This is CLASSIC! Had a good chuckle reading this, and I share your hatred for all things .277!
Rem 700 Classic 350 Rem Mag
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This is CLASSIC! Had a good chuckle reading this, and I share your hatred for all things .277!
Keep it... too hard to replace and you will regret selling.
I have a Ruger KM77-R MKII Stainless 350 Rem Mag (my third), and have also had two M77-R MKII 350's. I am doing a little work to mine to tweak it's usefulness. It really likes 250 grain Partitions over W748.
I have a Ruger KM77-R MKII Stainless 350 Rem Mag (my third), and have also had two M77-R MKII 350's. I am doing a little work to mine to tweak it's usefulness. It really likes 250 grain Partitions over W748.
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That's kinda interesting, I had an old model 700 BDL in .350 Magnum with the fleur de lis pressed checkering and the narrow forend. It had a true 24" barrel, but the stock should have been bedded before I took it shooting. It wasn't long before there was a crack from the front action screw to midway through the forend checkering, and from the tang back into the pistol grip. Yup, even the pistol grip cracked. So OP, if your rifle has the factory wood stock, and you intend to shoot heavy handloads, I recommend that you pillar and glass bed the stock, and installing cross bolts isn't a bad idea either.
Never could understand all the fuss over the 350RM with the 35Whelen as a better alternative.
The 35Whelen offers the following ........
1. Better selection/availability of factory rifles.
2. Better selection factory ammo.
3. Factory brass is more available.
4. Re-size 30/06 if you want cheap and easy brass.
5. One more round in the mag.
Just sayin'.
The 35Whelen offers the following ........
1. Better selection/availability of factory rifles.
2. Better selection factory ammo.
3. Factory brass is more available.
4. Re-size 30/06 if you want cheap and easy brass.
5. One more round in the mag.
Just sayin'.
Never could understand all the fuss over the 350RM with the 35Whelen as a better alternative.
The 35Whelen offers the following ........
1. Better selection/availability of factory rifles.
2. Better selection factory ammo.
3. Factory brass is more available.
4. Re-size 30/06 if you want cheap and easy brass.
5. One more round in the mag.
Just sayin'.
It's almost the exact same comparison as the 30/06 vs 300RCM.
The 350 has always, from it's introduction been marketed in a short light and very handy little package, with big thump. I believe this is what has kept it alive, if just barely, all these years. The 35 Whelen while ballistically identical is more thought of and available in the 270/30-06 size and class of rifles.......just not as short and handy and balanced as most of the compact rifles the 350 has been marketed in.
You also have to remember the 350 was introduced as a factory cartridge long before the 35 Whelen was finally adopted and SAAMI'd, so it had a leg up on the Whelen with available factory ammo long before the Whelen hit store shelves.
You also have to remember the 350 was introduced as a factory cartridge long before the 35 Whelen was finally adopted and SAAMI'd, so it had a leg up on the Whelen with available factory ammo long before the Whelen hit store shelves.
I agree that the 350 does have a lot more "cool factor" than the Whelen, but I was being pragmatic.
In a short action, I still rather a 358Winchester.
The real answer is to have one of all three.
bingo!
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