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One of the reasons for the 35 Whelen, a tool good for nearly every job, you only need one...

I bought a new Browning-made 71. I worked the action 1000 times and now have a smooth and easy lever. Another great old cartridge/gun combo.... my Father had a Winchester in 1941, killed a big muley south of Prairie City in Oregon that year... 198 pounds of packaged meat. He loved the rifle, a...

I asked Wayne York at Oregunsmithing to re-bore my Dad's .30-06 Springfield to 35 Whelen. Turns out the machine he uses came out of P.O. Ackley's shop. I have actually touched it..

True Bob, but the minute you say that your next bear will be the one that takes two to the brain and your guide's rifle-ful of 458 before, hopefully, dropping dead at your feet!

Yes for a given effective pressure, more force is exerted on the larger diameter bullet, giving it greater acceleration in the barrel & therefore more muzzle velocity. All other things being equal...

All true. But 2400 to 2700 250 gr bullet is good enough for damn near anything. Unless you shoot at 500 yards. In which case, sneak in a little closer.... a 35 Whelen is a lovely companion, a 375 Weatherby, impressive though it is, never will be... Remember anything that's gonna get you must...

Completely agree, 250 HotCor. But I have a part of a box of Remington 250 CoreLokt at 2400. Very pleasant to shoot and a deadly round. Some might call it pedestrian. Some might call the 35 Whelen pedestrian. I don't mind walking.

Nice rifle. You can use .30-06 stripper clips loaded with 35 Whelen in it if you need more rounds, given that they didn't grind off the lugs... 8mm Mauser clips work as well, and are much better made.

I have one, a re-bored Weatherby Custom Safari (old one with the fancy checkering and quarter-bridge). A delight.

Nice rifle. Have wanted an older one since 1958. I'd take an 06 but wld prefer a 35 Whelen.

All honor to your Father for his courageous service. That broom handle pistol is what Churchill carried in the battle of Omdurman. He credited it's quick reloads with saving his life. I always wanted an FN FAL but the timing never worked. I ended up with an M17 S from K&M in Arizona - a...

George Fraser, an excellent English author, wrote of his experiences during WWII in Burma, where he'd been issued an SMLE and grew to love it in combat, as did most of his squad members. Some heroic action caused him to be promoted, and along with that responsibility came a US issued Tommy Gun...

Agree on speed and availability. But manifestly disagree on the shooting ergonomics issue. I find the Mark V stock to be an absolute delight if shooting with a scope. Rifles designed for iron sights tend to have a lot more drop at the butt, tend to accentuate felt recoil for medium...

Thanks for teaching me a new word: veneur! I have a 340 Weatherby and a 330 Dakota - the rifles are much different by the exterior ballistics are about the same. I really like the cartridges, prefer to the 300 mags. The 338 Winchester is absolutely good enough, more available, and cheaper in...