remington 700, 35 whelan
remington 700, 35 whelan
new guy here, I have a model 700 chambered for 35 whelan in excellant condition that I got 15 years ago at a pawn shop. It seems to be a fairly rare cal., any ideas where to find info for it?
35 Whelen 700 Remington made in: 1988 – 2003, 2005; 1988 Classic; 2004 - now Custom Shop only.
It may be a little different but I don't think it's different enough to bring a premium if you were to sell it. Unless it's a Classic model or one from the custom shop. The whelan is the balistic equivilant to the 350 rem mag. It's made from a necked up 30-06
.35 Whelan
Notes: There is some controversy as to whether Colonel Townsend Whelan actually was involved in the creation of this round, or James Howe simply named the round after Colonel Whelan, who was a noted gun authority at the time. It began as a wildcat round that was simply a necked up .30-06 Springfield round, without any other significant changes. Ackley later improved the round, changing the case to eliminate headspace problems, underpowering in the propellant charge, and poor ballistics. Though Remington chose to manufacture the earlier, inferior version in 1987, they later switched to the improved version in 1988 and put it into production. The .35 Whelan is good for hunting game on the smallish-side of medium up to large North American game, and is easily handloaded.
some loads here:
http://www.handloads.com/loaddata/defau ... er&Source=
HTH
Dave
It may be a little different but I don't think it's different enough to bring a premium if you were to sell it. Unless it's a Classic model or one from the custom shop. The whelan is the balistic equivilant to the 350 rem mag. It's made from a necked up 30-06
.35 Whelan
Notes: There is some controversy as to whether Colonel Townsend Whelan actually was involved in the creation of this round, or James Howe simply named the round after Colonel Whelan, who was a noted gun authority at the time. It began as a wildcat round that was simply a necked up .30-06 Springfield round, without any other significant changes. Ackley later improved the round, changing the case to eliminate headspace problems, underpowering in the propellant charge, and poor ballistics. Though Remington chose to manufacture the earlier, inferior version in 1987, they later switched to the improved version in 1988 and put it into production. The .35 Whelan is good for hunting game on the smallish-side of medium up to large North American game, and is easily handloaded.
some loads here:
http://www.handloads.com/loaddata/defau ... er&Source=
HTH
Dave