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Lh Zastava and a blank I got off ebay. I was going for a period Griffin and Howe sort of look--the kind of thing the Colonel would have seen as practical. So a receiver mounted peep sight seemed just the thing.
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I had a 7600 cut back to 20 inches, trigger worked and a pad added. It was perfect.
After that I had a 700 BDL short action fitted with a 21 inch 358Win bbl by Beven King in BC and bedded to a McMillan compact to be topped with a FXII 4x. More perfect.
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Fair enough. Amazing what big bullets pushed at decent speeds do to animals.
I love my Whelen (M700 CDL) but have always wanted a Model 70 so chambered. My old Remington shoots too well to mess with though. Scotty, why does it not surprise me that half the posts on a Whelen thread are from you? LOL Just do it... find a .270 M70 and get 'er rebored. Best thing you could do to a .270... I know Kurt. Guilty as charged. It's hard to give the boot to my CDL though. It literally stacks 250 PTs with RL15. It's just always sitting there, ready to hunt. ...everyone knows the factory 16" twist will not stabilize 250's...:o) ......yeah right.... ;-) I had a 700 Classic Whelen as well as a tang safety Ruger Whelen, the both shot 250's very well. one of those old wive's tales that refuses to die. My Classic shot the Barnes Original 275s just as well as it did any other bullet... I was obviously the limiting factor.
This is a shooting forum, there is no place here for logic.
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I have two Whelens, the first is the 700 Classic I changed the stock, but that was all......the second one is a custom built on a Zoli action. I am still working on a stock for it.
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All the 7600s in 35W I owned would shoot 250gr Speers well.
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Mine shoots the heck out of 250gr Nosler Partitions.
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Some really nice Whelens on this thread. Mine is not really a custom but it has become one of my most dependable and favorite rifles. It is a 1942 Winchester model 70 that was converted to left handed operation. I had Cliff LaBounty rebore it to 35 Whelen. It loves any 250 grain bullet and 56 grains of 4320. It wears a Weaver K2.5x with a post and crosshair reticle and a slightly modified left handed model 70 take off stock.
Chronographs, bore scopes and pattern boards have broke a lot of hearts.
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Custom or bitza? I never got along with my Tikka Varmint 243Win enjoying a somewhat love-hate relationship with it. Accurate for sure, but souless and somewhat boring, so ended up swapping over the bolt-stop, throwing a 5 shot magazine in, added a Green Mountain 35cal barrel from the cupboard, a set of Brno rimfire sights, set of AUD$45 QD mounts and voila ... the 35Whelen McTikka was born. Looking for Talley QDs locally ($100+), came across this set of Russian made, all steel QD mounts that retail locally for about $45. So on they went, clamping to a set of Weaver bases. These mounts are medium height, have a set of lows about to go on. These shots are the first with the scope mounted and brought to aim, then 3 where the scope was taken off and returned ... not sensational perhaps for a varminter, but great for a hunting rifle. Groups have continued to shrink as the barrel runs in and I fiddle with loads to an average shading MOA. This group was from PPU 30/06 brass opened, a charge of AR2206H, a 250gr Bertram RN projectile ... and away she went. The swine amongst the pearls at a recent BGRC shoot. The McTikka was good enough to be steered to 6th overall from about 70 competitors. Whilst this bitza custom was put together as a bit of a joke, it continues to impress with its no nonsense performance. Cheers... Con
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Wow. Awesome bunch of Whelens!
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I bought it after the work but mine started life as a Weatherby Vanguard 30-06 that was drilled out to 35 before a round was ever fired thru it.
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My favorite is an 1895 Winchester (Miroku repro) rebored by Cliff Labounty.
Just a nice big lever in a classic chambering.
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My favorite is an 1895 Winchester (Miroku repro) rebored by Cliff Labounty. You just described my dream gun. We must have pictures!
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I don't have a lot of pics, but here you go.
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