35 Whelen of 338-06?

Andy said:
"Practicing" with light pistol bullets will not equip you to shoot better groups with the much heavier bullets you'll use for hunting.

You need range time with each bullet.
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You would need to shoot the hunting load and shoot it enough to be good but there is historical proof for the use of gallery loads, this is all you would be doing.

Andy said:
Why the fascination with "properly headstamped cases"?

All I have ever used and will ever use for 35 Whelen (and 9.3X62) is 30-06 brass. Fortunately I'm not an idiot and won't be firing 30-06 in either rifle, and if another person did, they'd just get a quiet "poof" and a wave of embarrassment. If the same person tried to chamber the 35 Whelen in a 30-06, they couldn't.

To me, it's a non-issue.
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Personal preference, no other reason. Seeing that you would need to get brass anyway, you could buy brass of unknown age from someone on CGN, buy 30-06 loaded ammo at $1.50-2 a pop then shoot them to get brass, buy 30-06 headstamped new brass at the same price as 35 Whelen brass or just buy 35 Whelen brass.

You can use your headstamps to help with loads as well. Maybe you take your 35 Whelen brass for for powered loads, 30-06 sized up to 35 Whelen for loads at 35 Remington power and maybe 270 brass sized up for pistol bullet loads, there are some issues with headspace after a couple loadings.
 
I don't think so, I think it's an issue if you go to Africa (maybe other countries as well, the headstamp much match the rifle caliber.

35Wailin said:
I agree, Andy. No possible way to chamber a Whelen into a .270, .30-06 or even .338/06.

Are there certain provinces where ypu must have proper headstamped ammo? Seems to be a federal jurisdiction to me.
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Unless you reload or plan to reload, don’t think of the 338-06. But if you do, the range of bullet choices keeps growing. And if you cast, you can shoot (as we say in Newfoundland) “towzins n towzins” at 10 cents a shot. Mind you, that 10 cent cost applies to any calibre but my point is to demonstrate that, for some people, this cartridge is suitable for plinking, hunting small game with subsonic loads, hunting deer size game with cast bullets, and any big game with so many choices of commercially available bullets from 160 grains and up.

I own a 338-06 and plink 145 grain SWCs, which I can also use on small game while sitting for big game. Last fall, I took a lovely deer @ 60 yards with a 225 grain HP cast. Nice clean kill.
 
Andy said:
Why the fascination with "properly headstamped cases"?

All I have ever used and will ever use for 35 Whelen (and 9.3X62) is 30-06 brass. Fortunately I'm not an idiot and won't be firing 30-06 in either rifle, and if another person did, they'd just get a quiet "poof" and a wave of embarrassment. If the same person tried to chamber the 35 Whelen in a 30-06, they couldn't.

To me, it's a non-issue.
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Ditto fer me. I’ve even made 308 Win brass from 30-06. I never buy brass.
 
i have both. a custom rem in 338 06 and a rem classic in 35wheelen. if i could only have one it would be the 338 but i don't like to have to make a choice. also have a 338 fed and it seems to do what the other two do. hard to notice much of a difference in the field. mostly form mine from 30 06 cause i have lots but also have proper head stamped brass.
 
Was in same situation a few years back. Went with 338/06 in BSA action. A week later got deal on new T3 338 federal (collecting dust). T3 is lighter but prefer BSA.
As far as Brass make your own from 30-06. Or call Jerry at Mystic. He sourced me 2 boxes of NORMA 338/06 a few years back. If you look around you can also find weatherby 338/06 brass.
 
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