Picked up new 7600 in 35 Whelen ammo questions

[Mike103]

Well it took me almost three months but I finished paying off my 7600 in 35 Whelen that I had on layaway. Now I have both the 35 Remington carbine and the 35 Whelen rifle that Grices did the special run on. What ammo recommendation does anyone have. I do not reload. I know that Remington has 200 and 250 grain and Federal has 225 grain. Any feed back. MIKE.

[257Robt]

I have had good luck shooting the 200's and 250's out of my 35 Whelen's. My 700 BDL likes the 250's and my 7600 likes the 200's. I have never tried the Federal 225's.

[marlin shooter]

Mike103
My 7600 shoots the 200 grn Rem better than the 250's. I have never shot the federals. I reload and my favorite load is one with a 225 grn. sierra. Have you thought about reloading? You would have more choices especially with these 2 calibers. Good luck.

[Robert]

I also have a lot of fun with 158 gr pistol bullets for plinkers.  I DO NOT LIKE 250 Hornady Roundnose.  I first tried them with light loads and they were key-holing at 100 yds, tried them again with hotter loads and they stopped keyholing, but would not group. I am looking into a heavier bullet that has more bearing surface than the Hornady.  The Speer 250 soft-points look good, but I havent tried them yet.  If I don't find anything better, I will stick with the Remington bulk Corelokts, they are awesome bullets.  This cartridge is fairly new to me also, I have all summer to get it dialed-in for my first hunt.

[Mike103]

Thanks for the replys. I wanted to go with the 250's just because I like big bullets but I will order all three and give them a test.

Reloading is just not possible for me at this time. I can shoot or reload not both. I am a skeet shooter who shoots twice a week. My work load does not allow any other time right now.

What do you guys recommend for a scope on the Whelen. I had a 4 X 12 in mind. Do you think that would be too large or powerful? MIKE.

[257Robt]

Most of my rifles were a Leupold Vari x II 1-4-20. Most people don't like these low power scopes, but for the areas we hunt, I have never felt limited. The low power works great in the brush and 4x is just fine for open shooting. Most of the time my scope never leaves 1x.

[lilbiggun]

I'm with 257. I have a Leupy 1.5X5 on my 35whelen (7600). I love it and dont feel hindered by the low mag.

[Chesapeake Troller]

ditto on the last two posts. I have a 1.5 X 6 B & L 3000 on my 30-06 model 74 and love the low power settings. Had a 4 X 12 on a bolt gun and was always pushing the power up to look at stuff and then have game walk/run into the area and had a hard time finding them in the scope. Unless you are hunting bean fields or powerlines the lower magnifications will be just the ticket.

CT