35 Whelen ?

[BK]

Really? It seems like the, ahh, more 'mature' Marines around here are just as likely to be gun-buying enabler troublemakers as the younger ones...

And thank God for that...

 

[longrangehunter]

Man you guys and the Whelen..................................

Mike,

I also have to smile when I realize that my grandfather was using a caliber with a tad bit more ballistically speaking, but similar to the 35 Whelen, 17 years before the Colonel got around to developing the 35.

While the caliber my grandfather, father, and now myself, was and is using in Europe and Africa, stayed popular from the outset in 1905 and is still a very popular round, the 35 Whelen was listed as a wildcat until 1988. Bullets are readily available for the 9.3 x 62 Mauser in Africa and Europe, but even today it is not easy to find any 35 Whelen cartridges in the interior of Africa. Maybe it is like a man eyeing the new woman who just moved in up the block from where he lives. She cant do anything his wife cant do, maybe not even as much, but she is "new" lol

Like Aleena, I believe that when you go abroad..... make sure you'll be able to find ammo if by chance your hand loads or ammo get loss in the shuffle alone the way! Hence why I use a 30-06 or a 458 Lott when overseas, even my Lott will shot the standard 458 WM in its chamber. The 30-06 is available everywhere! My love for the Whelen was long before Remington legitimized it, but since I was living in America that was the cartridge I wanted to use, but the Mauser 9.3x62 is the cartridge for any big game in the African Continent. Had I not already owned a Whelen, the Mauser would sit in its place!

 

[alaska100]

Man you guys and the Whelen..................................

Mike,

I also have to smile when I realize that my grandfather was using a caliber with a tad bit more ballistically speaking, but similar to the 35 Whelen, 17 years before the Colonel got around to developing the 35.

While the caliber my grandfather, father, and now myself, was and is using in Europe and Africa, stayed popular from the outset in 1905 and is still a very popular round, the 35 Whelen was listed as a wildcat until 1988. Bullets are readily available for the 9.3 x 62 Mauser in Africa and Europe, but even today it is not easy to find any 35 Whelen cartridges in the interior of Africa. Maybe it is like a man eyeing the new woman who just moved in up the block from where he lives. She cant do anything his wife cant do, maybe not even as much, but she is "new" lol

Like Aleena, I believe that when you go abroad..... make sure you'll be able to find ammo if by chance your hand loads or ammo get loss in the shuffle alone the way! Hence why I use a 30-06 or a 458 Lott when overseas, even my Lott will shot the standard 458 WM in its chamber. The 30-06 is available everywhere! My love for the Whelen was long before Remington legitimized it, but since I was living in America that was the cartridge I wanted to use, but the Mauser 9.3x62 is the cartridge for any big game in the African Continent. Had I not already owned a Whelen, the Mauser would sit in its place!

Cole, I agree. When I was working on my first trip to Africa, I zeroed in on a 375 H & H, which I bought and took with no regrets. However, if I lived there and hunted there often, I would probably have a 9.3 x 64 instead of the 375 and definitely a 9.3 x 62. Very popular calibers in Africa and Europe and very nice calibers to own and use.

 

[tjen]

The 35 whelen and the 270win are two great American Classic cartridges.
And with thease two you can hunt any thing in North America.

And I have both :grin:

 

[gerry]

The 35 whelen and the 270win are two great American Classic cartridges.
And with thease two you can hunt any thing in North America.

And I have both :grin:

That is definitely true, we are going to add a 270 Win but have had a lot of bills lately so it has been delayed.

 

[Guy Miner]

The 35 whelen and the 270win are two great American Classic cartridges.
And with thease two you can hunt any thing in North America.

And I have both :grin:

Or you could just get a .30-06 and hunt anything in North America... :grin:

Guy

 

[SJB358]

Wow, I gotta say the 9.3x62 is a very cool cartridge as well. I am sure between the two of them, they'd get a whole lotta work done. I'm a huge fan of the Whelen, since I've used mine quite a lot. Like Jim said, it's a solid 400 yard elk rifle if you learn it. The 9.3 seems about the same.

I'd like to have a 9.3. The 286 PTs seem real good and the BC on the 250 AB makes me pretty jealous that I don't have one for my 35's. Ah well, I've got the Newton to work with. That could be another favorite, that's just about as old as the 9.3x62. Plus, it has a little more steam then both of them.

 

[truck driver]

Any one using Nosler brass for their Whelen loads?

 

[tddeangelo]

I went with Hornady brass for my Whelen. It was about half the cost of Nosler. It also was a fair bit of work to prep. Case mouths were horrible, but it cleaned up well enough. I think it's around $35-$40 for 50 pieces.

That said, I switched from Hornady brass in my 30-06 to Nosler and it may be slightly less accurate using the load developed in the Hornday brass in Nosler stuff, but it still gave me MOA to 300 yards. I did weigh the case capacity of both brands. I figured I'd run QL on both and see if I can find where I get the same pressure/barrel timing from the Nosler brass, adjust charges accordingly, and I bet they shoot just the same. I can't honestly say there's even much difference, other than Hornady brass turned in 1.3" at 200 and Nosler brass gave 3.2" at 300. But again, there was no redevelopment of the load. I just made some of the same load in both and shot to see if there was much change. Since it hit where expected at 300 and grouped at MOA, I didn't mess with it. Lol

 

[gerry]

I have only used R-P cases so far, but I just got word yesterday that my Norma cases have just come in. Going to give them a whirl sometime this winter.

 

[SJB358]

I have a ton of RP Whelen brass. Can't wear it out and it shoots really well wen prepped. It's the only RP stuff I use but so far I haven't had an issue.

 

[DrMike]

I have Norma and Nosler brass to work up this winter. Another project for the long nights.