries. I find a 150 grain nosler ballistic tip or Hornady interlock more then plenty in my .308 Win/Sako at 2840 FPS, more then enough to anchor a large whitetail at 300 yards and have lots of edible meat to eat. I used the 35 whelan in the 1980's for moose and elk with 275 grain bitter roots in the dense alder poplar forests of Alberta, where 100 yards is a long shot. A frontal facing shot on a good bull moose, or elk, penetrated deeply, even passing through the rumen( depending how full it was), at one time recovering the bullet under the hide of a hind quarter. After the bitter roots were finished, I sold the rifle, had partitions be available at that time I would have kept it. Guess it is all about adapting your load and rifle to the game and hunting conditions and more important then all other factors………..bullet placement.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gyrfalcon, post: 2356586, member: 120244"] The photo testifies to the great destructive power of the load you are using. However personally I eat a lot of my deer meat, in the form of steaks, roasts and stir fries. I find a 150 grain nosler ballistic tip or Hornady interlock more then plenty in my .308 Win/Sako at 2840 FPS, more then enough to anchor a large whitetail at 300 yards and have lots of edible meat to eat. I used the 35 whelan in the 1980’s for moose and elk with 275 grain bitter roots in the dense alder poplar forests of Alberta, where 100 yards is a long shot. A frontal facing shot on a good bull moose, or elk, penetrated deeply, even passing through the rumen( depending how full it was), at one time recovering the bullet under the hide of a hind quarter. After the bitter roots were finished, I sold the rifle, had partitions be available at that time I would have kept it. Guess it is all about adapting your load and rifle to the game and hunting conditions and more important then all other factors………..bullet placement. [/QUOTE]
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