"your post: 3) Regarding your statement that there is “no shortage of .35 Whelens for sale,” the only CRF factory .35Ws I have seen for sale in current production are the Montana Rifle Co. AVR or V2. I have also seen a few used M77s and Hawkeyes in .35W, but I believe they are now out of production. If you know of other factory CRF .35W rifles for sale that I have not considered, please let me know."
my post: "as I recall reading, the 35 Whelen is not approved for hunting Buffs in Africa, the 9.3x62 is.
as for rifles:
gunsamerica.com has 3 bolt guns w/walnut, CZ, SAKO and Ruger
gunbroker.com has 1 CZ carbine walnut
hinterland.com has 1 CZ rifle walnut"
As for the 9.3 vs the 35, most African PHs prefer the former. Boutique ammo (Buffalo Bore) is not the same as Barnes,Hornady or Norma.
Partition are fine bullets but Barnes are better (again see what PHs suggest)
Barnes also offers a 250 gr bullet that may be pushed to 2600 fps with handloads.
BTW 9.3x62 may be made from 06' cases as Ken Waters demonstrated in his book Pet Loads.
I own two of each plus a 9.3x74 No. 1. think the only reason the whelen exists is that back then 06 cases were easy to come by and metric cartridges were pretty much unknown/disliked.
guess my age is showing. jobs are what we had to get $ to entice the ladies into interesting positions.
