Its Back! - Dixie Precision Custom 35 Whelen

Well after a long sabatical....May of 2011....It's BACK!!!!

My Custom 35 Whelen is back in the hunt for the whack and stack.

She used to look like this:






After a major rutt roe with the gun stock at Birdsongs...we had to have a re-do



This blackout custom 35 Whelen started life a lowly Savage 110 30'06 I got from 3spop a couple years ago

Rifle Basix trigger set to 2 lbs

10 MOA bases I'm pretty sure...just stuck a Bushnell 4200 6-24x50 on her to go hunting

Inline muzzle break with a Kreiger Barrel







Obviously the finish is Birdsong's Black-T


Stockade Prairie Dog Tactical Stock....my previous one was hand painted...This one is a bit shiny but it will do....Its a long long story

All I can say is Dixie Precision made it right....

Last I shot her she was money in the bank...a whack and stack machine...Can't go sight her in today....its killin me...

That should do it!! Nice looking rifle you got there 'Neck --- BTW: You need to rake the leaves or have your wife do it!!

Last I remember she was lights out at 100 with crappie Remington Core-Loks I used to break the barrel in....with very little recoil..not much more than my 7mm-08....Lot of that attributed to the heft...

I'm gonna get her set to shoot around 300 yards....Aint sure that's possible with a 225gr bullet in 35 Whelen....Gotta run the numbers

Might shoot Open Class with her next year

Been rubbing on her all night...wife thinks I'm nutts ...she'd be right

Thanks for a beautiful gun Alton...U da Man

Leaves were raked yesterday...There aint no winning at my house on leaves till Feb....They fall faster than u can get em up

Great garden mulch

Looks great! I'm sure it's a deer murdering machine!

Thanks...

I imagine it will flatten most anything that walks in North America...Moose, Elk etc 35 Whelen - One of my favorites...the poor man's 375 H&H

what I love about it is you can pour some lead 38 caliber bullets and load it way down if you want.

It's a very versatile cartridge..and you don't see it in Bolt action often...Not many really appreciate it

Good article here:


http://35whelen.blogspot.com/

That Custom 35 Whelen looks G O O D ! ! !

I did notice the THICK recoil pad...............

Might not be a good idea to shoot lead bullets with that inline muzzle break. They can fill up with lead QUICKLY...............

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Boo-ti-ful bro

What do you mean "lowly 110" ? Looks great man. I want it back now.

Glad you got it back. Looks good.

WOW!!!

How do you like that prarie dog stock. I wanted one but didn't want to wait 5 months to get it in.

Saw it a few minutes ago at Magnolia -- looks better up close!!

Nice rifle ...

Kicks a lil harder than I remembered

I like the stock a lot...its a pretty hefty gun....a shoot shack machine.

with a 35 Whelen...weight is your friend

Gotta get time to work up a load

How'd it do with the load you were shooting?