USMA84DAB
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Just to resurrect this post, I have a brace of .35 WAIs.
Brace of .35 WAIs ?Just to resurrect this post, I have a brace of .35 WAIs.
The Coolest thing about owning a 35 Whelen is our secret Hand Shake
I use a Nikon Monarch with ED GlassIm interested in what others are running for glass on there 35 Whelan.
Shootist,Now that just put me over the hump.
RECOIL Question (hopefully from actual experience):
I need to cut back on "perceived" recoil by about 20% compared to my 338 Win Mag (sans brake), to meet my personal threshold. Will the 35 Whelen get me there?
The 338 WM is ~8.5 pounds unloaded. Ammo is TTSX 185s at 2,900 fps (3,452 ft lbs); and 210s at 2,781 fps (3,606 ft lbs). (My perceived recoil difference - with and without muzzle brake - on the 338 WM is about 20%).
Anticaped 35 Whelen load is a 225 grain (NP or A-Frame) at 2,550 fps, (3,249 ft lbs). This would be a bushveld load, btw. Target weight for the scoped 35W is 8.5 to 9 pounds. A 200 gr TTSX at ~2,750fps is also a possible.
Free recoil tables seem to indicate my target could be met, but I've never fired a 35 Whelen.
Shootist,
Forget the brake, you’ll blow your ears out! ...!
CEH
Stock design has a lot to do with felt recoil. My first Whelen was a Rem 700 classic and I felt the recoil. My current one is a Rem700, Lothar barrel 1 in 12 twist in a Boyds stock and is a pussy to shoot.Too late - did that 30 years ago. At age 70, I can't do 338WM recoil.
The purpose of my question was to go to a 35 Whelen (not braked), IF the recoil will be acceptable.
Im interested in what others are running for glass on there 35 Whelan.