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I usually don’t pursue or have much interest in post-63 rifles. Somewhere around 10 years ago (probably longer). I spotted a couple rifles from the Winchester custom shop. One was a .35 Whelen and the other may have been in an even more exotic chambering. I recall they had very fancy wood. It might even be the Whelen had an octagon barrel. They were a couple thousand dollars each. I was sorely tempted but decided to stick to my path of collecting antique and vintage rifles. I have never seen rifles like these again. My recollection was they were not one-off rifles, but very few were made.
They were something on the order of this:
Ring a bell with anyone?
Only bell it rings with me is an alarm: look carefully at close-up of PG checkering; “OK,” but not commensurate with first-quality work–not what you’d see on work by Fisher, Biesen, & the like.
November 7, 2015
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I like it. My first hunting rifle was a 30-06 Winchester 670 that I had converted to 35 Whelen when a bit of rifling let go. I completed the upgrade with a fancy Boyd stock and glass bedding. I liked the cartridge so much that I purchased a Ruger Hawkeye in the same chambering as a backup/bad weather gun. If I didn’t have a half dozen or so nice idle hunting rifles I could get pretty excited about this one.
I wonder what it sold for?
Mike
TXGunNut said
I like it. My first hunting rifle was a 30-06 Winchester 670 that I had converted to 35 Whelen when a bit of rifling let go. I completed the upgrade with a fancy Boyd stock and glass bedding. I liked the cartridge so much that I purchased a Ruger Hawkeye in the same chambering as a backup/bad weather gun. If I didn’t have a half dozen or so nice idle hunting rifles I could get pretty excited about this one.I wonder what it sold for?
Mike
I have an interest in the .35 Whelen as well. The only cartridge I like better (other than the .33 WCF and .32 Special of course) is my .35 Whelen improved. Mine is in a custom Mauser rifle. I believe the, “improved” version is indeed an improvement over the original version – and not just because of increased case capacity. The .35 Whelen is a highly versatile cartridge and handles .358 jacketed pistol bullets up to the heavy bullets. As a big game hunting cartridge it really shines with the 225 grain and 250 grain bullets – and there are many excellent bullet choices in those weights.
It would be interested to know what this fancy Winchester sold for.
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