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I just picked up a 7600 to send out to JES to get it bored out to a .35W.
I'm excited.
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None of us have bought reloading supplies before the rifle, have we?  Guilty as charged over here too. I got a screaming closeout deal on a pile of 9.3x62 components so off went a 1934 vintage '03 Springfield sporter to JES to become a 9.3x62. It's now back and shooting great so far. In the same deal I scored 400 Jamison .256 Newton cases. I've since acquired a set of custom dies (already had plenty of 6.5mm bullets on hand). I still have to pick the donner rifle for this one. I was kicking around a .256 Newton build with a buddy about 30 years ago, but never got around to it. Better late than never, I suppose. Cheers, Rex
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Just get both and enjoy. I will never sell my .338-06. Accurate, easy to load, and will kill anything you aim it at
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I won't go from 308 bullets to 338. I want more medium so I would go for the extra 0.050". Or just go on up to 400 Whelen with 0.458" shoulder. It seems silly to go to 338 but the 8x57 has been rechambered to 8mm-06 and seems to get a bit more oomph. Be Well, Rustyzipper.
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I’ve killed about a dozen moose with the Whelen and 250 gr. Speer Hot Cors (MV ~2500 fps) at ranges from about 50 to 250 yards. None took more than 3 or 4 wobbly steps before cratering. Would a 338/06 do the same? Probably.
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None of us have bought reloading supplies before the rifle, have we? On my reloading bench right now I have 50 pieces of new Hornady .35 Whelen brass, my press is set up with Hornady Whelen dies, about 125 pieces of .30-06 brass have been resized to .35 Whelen, there are several boxes of .35 rifle bullets and a pound of Power Pro 2000 MR. I currently do not own any rifle chambered in .35 much less a 35 Whelen.  Laughing... I have .284, .358 Win and 416 Rem Mag brass. Have no rifles in those calibers. OP, if you were hoping for a consensus this thread has not helped. Which caliber scratches the bigger itch? You can always add the other later.
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None of us have bought reloading supplies before the rifle, have we? On my reloading bench right now I have 50 pieces of new Hornady .35 Whelen brass, my press is set up with Hornady Whelen dies, about 125 pieces of .30-06 brass have been resized to .35 Whelen, there are several boxes of .35 rifle bullets and a pound of Power Pro 2000 MR. I currently do not own any rifle chambered in .35 much less a 35 Whelen. Laughing... I have .284, .358 Win and 416 Rem Mag brass. Have no rifles in those calibers. OP, if you were hoping for a consensus this thread has not helped. Which caliber scratches the bigger itch? You can always add the other later. They all scratch a big itch because I’m a gun looney 😂. Can never have to many guns. 😜
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I rather like my 375 Whelen. I shoot nothing but hard cast bullets using the same loading data I found for the 35 Whelen with the same bullet weight. The rifle has never had a jacketed bullet put down the barrel
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I rather like my 375 Whelen. I shoot nothing but hard cast bullets using the same loading data I found for the 35 Whelen with the same bullet weight. The rifle has never had a jacketed bullet put down the barrel What kind of velocity are you getting with your 375 whelen? Also any kills with it?
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I rather like my 375 Whelen. I shoot nothing but hard cast bullets using the same loading data I found for the 35 Whelen with the same bullet weight. The rifle has never had a jacketed bullet put down the barrel What kind of velocity are you getting with your 375 whelen? Also any kills with it? I have no idea of the velocity, basically, a case full IMR 4064, a 265-grain cast bullet from a RCBS two-cavity mold, sized 378, using LBT lube. I hit the deer as he ran up the hill from me. The bullet smashed the spine and I'm guessing that bullet sent such a shock up his spine that he dropped right there. He was dead when got up to him. A hunting buddy used a 375 Whelen on elk in Colorado with one of my cast bullets and smashed the front shoulder and broke the leg bone on the other side. The bullet kept on trucking. If you go after larger game there is a 300-grain bullet. I'd this bullet would be equally deadly.
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None of us have bought reloading supplies before the rifle, have we? Guilty as charged over here too. I got a screaming closeout deal on a pile of 9.3x62 components so off went a 1934 vintage '03 Springfield sporter to JES to become a 9.3x62. It's now back and shooting great so far. In the same deal I scored 400 Jamison .256 Newton cases. I've since acquired a set of custom dies (already had plenty of 6.5mm bullets on hand). I still have to pick the donner rifle for this one. I was kicking around a .256 Newton build with a buddy about 30 years ago, but never got around to it. Better late than never, I suppose. Cheers, Rex And... did it again: I've had a .375 H&H-length Mark X Whitworth action sitting in the closet for 20 years. Just the other day I scored a NOS Douglas M-98 threaded, short-chambered 375 H&H barrel for $100 shipped. I immediately hit SPS for 200 300 grain Partition Blems and I have 100 cases coming in the mail. No telling when I'll ever get the rifle made, but I'll have ammo ready when I do!! Cheers, Rex
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Either one with the right load, is a really good all around Alaskan cartridge.
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