Rick Cox
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- Dec 17, 2015
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- Armstrong British Colombia
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- Armstrong Fish and Game Club
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- Namibia, South Africa, British Colombia Ca.
75 Yards?? You are just pulling @Bob Nelson 35Whelen chain, or you have never actually examined the Whelen's ballistics.I guess if I had asked for a rifle to shoot a good, tough 225 or 250 grain 35 caliber bullet accurately with a 2500 fps MV, for an average range shot of 75-100 yards on an animal of elk size and toughness, I could not have found a flaw in going with the Whelen. However, that would have been a pretty narrow range of ideal circumstances and I never asked that question- simple as that. When I had two of them I was asking questions like, "what is the ideal 300 yard pronghorn or mule deer or caribou caliber in my safe or what one caliber/rifle would work best for impala and wildebeest and kudu and eland and buffalo?"![]()