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FrankR
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Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep
      11/20/11 10:07 PM

Thanks, Curtis -

I've been hearing folklore about Col. Whelen's bang/flop .35 rifles since I started shooting sometime in the '50s. They were legendary custom classics, even then - many turned out on Mauser or Springfield platforms with the same Rheinhardt Fajen stock I have on this one. - and considered a poor man's .375 H&H Magnum. Today, some of those early rifles bring unbelievable prices. I always wanted one, but couldn't afford the .35 Whelen custom, much less a .375 H&H.

So, I'll build my own crude version that I won't be afraid to take in the field - and I hope it'll shoot well enough that I can enjoy it a bit.

I just ordered some black manganese phosphate concentrate. When the barrel and bolt are returned, I'll treat the metal parts to a blasting and black parkerized finish instead of the Rust-oleum paint over zinc phoshate parkerizing that's on it now. Hopefully, it'll look good AND shoot well.

I'm intrigued by the ballistics of some of the factory ammo for it. When you can airmail a 200-250gr round at 2900-2600fps, that's quite a wallop. I'm not so sure I want to try the Woodleigh 310gr round, though - it probably would be painful to shoot.

Frank

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* Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR 12/23/10 11:28 AM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep Oyaji_Jon   12/24/10 12:38 AM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep cmonty72   12/23/10 02:14 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep LandRaiderModerator   12/23/10 10:52 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   12/24/10 08:03 AM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   12/24/10 09:47 AM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep DamKia   12/27/10 02:28 AM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep LandRaiderModerator   12/24/10 04:36 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   12/24/10 05:30 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep KF6ZPLAdministrator   12/24/10 05:47 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep Jim_Paget   12/27/10 01:09 AM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   12/27/10 09:41 AM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep LRJ4x4   12/27/10 11:20 AM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep cmonty72   12/28/10 11:12 AM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep LRJ4x4   12/28/10 11:27 AM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep fasteddy   12/28/10 02:57 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   12/28/10 10:38 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep Jim_Paget   12/29/10 08:30 AM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   12/29/10 02:51 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep Jim_Paget   12/29/10 09:41 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   12/30/10 06:39 AM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   12/30/10 04:22 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep Jim_Paget   12/30/10 05:15 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep Jim_Paget   12/30/10 08:10 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   01/02/11 05:45 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   12/30/10 06:06 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep Jim_Paget   01/03/11 05:07 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   01/03/11 10:30 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep Jim_Paget   01/03/11 11:20 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep kewlynxModerator   01/04/11 12:46 AM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep hazy_daze   01/04/11 07:59 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep Jim_Paget   01/04/11 08:51 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   01/05/11 06:54 AM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   01/05/11 11:17 AM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep Jim_Paget   01/05/11 01:52 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep Jim_Paget   01/06/11 04:11 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   01/06/11 05:08 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep Jim_Paget   01/06/11 06:04 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   01/06/11 07:50 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   01/20/11 06:41 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   02/13/11 05:41 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep hazy_daze   02/13/11 06:00 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   02/13/11 06:23 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep LandRaiderModerator   02/13/11 08:10 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   02/13/11 08:34 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep cmonty72   02/15/11 01:24 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   02/20/11 06:03 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   02/28/11 05:51 AM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   03/12/11 05:49 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   03/25/11 07:56 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep stony-man   03/26/11 02:36 AM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   03/26/11 07:47 AM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   04/17/11 09:04 AM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep stony-man   04/18/11 12:10 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   06/03/11 07:36 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep fasteddy   06/03/11 08:27 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   06/03/11 08:40 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   06/05/11 09:18 AM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep LandRaiderModerator   06/05/11 02:33 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   06/05/11 02:53 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep fasteddy   06/05/11 03:48 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   06/05/11 07:01 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   06/23/11 04:21 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   06/25/11 07:45 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep jeepdriver   06/27/11 10:05 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   06/27/11 11:37 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep LandRaiderModerator   06/27/11 11:51 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   06/28/11 12:58 AM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep LandRaiderModerator   06/28/11 02:55 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep fasteddy   06/28/11 09:54 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep hazy_daze   06/29/11 01:56 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep fasteddy   06/29/11 04:23 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep jeepdriver   06/29/11 07:55 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   06/29/11 10:27 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   06/29/11 11:19 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep jeepdriver   07/01/11 10:26 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   07/02/11 03:58 AM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   07/16/11 09:41 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   08/04/11 08:44 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep Grasscat   08/05/11 12:34 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   08/05/11 03:24 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep fasteddy   08/05/11 10:18 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   08/06/11 07:12 AM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep fasteddy   08/07/11 11:47 AM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   08/07/11 08:54 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep kewlynxModerator   08/09/11 01:08 AM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   08/09/11 08:24 AM
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. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   11/19/11 09:01 AM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep fasteddy   11/19/11 07:31 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   11/19/11 08:28 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep 87Montero   11/20/11 09:05 AM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep LandRaiderModerator   11/20/11 08:10 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   11/20/11 10:07 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep fasteddy   11/21/11 06:18 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   11/21/11 07:32 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   12/11/11 02:36 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   12/14/11 09:07 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep justice   12/15/11 11:18 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   12/16/11 06:13 AM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep LandRaiderModerator   12/16/11 02:12 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep kewlynxModerator   12/18/11 09:14 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep FrankR   12/16/11 06:41 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep JohnnyBfromPeoria   12/16/11 01:40 AM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep hazy_daze   08/08/11 11:55 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep fasteddy   06/29/11 09:34 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep JohnnyBfromPeoria   06/29/11 02:35 AM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep LandRaiderModerator   01/04/11 07:57 PM
. * * Re: Hunting Rifle Mission Creep stony-man   12/24/10 12:34 AM

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