Author Topic: 35wsm!!!!!!! (Read 1097 times)

superdown · « **on:** September 22, 2004, 10:46:23 AM »

:-D hi everyone i was reading on another forum 24hourcampfire.com someone was saying they talked to sierra and one of the reps said that winchester was planning on bringing it out well we all know how well 35 and 6.5 cals pan out but for me i hope they do because i will one of the first to buy one or more. superdown

Buffalogun · « **Reply #1 on:** September 22, 2004, 02:12:04 PM »

superdown,

I don't currently have a .35 cal., so I think I'd like to have one too!
It could be a dandy Elk cartridge!

Buffalogun

kombi1976 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 22, 2004, 03:15:37 PM »

It's already been done as a wildcat. The Australian magazine Guns & Game called it the .35 Sambar and built a project rifle around it. Sambar are a deer native to India that were introduced here and are the most challenging hunt in terms of deer hunting in Oz. Mind you, Winchester are unlikely to give them the credit or to give the credit to any number of other wildcatters who may've also done it.

BattleRifleG3 · « **Reply #3 on:** September 26, 2004, 06:13:42 PM »

Sweeet! It's on my want list! Wonder what rifles will be chambered for it. Though I'm not a real fan of the new Winchesters, I might just have to get one for this round.

Rummer · « **Reply #4 on:** September 28, 2004, 05:15:11 PM »

I hate to sound skeptical here guys, but as neat as I think the concept of the .35 WSM is (I like the idea of a 8mm and .338 as well) will it really do anything a .35 whelen won't; with less recoil?

John

BattleRifleG3 · « **Reply #5 on:** September 29, 2004, 09:03:37 AM »

Well, if the 35 Rem Mag is the ballistic twin to the 35 Whelen, and is a shortened Win Mag case, and the WSMs are not just shortened but widened too, there should be some improvement over the Whelen.

I wonder, what 35 cal magnums are out there? I know only of the Norma Mag.

Another advantage of this is that if Winchester puts out this round, it means there will be rifles for it too. Not much selection in 35 Whelen. I wish the Rem Pumps were a standard item, not just a special one.