My Whelen draws first blood

[SJB358]

Only way to improve on the Whelen is is make it a 338-06 or AI version... :mrgreen:

Man, it's ashame to see age hit you Joel like this... :twisted:

HA...you Whelen guys are way too easy :lol: . The old '06 does make some nice derivitives!

You aren't kidding Joel. A guy wouldn't do too bad with a bunch of 06 based rifles!

 

[sask boy]

Joel that might be the only good thing about a 06 is that you can make it something a whole
lot better
If you have the 35 Whelen and the 270 win you have everything covered in North America :mrgreen:
As my friend gerry says one Whelen at a time :wink:

Blessings,
Dan

 

[rjm158]

I think the one characteristic of the Whelen round that amazes me the most is the on-target energy it can produce, from a non-magnum case without a huge amount of powder being burned. Accuracy is normally reported to be very good to excellent as well.

I have not had the opportunity to chrony my loads but I plugged my estimates into the ballistic program on my computer and the numbers are astounding.

Ron

 

[orchemo]

Sask boy

Seems the mate for the 35 Whelen is the 280 Rem. Something not quite as "mainstream" as the 270 to pair with the mystic of the Whelen

 

[sask boy]

orchemo, I believe you are right I would love a 280 with 2 letters behind it AI :mrgreen:
I believe then the world would be right for me anyways :roll:

Blessings,
Dan

 

[Oldtrader3]

I wonder if you need the AI after the .280 Rem. I was getting 3000 fps with the regular .280 Rem case and the 160 Partition with no pressure signs. That is about what I get with my 7mm Rem Mag and no AI to boot.

 

[SJB358]

Be a nice pair to have and you would always have a good back up. Probably have some extra money for hunting too!