Remington 7600, 35 Whelen
 

Finally got to get the Whelen to the range for sighting the scope in. First let me say that I purchased the gun from Grice's in Clearfield, PA and received top notch service that I have become accustomed to dealing with them. Ok, to the range, after cleaning the gun and picking up 2 boxes of Remington 200 gr factory loads I proceeded to sight the gun in at 50 yds. By the time I moved the target out to 100 yds, it was printing 3 shot groups of 1/2" after moving out to 100 yds and a box and a half of ammo I shot 2 5 shot groups the first of which was 1 1/2" and the second was slightly smaller with 3 of the 5 touching. I have no doubt that handloading will tighten the groups up. I plan in starting out with I4064 and take it from there. I was nicely surprised with the accuracy potential of this gun and can see it becoming my primary brush gun. Recoil wise off the bench I would estimate perceived recoil on par with a 300 win mag.

RE: Remington 7600, 35 Whelen
 

I was never lucky enough to find a Remington 7600 in 35 Whelen. That's a find cartridge.Sounds like yours is accurate enough.I managed to find a Ruger M-77 in 35 Whelen.Unfortunately is has the Old Zytel stock.I still haven't tried mine out so I can compare against the Remington.I have factory ammo and new brass, bullets everything I need to roll my own.Good luck with your Whelen,it will do it's part if you'll do yours.
Ruger Redhawk

RE: Remington 7600, 35 Whelen
 

Thanks RR, Grices is having another run producecd and should be in stock around the August/September time frame. If you like I will dig up the contact info for you.

RE: Remington 7600, 35 Whelen
 

thndrchiken, you didn't buy the gun at Meltzers...are they still in business?. I would jump right on one of those babies...my buddy lives in State College and he is part of Grices frequent buyer program(direct payroll deduction) :Dwill have him monitor their inventory. I thought they wre all done. He owns the pump and the Classic 700 in that caliber.

RE: Remington 7600, 35 Whelen
 

Yes Meltzers is still in business, no I don't buy from them because after Old man Meltzer died the sons took the business over and overcharge for everything in the store. They also seem to be very unfriendly. I would rather deal with other places than them. Tom Grice told me that they have another run on order and should be in around September.

RE: Remington 7600, 35 Whelen
 

Your right, Old Izzy had a personality and 1/2 and the son(s) have none whatsoever. I used to buy all my guns there or at Targeteers exclusively and once in awhile at Ramsey Outdoor Store and had Garfield Gunsmithing do triggers bedding and recoil pads.

RE: Remington 7600, 35 Whelen
 

thndrchiken, what range do you go to ?

RE: Remington 7600, 35 Whelen
 

Cherry Ridge I get some shooting in when I visit friends / family in PA. You?

RE: Remington 7600, 35 Whelen
 

WHen I lived up there I went to the Englishtown range and there was another range near Lake WayWayanda. I had permission to hunt a 50 acre farm near Washington and we practiced with our rifles there. Now I belong to the Durham Pistol and Rifle Club and it is first class facility.

RE: Remington 7600, 35 Whelen
 

Thanks Thndrchiker, Please do keep me in mind when they become available. Depends on what price they are asking if I buy or not.I wish I could find a barrel that would go on my old 760 30-06.I know one can be fitted but it would cost more then I'm willing to pay.I talked to a Gunsmith friend. He told me it would be cheaper to buy a new rifle.so I guess my old 760 will stay a 06.
Ruger Redhawk

RE: Remington 7600, 35 Whelen
 

I paid $ 489 plus tax, I will say that the stock is a real nice piece of wood. Why not have your 06 barrel reamed for the Whelen Should be cheaper than rebarreling. Here's their website http://www.gricewholesale.com , there is a link for the 7600 and for the special run of the 700 CDL.

RE: Remington 7600, 35 Whelen
 

Well I had a 760 in 30-06 and I had it rebored to make accomidations for the 35 whelen, and I have had no problems with it at all. It cost me 150 dollars and I also had the barrel length shortened to 20''. It is a real fine shooter, I can print 1.5'' groups with it at 100 yards.

RE: Remington 7600, 35 Whelen
 

Thanks Thndrchiker, That doesn't sound like to bad a price. I saved the link in my favorites.I'll have to talk to my GS buddies and see about reaming it to the Whelen.Thanks to Kyle3 also for the suggestion.If I remember correctly that's about what I gave for the Special Edition Ruger M-77 35 Whelen.I would either like to get a Factory Walnut stock or the New Ruger Synthetic stock for it.I'm not real crazy about the Zytel stock.

Ruger Redhawk

RE: Remington 7600, 35 Whelen
 

My son got one from Grices and paid a little more because of shipping and our dealer having the FFL. It also shot pretty good for a rattletrap. He also ordered the 700 cdl in the 35 whelen but doesn't expect it until around September.
Polack

RE: Remington 7600, 35 Whelen
 

i once read that reloading for the whelen in a 7600 you have to be careful of something or another. the 7600 was kinda picky and only liked factory ammo. any opinions? no problems?

RE: Remington 7600, 35 Whelen
 

There are only three factory loads available at this time two are from remington, 200 and 250 gr corlokt and the other is from federal, 225 gr tbbc. I am just starting to work a load up for 200 gr bullets. As far as reloading considerations go, the only thing I'm aware of is that you treat a slide action like a lever and you should full length size the cases to ensure reliable feeding of the cartridge. I have not seen a gun yet that only liked factory ammo.

RE: Remington 7600, 35 Whelen
 

I've worked up 4 different loads with 180gr. FN. All of them are in the 2800-2950 fps area. Really screamers.

Russ

RE: Remington 7600, 35 Whelen
 

Russ, I'd appreciate it if you can provide that load data. Thanks, Rick