Reloading for the .35 Whelen.

[Adam Helmer]

Larry,

Thanks for the memories. The .35 Whelen can, and will, take anything on this continent with a heartbeat! The Lyman Reloading Handbook says it is the best alternative up to a .416, and you do not have the nonsense BELT that was put on the 7MM Remington Magnum and other mid-bore calibers that had no NEED for a belt!

A Belt was merely a cosmetic addition that was SEARCHING for a NEED! I chatted about that with Remington back in the early 1980s and their chief of ballistics admitted as much. Since there was NO BELT on a .50 Caliber Browning, why was a belt needed on a 7MM RM? Cosmetics and the gun owners assumed they were in "HOT" Territory? NAH, the BELT was a needless addition that the .35 Whelen proved as unneeded. It took since 1925, when the Whelen evolved, to get that point across and now all the NEW RUMS are BELTLESS. DUH! I wonder why there are NO Belts now?

Adam