Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Elk Hunting Help me decide - 35 Whelen, 9.3x62 or350 Rem Mag??

As never having owned or shot any of the above mentioned cartridges, my uneducated “opinion” would be......35 Whelen! Just because! memtb

You nailed it, 35 Whelen. Lots of folks are into the 9.3 craze just so they can be "continental" but the Whelen just makes life simpler.

Dunno? But of those three cartridges, I’ve only taken an elk with the 9.3 x 62. With S&B factory ammo



(I’ve killed two other elk with another .35 calibre ctg. The .35 WCF).

Nice elk kaywoodie! And the 35 Winchester is a cool round.

Would also consider a trade/partial trade for another rifle in 35 Whelen, 358 Win, or a Marlin 336 in 35 Rem (for my son). I can add $ for the right one. I'm kinda into any big bores really - whatcha got??

I would refer you to a thread I started in June of '16:

.35 Whelen Rifle Question

There's a lot of good information on the Whelen in this thread.

- High_Noon

they are all basically the same....Just with a different headstamp. Either, Or, Don't matter.

Everything in that picture is beautiful and perfect! Looks like you have yourself and old Husvarna. Very nice. That's the same action that was the donner for my 35 WAI, but my Husky started out as a 30-06.

This is a great thread because there are no wrong answers. I still vote for the Whelen if 250 grain is the highest desired bullet weight, but by all means get your "Continental" on if you want one of those metric things...
I hear they can kill stuff too.

Thank you TRex. That was one of my most memorable hunts! 2010. Second rifle Colorado. Yes sir, old Husqvarna 146. Very nice bore. It started out as. 9.3 x 57. And one slow day at the shop a coworker and I took a brand new chamber reamer and in a couple of hours I had me a new 9.3x 62. I’ve taken elk, nilgai, deer, and hogs with it.

I enjoy hunting elk with a wide eclectic choice of firearms. Old son and I decided just yesterday that we are going to head up to the family ranch in Colorado for first rifle. This year I’ll probably take my other Husqvarna 146 still in 9.3 x 57 and my .62 custom flintlock Jäger rifle. We’ll see what happens!

Edit
I think old son is taking a BLR in .358 Win he picked up used this past summer. And maybe his Shiloh Sharps.

The ol’ .35 is a bit dated. But I do love my 1895’s. Old son worked up a really nice load using old Hornady 200 gn RN and IMR 4064. Very easy on my bad right shoulder. Was able to take a very nice cow with it last year, (trotting shot) at about 35-40 yards in the light timber.

Oops, wrong thread...🙄

I guess I’ll be the odd man out, and toss in my vote for the 350 Rem Mag. Someone has to defend its honor! I love mine, and brass and Ammo can be found if you’re patient. I’ve got a couple hundred rounds of Remington 200gr factory Ammo, and about 400pc of new RP brass. So I’m set for life. My rifle is a 700 classic that I bedded into a 1st gen 700 titanium stock. It’s got a shilen trigger, and wears a Kahles 1.5-6x42 scope. It’ll shoot 225gr partitions into 3/4 of an inch at 2675fps, Speer 220gr hotcores and 200gr ftx into under 3/4. And I’ve never run into anyone around here that has one, or even knows what it is. That’s the most appealing aspect of it to me, it’s not something everyone has, and it knocks the snot out of critters. Obviously it won’t do anything the other two won’t do just as well. But I think it has the edge in “cool factor”.

Borden811 et. al.
Though I have cast my vote for the Whelen in this fun discussion, like I said, there's really no wrong answer. So, in defense of the "hard to find brass" argument against the 350 RM, can't you just make brass out of any belted case, just by running it into the die and then cutting to length (maybe not necessarily in that order). I would think .338 WM would be good to start. I reckon you might have to turn the necks afterward if they got too thick, but otherwise I can't see why brass wouldn't be easy to make.

Cheers,
Rex

The 350M I had (also a Classic) shot very well with the 200-225 bullets that I played with. I can't say it wasn't a fine round, because it is. It took me awhile too to find brass, etc, but its out there. If one "likes" the idea/looks of it, it certainly is in the company of dragon slayers!

This is very true!!!

Me too!

I believe they have a die just for that purpose, and 7mm rem mag, 300 win, etc. will work. Not entirely sure, as I’ve never had a need to go that route, so never looked into it.

I had in itch for a thumper. went with 9.3 as I figured If I ever do a safari. It’s a proven killing machine and the lighter loads in the 9.3 Are the heavy loads for 35w.
Unfortunately I came to the conclusion that I’m a little recoil shy with the bigger bores.
So now I’m down sizing
For what it’s worth , I’m Selling my sauer 100 here on the fire

If I didn't have a 375 H&H I would be getting a 9.3x62, hands down. And if I could bring myself to get rid of my Whitworth I would probably ditch of it in favor of a 9.3.

I'm definitely leaning towards a 358 Win or a Whelen at this point. I don't doubt that I'll have them all at some point - I'm kinda weak like that...