There’s a specific reason why we’ve seen a number of great .35-caliber cartridges over the years. It’s because it wasn’t all that long ago that bullet performance wasn’t nearly so good as it is today.

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The .35 Whelen is one of those cartridges you don’t hear much about anymore – and that’s kind of a shame. Born out of the legendary .30-06 case, this wildcat cartridge was created by simply necking up ...

Townsend Whelen, who was one of Outdoor Life’s first shooting editors and one of the founders of the legendary gun maker and outfitter Griffin & Howe, wrote extensively about big game hunting from the ...