Paul B
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I always enjoy reading threads on the .35 Whelen.  I just took my Remington Classic in .35 Whelen in to my gunsmith's for a trigger job. I haven't been able to get the best from that rifle because the trigger feels like a rat tail file grating against a rasp. Remington should be ashamed of that POS trigger. Even my gunsmith who is a huge Remington fan had some nasty comments on that trigger. I'm thinking that with the slow 1 in 16" twist on that Remington, it should be a decent cast bullet rifle once the trigger is squared away. I have a very nice 270 gr. bullet from a custom mold that duplicated the long gone Lyman #3589, only this one has a slight flat spot on the nose to enhance the splat effect on game. It was part of a group buy from another site and we named it the 3589I, the "I" for improved. Should prove to be intersting as I know where there may be a few feral pigs that my local game warden said should be removed. It's been too hot to hunt around here lately. Yesterday we set a new record high of 93 and it's supposed to do that again today. Usually by this time of year, it's cool enough to cast bullets in comfort. Those pigs are not that far from the house, but the road is so rough that going 15 HPH is way too fast. you'd tar the guts out of a 4x4 in nothing flat. Well, at least the way mine is stiffly sprung. If I did get one, by the time I got it out it would no longer be fit to eat.  I'm not one to waste good game meat so I'll just wait till it cools off, that is if it ever does.
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I'm a .35 Whelen fan as well.
Mine is built on a 1917 Eddystone action. Very strong action and rather simple. (Being a Marine, I like simple.) Had it rebarreled by the Montana Rifleman and mounted a low power scope forward on the barrel in the manner of a scout rifle. That allows me to reload the thing rapidly; if that should be needed.
The barrel is rifled with a one in 12 twist. Initial loads of 250 grain Hornady RNSP bullets and 4895 gave me 1.5 inch groups at 100 yards. Not exactly bench rest groups, but should be minute of moose for my purposes. I keep thinking I'd like to find either 275 or 300 grain bullets for it. Woodleigh makes such a bullet, but they cost over a buck apiece, so I havn't gotten to it yet.
I've yet to try cast bullets, but I like the concept.
Oh, I left the barrel long - muzzle velocities are in the 2500-2600 f/s category.
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That "17" Eddystone has to weigh a short ton.  I had a "17" in 30-06 by Winchester that came to a bad end. My first custom. barrel was cut to 22" and it was full stocked in the Mannlicher style. I let a guy shot it one day at the range and as he had 06 ammo, I let him shoot his rather than my reloads. Nevr again. His ammo was corrosive GI stuff and he did not tell me. Do you know how long it takes corrosive ammo to destroy a barrel when one lives withinn a mile from the ocean in San Francisco? How about overnight. I got home and had to clean up for a hot date (I was 19 at the time) and left cleaning the gun for the next day. Wouldn't have saved the barrel anyway as I didn't know it was corrosive ammo. Needless to say, every time I went to the range, I looked for that guy. I planned on giving him a 1917 suppository.
A while back, I ran into another '17", an Eddystone this time, still in 06 but it had been rebarreled with a two groove barrel. I later learned they'd been refurbished by Remington for guard duty use statside during WW-2. Bore was pretty well shot from corrosive but I bought it anyway for $150. I've thought about having it rebored to either 338-06 or reboring it into another Whelen. Somebody put it into a Bishop stock and it has a neat front sight and an early Redfield receiver sight. The guy that had it made up must have had hands like a gorilla and there's plenty of wood that could stand removal. it's too heavy the way it is now and it could stand a set of wheels. Weight when one is on the wrong side of 70 becomes a bit of a problem.
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Now that you mentioned the enfield actions, which I am a fan, I will start a thread about enfield action options. This 35 whelen has been fun and maybe and enfield thread will be fun.
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