7600 Pump 35whelen/358 win?

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Awhile back there was a topic about the pump being chambered in 358 win? any truth? and will the 35 whelen ever hit the shelves again? Thanks kindly,
 
the 7600 pump came in the 35whelen but at this point remington has no plans to re release it on the NA market so i was told. although there might be a special run for grices or something like that
 
I bad. You're correct, the 750's a semi. Is a shame, though. Great caliber. (Seems to be some error in modern thinking as to who actually invented it). The .35 Whelen, the .338-06 and the 8mm-06 are fascinating cartridges. Better in many ways than the parent 06 and sort of defy explanations as to why they're so efficient with the heavier bullets. Chub Eastman described the .35 Whelen and the 338-06 as being "superb" - good enough for me.
 
sbtennex said:
I bad. You're correct, the 750's a semi. Is a shame, though. Great caliber. (Seems to be some error in modern thinking as to who actually invented it). The .35 Whelen, the .338-06 and the 8mm-06 are fascinating cartridges. Better in many ways than the parent 06 and sort of defy explanations as to why they're so efficient with the heavier bullets. Chub Eastman described the .35 Whelen and the 338-06 as being "superb" - good enough for me.
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I thought it was developed by Griffin & Howe. Who do you think deserves the credit?
 
From what research I've been able to pull together, there is some consensus that the 35 Whelen and 400 Whelen were concieved by the late Col. Townsend Whelen in 1922 ( 2 years after A.O. Niedner's 25-06 and a full year before the .270 ) ... and the first rifle in this "widcat" caliber was reportedly built for him by his cronies at Griffin & Howe.

The 7600 was first chambered for the 35 Whelen in 1988, and discontinued some number of years later, but I don't see any reference to the 7600's in 358 Win. Over the years, Grice Wholesale ( a large Pennsylvania concern) has commissioned Remington to build various "Special Run" firearms, including 7600's in 6mm Rem., 25-06, 7mm-o8, 280 Rem, 300 Savage, 35 Rem. and 35 Whelen, just to name a few, but again, no reference to any in 358 Win.
The last Special Run of 35 Whelen's I saw were in a Carbine version ... Epps had a few a year or so ago ... now long sold-out. "Whelen B" picked one of the last ones up as I recall.
 
Keep your eyes peeled, one will show up eventually in a 7600 whelen, and they usually come in a bunch. I've got a 7600, I found it in a shop in Sask new in the box, I think my phone bill on the calls I made was around $40, and everyone laughed when I asked, but hey I got what I want. Start doing some leg work.
 
"Whelen B" picked one of the last ones up as I recall.
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Your long term memory is still hittin on all cylinders. To quote a hunting buddy when he first saw me carrying it in the bush - "It's a very sensible, practical gun". Why yes it is.
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While you guys were sleeping the other night, there came a good opportunity here on CGN to buy a 7600 in 35Whelen.

I love working nights. :D




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1899 said:
My books say it was James Howe.
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The .35 Whelen was originally developed in 1922 as a wildcat cartridge by Col. Townsend Whelen, and built by gunsmith James V. Howe (later of Griffin & Howe). At the time Colonel Townsend Whelen was the commanding officer of the Frankford Arsenal, and James V. Howe was a toolmaker in the same establishment.

The 1923 issue of 'The American Rifleman' Colonel Whelen referred to it as "the first cartridge that I designed" and in that same article stated that, "Mr. James V. Howe undertook this work of making dies, reamers, chambering tools, and of chambering the rifles, all in accordance with my design."

From the horse's mouth .... captured in print.

Who's right ... who knows ?
 
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