.338-06 vs .35 Whelen vs heavy .30-06
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DrMike
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Elkman":1x85fgtl said:
There's a lot of that going around, Bill.
nvbroncrider
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Feelers? I lost them a long time ago. My only feeler might be in the safe or the sock drawer that way I know it can't be hurt or lost.
DrMike
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Out of my price range, however. Still, very nice.
Mighty Peace
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Thanks Sask Boy!!
It is a sweet shooting / looking rifle for sure. I LOVE IT!!
It is a sweet shooting / looking rifle for sure. I LOVE IT!!
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Guy Miner
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Thanks for all the input guys.
For now, the old Winchester rifle remains a .30-06, as it has been for closing in on 100 years, but someday it may shoot a bigger bullet...
Guy
For now, the old Winchester rifle remains a .30-06, as it has been for closing in on 100 years, but someday it may shoot a bigger bullet...
Guy
DrMike
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As I stated, Guy, nothing wrong with a .30-06. It is a proven commodity.
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Guy,
I bought an old Model 70 with a bad bore back in 1987 and it kicked around for years up in Alaska waiting to be turned into a 35 Whelen by old Will Flowler in Anchorage. I spoke to him about it a few times and he was happy to do it. At the time I had both a 30/06 and .338WM so it was on the "back burner". I never did do the project as a friend came along that wanted the pre 64 action for a project. I sold it to him and for years thought about building one. Then I bought a factory Ruger 77 already in 35 Whelen and sold the old .338WM and have never had any regrets .
I actually used to load a 250gr Barnes bullet back in the 1980s they offered at the time, in my 30/06 to keep in my gun when I was packing sheep meat in the Brooks Range and being followed by grizzlys. I never had to kill one but certainly had to shoot NEAR some to get them to leave me alone.......................... it was a theory I had at the time that a big heavy bullet might serve me better at real close quarters if I got into a confrontation with a bear over that sheep meat. From memory I think they were only moving along at something like 2200fps which is a long ways from the 2600 plus fps we now get with the 35 Whelen with 250gr bullets. I guess this is exactly why the 35 Whelen, was so popular up north for years, before it started to catch on down here. I have NOT shot much with my Whelen in the smaller sized game, but I suspect it would be a duplicate of what I had for experences with the .338WM ....................... blowing holes right thru game less than 400 lbs, and wounded animals staggering around . I shot some Caribou and Sheep with my 338, and had the same experance most of the time. I see alot of comments on the internet about shooting deer with the Whelen and while I am sure it would certainly anchor them hit squarely in the shoulder to get the bullet to slow down and expand some, I would expect one shot in the guts or late behind the lungs would be a long choir to track down as the exit hole would be a duplicate of the entrance hole and very very little energy would ever be extended into the animal.
I bought an old Model 70 with a bad bore back in 1987 and it kicked around for years up in Alaska waiting to be turned into a 35 Whelen by old Will Flowler in Anchorage. I spoke to him about it a few times and he was happy to do it. At the time I had both a 30/06 and .338WM so it was on the "back burner". I never did do the project as a friend came along that wanted the pre 64 action for a project. I sold it to him and for years thought about building one. Then I bought a factory Ruger 77 already in 35 Whelen and sold the old .338WM and have never had any regrets .
I actually used to load a 250gr Barnes bullet back in the 1980s they offered at the time, in my 30/06 to keep in my gun when I was packing sheep meat in the Brooks Range and being followed by grizzlys. I never had to kill one but certainly had to shoot NEAR some to get them to leave me alone.......................... it was a theory I had at the time that a big heavy bullet might serve me better at real close quarters if I got into a confrontation with a bear over that sheep meat. From memory I think they were only moving along at something like 2200fps which is a long ways from the 2600 plus fps we now get with the 35 Whelen with 250gr bullets. I guess this is exactly why the 35 Whelen, was so popular up north for years, before it started to catch on down here. I have NOT shot much with my Whelen in the smaller sized game, but I suspect it would be a duplicate of what I had for experences with the .338WM ....................... blowing holes right thru game less than 400 lbs, and wounded animals staggering around . I shot some Caribou and Sheep with my 338, and had the same experance most of the time. I see alot of comments on the internet about shooting deer with the Whelen and while I am sure it would certainly anchor them hit squarely in the shoulder to get the bullet to slow down and expand some, I would expect one shot in the guts or late behind the lungs would be a long choir to track down as the exit hole would be a duplicate of the entrance hole and very very little energy would ever be extended into the animal.
