Picked up another Whelen

[rjm158]

My wife and I had been in Iowa visiting her family and stopped at a Scheel's sporting goods store on the trip home.

On one rack in the used rifle section I found an immaculate Remington 700 Classic in 35 Whelen but since I already have one it was just eye candy for me. However, down on a bottom rack was a Remington 7600 pump in, you guessed it, also a Whelen! I pondered for a while but it, too, was in great condition (I would rate it 95-98%) so I decided I would bring it home. It doesn't have a scope on it (yet) but did have a Weaver style base and original iron sights.

If things go well and there are no accuracy issues, I may very well have found one of my rifles to be in hand for this deer season.

Ron

 

[DrMike]

That is a great snag, Ron. Congratulations. I've seen several of the 7600s that could really give some enviable groups. I don't recall any that didn't give acceptable accuracy.

 

[SJB358]

Nice grab Ron. I like those 7600's and in a Whelen, that would be very cool. Being from the NE, the 7600 was the rifle to own back when I was a kid. Reliable and accurate. I would have one in a Whelen, just because.

 

[rjm158]

Scotty, after seeing how effective the Whelen/AccuBond combo can be on deer sized animals this past season, I am thinking this would be a gun that would adapt well to timber hunting as well as some open fields. Additionally, I had the opportunity to try mine out on some coyotes and they were impressed too, I think. :lol:

Ron

 

[DrMike]

I had the opportunity to try mine out on some coyotes and they were impressed too, I think. :lol:

Ron

In a survey of coyotes, seven out of ten spoke quite negatively about the Whelen. :grin:

 

[.280 Remington]

Dang you guys and your whelens! Why I need/want one is beyond me!

 

[DrMike]

Dang you guys and your whelens! Why I need/want one is beyond me!

It is so terribly lonely when you're the last one w/o a Whelen. :mrgreen:

 

[rjm158]

In a survey of coyotes, seven out of ten spoke quite negatively about the Whelen. :grin:[/quote]


Mike, mine didn't say anything they just laid there.......and bled.......a LOT :shock:

280, I was much like you figuring why do I need another caliber, etc.? But, I got my first one (after much enabling by Dr. Mike, Scotty, and others) as my birthday present to me. After my oldest stepson whacked a button buck with mine at a lasered 447 yards I realized it was much more than a moderate range cartridge with the appropriate bullets. It is very easy to load for; I tried the Accubonds, Sierra 225's and Hornady Flextip 200's finding ALL would shoot under an inch in my rifle. Imagine what it could do with a LRAB.......just saying :wink:

Ron

 

[DrMike]

280, I was much like you figuring why do I need another caliber, etc.? But, I got my first one (after much enabling by Dr. Mike, Scotty, and others) as my birthday present to me. After my oldest stepson whacked a button buck with mine at a lasered 447 yards I realized it was much more than a moderate range cartridge with the appropriate bullets. It is very easy to load for; I tried the Accubonds, Sierra 225's and Hornady Flextip 200's finding ALL would shoot under an inch in my rifle. Imagine what it could do with a LRAB.......just saying :wink:

Ron

And saying it quite well, I might add. :grin:

 

[tddeangelo]

Mike (280 Rem), the Whelen is calling you. C'mon, you got a 264 coming, get the Whelen and you've got the cool calibers...

:lol:

 

[DrMike]

And the pressure on Mike just keeps mounting. Come on over to the dark side, Mike. Don't resist; give in. :grin:

 

[.280 Remington]

And the pressure on Mike just keeps mounting. Come on over to the dark side, Mike. Don't resist; give in. :grin:

I'm so scope poor right now, it would not behoove me to get another rifle and be deeper in scope poorness.....LOL

 

[tddeangelo]

behoove schmeehoove. You need a Whelen. You know it, we know it. The only question is when you will allow the natural course of events to occur. :twisted:

 

[DrMike]

Tom, I am amazed at your tenacity, to say nothing of your aggressiveness! Go get 'em!

 

[nvbroncrider]

Mike (280 Rem), the Whelen is calling you. C'mon, you got a 264 coming, get the Whelen and you've got the cool calibers...

:lol:

I'm glad no one is harping on me about having the cool calibers. I'd be in trouble. But Tom I think your missing one. Either a 280 or Ackley version!!!

 

[tddeangelo]

Hmmm....

Despite the grief I'll take from 280 Rem, I would agree, the 280 is pretty cool. But Mike (280 Rem) still needs a Whelen. We can't lose focus.

 

[tddeangelo]

Tom, I am amazed at your tenacity, to say nothing of your aggressiveness! Go get 'em!

I learn from the masters.



Also- I know Mike well enough to give him a little grief. He'd do no less for me in return. :lol:

 

[.280 Remington]

Hmmm....

Despite the grief I'll take from 280 Rem, I would agree, the 280 is pretty cool. But Mike (280 Rem) still needs a Whelen. We can't lose focus.

Glad he's trying to redirect for me................................

 

[DrMike]

Well, yes, Tom, the .280 is a necessity in the arsenal of any true rifle crank.

 

[.280 Remington]

Well, yes, Tom, the .280 is a necessity in the arsenal of any true rifle crank.

What the good Doctor said^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ :grin: