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Author:  cobb [ Mon Oct 16, 2006 7:29 pm ]
Post subject:  My new hunting rifle is almost ready
I have always been a fan of big bores, rifles in 45-70 and 375, handguns in 45 or 454 and 475 Linebaugh.

I have had this for over a year and am finally getting it put together. A Remington 700 Classic action in .35 Whelen, birth year of 1988. A new factory Remington stock, which as of yet I do not know if I have to glass bed or not for accuracy. I think it is a little over scoped, but I have a Leupold 3X9 Vari-X II mounted, but would think a good quality 2X7 would be more fitting.

Plan to use this as a backup to my handgun when deer hunting northern Minnesota this year.

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Ignore the messy bench in the background. The rifle behind is a Winchester Light Weight in 22-250 with a Leupold 4X12 Vari-X III that I use on critters. I'm getting that ready for pheasant hunting trips that we run across yotes and foxes.
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Author:  Ramoel [ Mon Oct 16, 2006 7:43 pm ]
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Nice rifle. I used to take a rifle along for backup to my handguns too but I no longer do that. I do have to pass on deer that I could easily hit with a scoped rifle but there are enough deer that another usually comes along.

My son in-law got a nice 8 point buck on our land last weekend with his bow. One bad winter and there are so many deer that there will be a mass starvation. I hope to fill 3 tags this season and do my part to thin the herd.

We make a lot of jerky that never lasts very long...
Author:  cobb [ Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:01 pm ]
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Ramoel wrote:
I used to take a rifle along for backup to my handguns too but I no longer do that. I do have to pass on deer that I could easily hit with a scoped rifle but there are enough deer that another usually comes along.

I have taken 6 deer with a handgun, and had to pass on a few also. I kinda quit hunting with a handgun a few years ago when my son started hunting with us, I wanted a rifle with me as a backup, just in case. This year my son isn't going with us, he doesn't want to miss work because he is saving up for a new guitar and amp and a deer hunting trip will put off the guitar and amp maybe another month. I understand his thinking, he has priorities that I think are in line for a working person. :wink:
Author:  westhope [ Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:56 pm ]
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Cobb wrote:

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this as a backup to my handgun when deer hunting northern Minnesota


OK Cobb, I've seen you shoot too often to know that if 5 well placed rounds from a 475 Limbaugh won't stop the deer you hunt, I would look for something a LOT bigger as a back-up rifle than the 35 Whelen. (Something in a 50 BMG, 20 mm or 37 mm.)

Looks like a nice project gun.

I think a 3 x 9 is a little too much for MN too. I went with a 2 x 7 on my 30-06 and a 1 -3/4 x 5 on my Ruger #1 in 45-70. I can think of only once I ever used either over the min. power. I like big bores too. I have a 3 x 9 on my 25-06 and it is too much for northern MN.

Good luck & have fun.
Author:  cobb [ Mon Oct 16, 2006 9:34 pm ]
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westhope wrote:
I think a 3 x 9 is a little too much for MN too.

The reason I went with the 3X9 is that I was at an auction years ago and picked up a few scopes new in the box for about half of what you could even buy them for on the internet. So that is what I had left, and that is what got mounted.

You all know that the planning and the trip is maybe the best part of the hunt. :wink:
Author:  cobb [ Mon Oct 16, 2006 9:42 pm ]
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westhope wrote:
OK Cobb, I've seen you shoot too often to know that if 5 well placed rounds from a 475 Limbaugh won't stop the deer you hunt, I would look for something a LOT bigger as a back-up rifle than the 35 Whelen. (Something in a 50 BMG, 20 mm or 37 mm.)


Dan, I hope I get a chance at a deer that big. :shock: :shock: :P 8) :wink:
Author:  grayskys [ Mon Oct 16, 2006 10:29 pm ]
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Looks like a really nice gun! :D
Author:  Pinnacle [ Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:02 am ]
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NICE rifle...

Nice Caliber....
Author:  BigRobT [ Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:18 am ]
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I don't hunt in a rifle zone :( Because of that, I'm more into rifled slug barrelled shotguns. I did learn that Hornady makes an SST slug that seems pretty accurate and for a 2 3/4" slug, it has some kick. Cobb, I'm kind of jealous of the new rifle. Hell, I'm scrimping and saving for a CMP M1 Garand.
Author:  cobb [ Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:36 am ]
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Edited to try and lighten up the pictures so that they will be easier to see. My bench area has plenty of lighting, the problem if I turn it all on, what ever I take pictures of is nothing but glare and shinny spots.
Author:  Pred [ Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:38 pm ]
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Nice rifle Cobb. I've always had the hankerin for a Remington 7600 in 35 Whelen. I thought it would make a nice brush gun, but since we don't bust the brush like we use to, it's slipped off the radar.

And btw guys, it's Linebaugh....
Author:  cobb [ Tue Oct 17, 2006 1:06 pm ]
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Pred wrote:
And btw guys, it's Linebaugh....


Damn, I always get John and Rush mixed up. :oops: :wink:
Author:  ironbear [ Tue Oct 17, 2006 3:41 pm ]
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cobb wrote:
Pred wrote:
And btw guys, it's Linebaugh....
Damn, I always get John and Rush mixed up. :oops: :wink:

Large hole in the business end. Expells copious amounts of hot gas at high velocity! Who could keep them straight? :shock: :wink:

Sorry couldn't resist.
Author:  cobb [ Tue Oct 17, 2006 9:44 pm ]
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ironbear wrote:
cobb wrote:
Pred wrote:
And btw guys, it's Linebaugh....
Damn, I always get John and Rush mixed up. :oops: :wink:

Large hole in the business end. Expells copious amounts of hot gas at high velocity! Who could keep them straight? :shock: :wink:

Sorry couldn't resist.

:D :D :D Good one. :D :D :D
Author:  cobb [ Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:29 pm ]
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And holy house of fire, does it shoot. :shock: :D :D 8) 8)

As you can see from the targets below, I spare no expense. :roll:

I use to work on large mainframe computers and have 3 boxes of green bar continuous form paper that a customer was throwing out. Works great to staple up and put paste type target dots up. For handgun I use bright colored, 4" X 5" address lables that were being thrown out. I think of it as being friendly to the enviorment and recycling a product that is no longer usefull. :P

This was my final 3 shot group at 100 yards, all were under an inch and I had 2 that went at the honest 1/2" , this from a hunting rifle, impact 2 inches above center of bullseye.
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I think I will drop the elevation a notch, I really don't need to be 2 inches high at 100 yards, but I do have one stand that I shoot over a field in northern Minnesota and I can stretch that shot about as far as I want to. But in that stand, I usually have a 7mm mag as a back up to my handgun.

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
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