Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Express Rifles and Big Bores Only Question for the .400 Whelen Crowd

In this book Elmer Keith 'splained that he fire-formed his brass by hunting rabbits and paper targets with 300-grainers,
then loaded the tougher 350-grainers hot, for elk and such:






Another favorite passage from the book.



And here is that beloved passage from the 1936 THE RIFLEMAN article on the .400 Whelen:

"I like to do all my hunting before I shoot, and the .400 Whelen, an old Sharps Creedmoor .45-120-550,
and two Winchesters in .35 and .405 caliber, are the only rifles I have been able to do this (with) when hunting elk."

Of course Elmer got out a bit more and tried some other rifles after 1936.
Also note that in 1936 Elmer referenced his .400 Whelen rifle by James Howe which he wrote up in an early 1924 article.
But in the 1946 book he recalled he got it in hand in 1925.
The rifle could have been held onto by Howe for a while as a display at his shop,
or Elmer is carefree in dating, +/- one year is OK.