Talk:.35 Whelen

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Needs better research! Col. Townsend Whelen was away on a hunting trip when James Howe decided to neck down the .400 Whelen (which the venerable Colonel did collaborate on) to 35 caliber. Howe named it the .35 Whelen in honor of Col. Whelen, but the Colonel wasn't there at the time.

DrHenley (talk) 12:23, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

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The .35 Whelen is traditionally referred to as a child of the .30-06, but initial work on the cartridge (and the .400 Whelen) was done with .30-03 cases. When necking .30-06 up to .35 caliber, the case length shortens to approximately 2.475" - not the standard length of 2.494". .35 Whelen should be properly attributed as a child of the .30-03, just like .270 Winchester and .280 Remington (they were also based on the .30-03, not the .30-06). Only the .30-03 parent cartridge provides the proper starting case length to result in a finished case length of 2.485-2.494".

The poor sources cited here are giving the .30-06 too much credit!

In addition: Now, this article is citing ".357 bullets" as all being .358" diameter.  This is so, terribly wrong, it's not even funny.  Most jacketed ".357 bullets" (the assumption of readers) range in diameter from .3560" to .3575".  Only cast or swaged lead bullets can easily be found in diameters of .358" or larger diameter.

If this project continues to propagate false information, I'm going to start re-writing every article I come across, and leave the citations and links to project members. Get it together! Do some simple research, if you don't actually know what you're talking about. That's the whole point here - CORRECT information, not just the crap Jim Bob's Uncle's Dog's Owner's Roommate's Newphew said was the history of these cartridges. Bones — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.52.47.145 (talk) 19:33, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Bones  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.195.248.205 (talk) 05:27, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

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 * http://www.accuratepowder.com/data/PerCaliber2Guide/Rifle/Standarddata(Rifle)/358Cal(9.09mm)/35%20Whelen%20pages%20312%20to%20315.pdf
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--JeffGBot (talk) 12:46, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Rifling twist on the 35 Whelen
Article states a rifling twist of 1/16. My “Wildcat” 35 Whelen is 1/14 twist. Wildcat and custom rifles for 35 Whelen were often made with the 1/12 twist. Some say the 1/16 twist is for lighter bullets where people who shoot 250 to 300 gr bullets prefer 1/12 twist. I shoot 200 to 250 gr bullets with my 1/14 twist. 107.115.203.35 (talk) 20:32, 17 November 2022 (UTC)