Originally Posted by Riflecrank
Back to Whelens:

A factory Ruger M77 Hawkeye .35 Whelen weighed 7.0 pounds out of the box,
with 22" barrel of only 0.560" muzzle diameter (OH MY ! ):

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That M77 Hawkeye was re-barreled to .400 Whelen (Petrov-G&H-JGS)
with a Shilen No. 5 sporter of 23.6" length and 0.725" muzzle diameter.
It weighed 7 lbs 14 oz in the factory walnut stock, slick-barreled/bare/dry/empty.
I let the gunsmith keep that .35-cal take-off barrel. I never fired the rifle as .35 Whelen, before the re-barrel to .400 Whelen.


A were i contemplating a build or on the fence about a purchase, i'd be trying like hell to send Sir Ron a check for this 400 Whelen, what a beautiful clean rifle, just look at that thing lying there, Damn!

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