Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Not one F*$#!ing box of 35 Whelen?

NO--it was definitely cold, maybe 8 degrees. It was out of a T/C contender that I was kinda just breakin' in. All other ammo worked fine. I have close to 100 rifles here right now, sold 100 more, and am quite familiar with what goes on. Primers were indented. Had this happen 1 other time Black Hills also this summer, different lot #---2MG

2MG, I've been sitting around real campfires for many years for a reason. Spent a ton of money just going and coming. We all love the outdoors or we wouldn't be around this Campfire, (well most of us), some are here for lack of something to do. My hunting guns have shrunk to a Ruger 77 Compac in 308 and a Remington mod 7 in 7mm08. Both do everything I need done in the lower 48. My calibers range from 22 short, (Rem 141), to 338 Win, Ruger 77 SS. When Ruger came out with the stainless steel rifles I started off with five and wound up with many from 223 - 338. Hunting and fishing has been my life along with several other outdoor sports. I prefer the Colorado Rockys to all others. -- no

My gunsmith showed me a round the last time I visted him. It came out of a BRAND NEW box of big green ammo (this was about 10 years ago, but he kept the box for show and tell). The box was supposed to have twenty 270 rounds in it.

If you look at the headstamps they all say 270, but a single "270" labeled case had a 30 caliber bullet in it. He thought it looked a little off, and sure enough.

Good thing he has a good eye, or else he might not have any eyes.

Of course mistakes can happen anywhere, but that is darn scary.

NO--we have one thing in common, I've killed more stuff with the 7-08 than I can remember. A highly under-rated cartridge, IMHO. I also have a Rem 141(35 Rem) that I think is one of the best woods rifles ever made. My brother lives in Morrison, Co. and I plan on hunting some Elk or Mulies there in the near furure---2MG

That coulda been down right ugly for sure. He's lucky it wasn't---2MG

not really a problem as the 30 cal bullet would of prevented the cartridge from chambering far enough to shoot it. biggest problem it most likley would of jammed the rifle. ending a hunt....

Perhaps. I have seen people FORCE rounds into chambers that shouldn't go there, if the wrong idiot had it I am sure he would have made it go BANG.

2MG, I made a mistake on the model number for the 22 short, first mistake I ever made. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> I also have a Rem 141 in 35 Rem, I keep it in the automobile trunk at all times just in case I need it. I had the barrel cut off even with the magazine tube making it feel like a BB gun.

Someone help me out here, I've got a mental block and can't recall the model number for the Rem 22 short, built just like the Browning 22LR semi-auto. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> -- no

NO---Rem 141 in 22 short didn't sound right, I just didn't want to say anything. I know of the rifle you're thinkin' of, it''ll come to me in a minute...---2MG

Perhaps you are thinking of a model 411 or 121?

need one,
Is it a Model 41A ? They made those in 22 short.
Bart

Now that I think of it, the models 411 and 41A were both bolt actions, I think. The 121 was a pump---2MG

Model 12A was also a slide action. Hell, I don't know, I'm a Winchester guy---2MG

how about the Rem. 241, in 22lr or 22short, which replaced the Rem. 24 available only in 22short?

Sycamore

Boy, this this get OT in a hurry. I understand not finding any .35 Whelen ammo. The few times I do find it, it's that 200 gr. bullet when I'm looking for 250s. Half the dealers in town say the 250s have been discontinued, but when I E-mailed Remington, they said they were not. The other half of the dealers just say they don't want to bother special ordering it. Well, I have enough to last a while and I handload, so the hell with the dealers. Anyway, Remington .35 Whelen factory ammo isn't loaded up tp it's full potential anyway.
Paul B

Hunting with factory ammo is like eating farmed fish.

If it made sense and was practical, it would be a lousy hobby.

Need One -- this thread is a pretty good example of your continued interest in denigrating those who think differently from you. It's a pretty good example of the hubris that sets in when you've done something for a long time...you begin to believe that YOUR way is the ONLY way, and put the knock on people who don't see it or do it your way.

That being said...what you describe is very practical, and is pretty much the way I started out in this game 30-some years ago. Over time I've learned one or two things, one of which is that, for me, practical isn't all that much fun.

While factory ammo is tremendously improved since I started reloading, and offeres a much greater variety of cartridge and bullet choices...it's still...factory ammo.

To each their own...each choice is equally valid. One is neither smarter nor "better" than the other.

And, back to the start of this thread...the reason there wasn't any .35 Whelen ammo is probably because all the fans of the best big game cartridge in existence bought it all before you got there... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />.

Happy hunting...

I have never seen anything for the 35 whelen in a store other than the 200 grain load. I allmost never buy factory ammo unless it is a caliber that it is cheaper to buy remans that to load myself. Sometimes I buy it for a new rifle just for the donor brass. tom

Handguns and 45-70 I load for and 30-30 on occaision. Buy ALL my hunting ammo as I usually get it where I am going to hunt.

Anyone that thinks buying factory ammo is cheaper than reloading must not have any Weatherby's in the house. I have paid anywhere from $85.00 to $95.00 for 20 rounds of 30-378 ammo and premium factory ammo isn't cheap for my .338 or .375 H&H either. I don't have any worries at the range now with the rockchucker at home.

I will never trust factory ammo enough to hunt with it.

Don't care how much it costs or who made it.