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Can you make 35 Whelen brass from 30-06?

Can you make 35 Whelen brass from 30-06?

Sorry I missed your question about using the 30-06 die to make 35 Whelen brass, that answer is “no”. Even if you have a 35 caliber tapered expander ball you would not be able to screw the expander ball into the 30-06 die due to it being larger than the neck size of the 30-06 die.

Can you use a 35 Whelen?

35 Whelen is fully capable of using the full range of . 35 caliber bullets, including the big 250-grain slugs. In addition, the lighter bullets—the 180 and 200 grain slugs made famous in the . 35 Remington—are equally useful for the lighter game species; couple that with the fact that the pistol bullets for the .

What is 35 Whelen used for?

35 Whelen is perfect for black bear and wild hogs, exceptionally hard-hitting but amazingly mild in both recoil and muzzle blast. In this role, and at closer ranges, it’s not substantially better than lever-action cartridges like the . 348 Winchester, . 358 Winchester, and .

How far can a 35 Whelen shoot?

35 Whelen doesn’t drop below 1,000 ft. -lbs. of energy until almost 600 yards. This is a cartridge that is every bit as capable of ethical long-range hunting as most of the other popular hunting cartridges in its class.

What can you hunt with a 35 Whelen?

35 Whelen is perfect for black bear and wild hogs, exceptionally hard-hitting but amazingly mild in both recoil and muzzle blast. In this role, and at closer ranges, it’s not substantially better than lever-action cartridges like the . 348 Winchester, .

What caliber is a 338-06?

338 caliber bullets increased after the introduction in the late 1950s of the . 338 Winchester Magnum cartridge, frequently chambered in the Winchester Model 70 rifle….

.338-06
Bullet diameter .338 in (8.6 mm)
Neck diameter .369 in (9.4 mm)
Shoulder diameter .441 in (11.2 mm)
Base diameter .472 in (12.0 mm)

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