Thanks TX35W. I’m likely going to be waiting awhile before I can get a decent report out, it’s just a matter of the Beijing Biden jackboots approving another one for me. 😁
I’ve wanted a Whelen ever since I read about it as a young kid. I don’t know why I waited so long but I guess I “needed” all the other rifles that are in my rack a little more. I’ve never been needing for medium or big bores but this is my niche rifle. 20” 700 suppressed 35 Whelen for my all around SE AK rifle. I’m looking forward to seeing what the Hybrid will do but it’s “rated” up to an 18” .338 Lapua so I’m not worried about stressing it too much. I won’t be rapid firing….I hope. 😁
You will place zero stress on that can, for sure. 58-60 grains of powder at the end of a fat 20" tube...prob has the same muzzle pressure as a 24-26" 30-06.
Looking forward to hearing how it turns out for you.
I've got 3 suppressed .358 bore rifles, used 9/16x24 threads for all of them. If you go this route instead of 5/8x24 (which requires a bigger muzzle diameter) definitely ask whoever cuts the threads to make the depth of the undercut as shallow as possible, not any deeper than the min thread diameter.
