for the type of hunting l imagine you are doing l can see the 35 whelan as a very emphatic killer
the 35 whelan has to be a good round its parent is the 30-06
where l see the strengths as an effective game killing round for the 30-06 over the whelan or 308 for that matter especially when handloaded is the flexibility of the weights and styles of bullets with very good velocities
my style of shooting differs from the bush stalker who would get the most out of a 35 whelan and l find a bang flop brain shot from a 30-06 especially at distances as emphatic as any shot from any bigger bore, nothing against the whelan or any other big bore,
for snap shooting in the bush for sambar l dont know why the 12 gauge using slugs is not more popular, same deal really, chest shoot and eat up to the big hole, bugger all bruising
jobs done freezers full
as l have mentioned earlier where the 308 is finished is where the 30-06 starts to shine when handloaded, the 30-06 factory ammo has to be downloaded like a few other good rounds eg... the 6.5 swede because of older rifles that cannot take the higher pressure's chambered in these round's
and again l'm not saying the 308 hasn't got a place or will not do the job just not as versatile as the 30-06 when handloaded for hunting
“If you do not read the newspapers you are uninformed. If you do read the newspapers you are misinformed”. Mark Twain