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.35 Whelen any luck with factory ammo?
« on: June 30, 2007, 11:40:26 AM »
Has anyone had any luck with the .35 Whelen shooting factory ammo?

Thanks

Scott
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Re: .35 Whelen any luck with factory ammo?
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2007, 12:13:31 PM »
I don't recollect anyone not having problems with Remington ammo other than Poncaguy, hunman55 never reported on his, at least I couldn't find it. James B had misfires with his too. Poncaguy may be the only one that hasn't had problems. Bajabill traded his Whelen barrel in on another barrel from H&R, he too had problems and the reason it was discontinued.

Tim

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Re: .35 Whelen any luck with factory ammo?
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2007, 01:06:35 PM »
Initally had problems with my .35 Whelen not shooting factory ammo.  Shot my reloads fine, but sent it back to NEF in about 98 or 99.  They fixed it now I am having no problem shooting anything.   
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Re: .35 Whelen any luck with factory ammo?
« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2007, 01:09:12 PM »
Quote from: Sourdough on June 30, 2007, 01:06:35 PM
Initally had problems with my .35 Whelen not shooting factory ammo.  Shot my reloads fine, but sent it back to NEF in about 98 or 99.  They fixed it now I am having no problem shooting anything.   

They won't do that for the recent production 35 Whelens, they'll offer to replace it with a different barrel.

Tim
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Re: .35 Whelen any luck with factory ammo?
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2007, 05:48:05 AM »
Thanks

I got the 35 whelen barrel last late last year from the accessory barrel program and still have not fired it. 
I would not be hunting with it till this fall.

I had been hearing that there were issues with the factory ammo.

I do not reload (No room at this time).

I guess I will try it out with some Factory loads but I would hate to be hunting and have a miss fire.

Scott
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Re: .35 Whelen any luck with factory ammo?
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2007, 05:55:57 AM »
There's hope that Remington has improved the shoulder on their ammo to eliminate headspace issues.

Federal re-released their 225gr TBBC Whelen ammo, so you might try it if you can find it.

Conley makes good ammo for the Whelen.

Good luck, ;)

Tim

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Re: .35 Whelen any luck with factory ammo?
« Reply #6 on: July 02, 2007, 03:28:26 PM »
Thanks

I will give them a try.

Scott
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Re: .35 Whelen any luck with factory ammo?
« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2007, 09:38:16 AM »
I got a whelen a few months ago, and purchased 4 boxes of Remington ammo for it. 3 boxes were the old Remington High Velocity cartridges, and 1 box was new. Of the old stuff, I now have 2 full boxes of misfires waiting to be sent back, and out of the new box, I only had 4 misfires. this is better, but still totally unreliable to me. I just acquired a few boxes of the Federal stuff, but with all the rain we're having in Texas, I haven't had the chance to get to the range yet.
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Re: .35 Whelen any luck with factory ammo?
« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2007, 08:15:45 PM »
Yes, I just exchanged my whelen,  Too bad because I have always wanted one.

I was using Rem brass for loading with no success.  Then I loaded to the lands and was able to get about 60 percent fires.  I figured I would just continue with that and eventually get a pile of once fired brass to work with.  But, when i loaded these and still had half misfires, I drew the line on the barrel.  Perhaps i could have worked thru it, but I did not want to deal with this problem.  I would rather spend my efforts working up loads.
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