Who's still making 35 Whelen's

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I know Remington used to have them in the 7600 and nice looking 700 CDLs but does not seem to make them anymore ? Cooper and Nosler chambers rifles in this cartridge? Anyone else ? I guess one can always pick a Remington up from gun broker if you are willing to get it imported through a broker.

Seems like an interesting cartridge although I'm tapped out for funds immediately.
 
If you are broke and want a Whelen then look at the H&R Handi rifle, break action single... Ellwood Epps has them in stock for around $300, and I believe that they have the Mossy Oak synthetic stock version available... I love mine... It is a very nice carry with good accuracy... The Whelen is a fun cartridge... It is also a very effective cartridge. My two favorite Handi Whelen loads are;

Full; Hornady 200 IL-SP, 57.0/Varget, Win/W-LR Mag, 3.400”
Full; Nosler 225 AB, 57.0/H4895, Win/W-LR Mag, 3.450"

NOTE; The COL on these loads is a little over length for some bolt actions... And always... Work up to them. Good luck.
 
Seems like the Remingtons only come around every once in a while. On another note, I saw a 336 Marlin in 35 Remington at Wholesale. Almost bought it but the checkering was fudged up on the pistol grip. Had visions of Remlins dancing in my head.
 
Just about every gunsmith who has built a .35 Whelen in the past, has a reamer and can do it again... you don't need to buy a factory rifle to get a .35 Whelen.. or a .338-006 for that matter...
 
Guntech is right; 550 dollar Remington 700 off the EE then a 500 dollar rebarreled 35 Whelen and your in.
Its a great cartridge ballistically especially now that we have RL15 and TAC as options. Good old 4895 and 4064 are great but these other two make 200gr bullets reach 3000fps and 225's reach 2800.
Certain 250's have no problem reaching 2600fps in 24" barrels with those powders either. I am a convert to the .358 clan.
That all said, add Forbes to your list. They make the 24B in .35 Whelen.
 
I ordered a cooper classic from prophet river last fall in 35 Whelen. A little more $ than a re barrel 700 but Im very pleased with it. I unfortunately wasn't able to take any game with it this fall. I didn't get to do allot of load testing with it this summer as bullets were difficult to find. I had good results with trail boss and 158 gr hornady xtp for reduced small game loads. I shot some 225 gr accubonds with decent results but I was far from having a good load. I managed to get some 250gr partitions and interlocks initial testing seems promising accuracy wise, chrony was a bit disapointing. I've got more work to do on the 250s. I was using rl15 for the 225 + 250 gr
 
"...when I had the cash..." There's a lot of stuff like that. The BAR I almost and should have spent the money on, for example. That'd be an LMG.
 
hoytcanon said:
If you are broke and want a Whelen then look at the H&R Handi rifle, break action single... Ellwood Epps has them in stock for around $300, and I believe that they have the Mossy Oak synthetic stock version available... I love mine... It is a very nice carry with good accuracy... The Whelen is a fun cartridge... It is also a very effective cartridge.
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What's the recoil like with this cartridge in a handy rifle?
 
357_fan said:
I've wanted a Whelen for years but couldn't find what I was looking for when I had the cash. I ended up "settling" for a 9.3x62 Husqvarna.
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9.3mauser said:
A 9.3 Husky ain't "settlin", it's steppin' up.
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I think that's why he put "settling" in quotes...

c-fbmi said:
Hey guys, I got the best accuracy and velocity from my 700 Classic using 4320 and 250 parts.
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"YOU" got the best accuracy or your imported reloading team got the best accuracy... just wondering???

Calum said:
What's the recoil like with this cartridge in a handy rifle?
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I don't find the recoil any more objectionable than the .30/06 with 180's or 200's... I have mine in a Boyd's thumbhole stock which can help take some of the zip off recoil.
 
I picked up a left hand Sako AV re-barreled in .35 Whelen a few years ago. I also have my 7600 pump. Fortunately, both rifles really like the same load: a stout load of RL15 (over max in some manuals) behind a 250 grain Hornady round nose. I have tried lesser charges, but they don't group as well. The Sako will print all holes touching at a hundred and the pump puts them in tight clover leafs. The load was obtained from another member who has his own website and has done considerable load work with the .35 Whelen and other .35 calibre rifles.

I agree with the assertion that it may well be cheaper to obtain a re-barreled or re-bored rifle over a new manufacture.
 
forbs rifles makes a lightweight 35 whelan and could maybe purchased from prophet river ( in above dealer)
this one would be a nice rifle.
keith
 
I have a Cooper in 280AI coming in from Prophet River some day soon so this is definitely something for next year. I'm planning a moose hunt for next year so it would be a good rifle; not that my 30-06 or 280AI won't be more than adequate. Just don't tell my wife that I need a different rifle for different game.

I'd like to so it with less outlay than the Cooper though.

Never owned a Remington. Some people say quality control has been poor recently. This something I should be concerned about if I re barrel?

Guessing it is a 30-06 I should be purchasing that would be re-barreled up to 35 Whelen?

A Tikka might be another one I could consider having re-barreled.
 
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