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Bumping this thread. It got me thinking of a new project. The only thing I would do a little differently would be adding iron sights to it. Only because of what I prefer for tracking and stalking. You’d have to silver solder one on that barrel but it’s truly an ideal rig for tracking and stalking deer and bear hunting in the big woods. I thought my Whelen was ideal but damn, that’s about perfect.

Find yourself a 760 or 7600 Brinky and have JES run his magical rifler thru it. Fast and quick handling and a couple shots on tap should you not have the first touchdown just right.

Those pumps can be rare like hen’s teeth. And, when you do find them you pay top dollar. Hal Bloods crew had did a run in 35 Whelen a couple years back but good luck getting one of those. In my experience tracking I find you’ll get one good shot off immediately and then your next best will be after about 50-75 yards sometimes they’ll slow and look back. Outside of that you best make the first one count. A smooth clean handling 700/7 short action is likely as good as anything. I know those 760/7600 are the rifles of choice and are solid and accurate performers but can be damn hard to come by in decent shape and then you’ll pay through the nose. I’d definitely love to have one though either long or short to put a :35 bore in.

Though I didn’t spec it, it would be one hellava tough blueprint to beat…

Several guys around here back in the day had Leroy wiesner transform 740/742/7400 into whelen’s, know a couple Ol gristles thst still run em. 👍

Very doable and Remington did a run of 7600 35Whelens for Big Woods Bucks which is Hal Bloods crew up in Maine. Just 100 and I’m sure they get a premium. Always thought a 35 Whelen or 358 in a pump would be cool. Always contemplated a stainless BLR ‘06 rebored would be friggin cool too.

Do what we talked about, you won’t be sorry… 👍

Damn, you all got me thinking my 760 Carbine needs to become a Whelen.

Or a 338/06…. Make sure you get a swfa ss so you can really shoot far!!! Haha

10x at minimum!

Good looking rifle Jud.

I found an older 760 in 270 Winchester for 250 bucks. I was going to have it rebored, but since I have a 280 and 35 Whelen already in 7600's, I just had the 270 chopped to 20" and run 150 Partitions through it. I kinda figured nothing I could have the 760 rebored to would work better than the Whelen would, so it stayed a 270 and works damn good.

And yup, that little M7 358 you've got would be handy as well. It would've been tough to build it any better.

All this .358 talk has me wanting to dust off my M700 .35 Whelen and Savage 99 .358 Win! I put an old BDL stock on my 700 Classic to preserve the original stock that had a hard butt pad. Not concerned with lightening it up. It’s bedded and a real shooter although it never shot 200 gr Core Lokt factory loads worth a darn. Happy Trails

HA! Thats the spirit.

And you aren't missing out. That CL factory load was explosive for me on deer, even at their slower speeds.

I have a partial box of the 200 gr core lokt loads. Have yet to use them on game, only steel plates. I have my rifle dialed in for them as my plan was to use them up before I use anymore of my “good stuff “ which is Speer and Hornady 250’s. I’ll see how they work hopefully shortly as I clean up my tags in late doe season. I’ll keep you posted on my experience. The Speer and Hornady slugs are flawless.

I bought a bdl whelen back in 94-95, great rifle. 👍

That’s the beauty of 35’s, don’t need designer bullets to shine.

For certain. Nor do you need 3K fps. In fact if you read up on some of the old hunting articles by some of the old salts that hunted the big cats, they like their speeds between 2200-2400 for reliable penetration and expansion. I’ve played with my Whelen loads and pushed 250’s up over 2700 which gives me 338 WM energy but it kills just as well running at 2400 with a 250 C&C.