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.375 Whelen (.375-06) O" Really! More on Answer #1
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Answers (9)
Kicking around and found this old one
.375 Whelen (.375-06)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The .375 Whelen cartridge (A.K.A. 375-06) was developed in 1951 by L.R. "Bob" Wallack and named in honor of Colonel Townsend Whelen. It is a .30-06 Springfield case necked up to .375. While the .375 Whelen retains the .30-06's shoulder angle of 7' 30", an improved version was introduced with a 40' angle, providing more case capacity as well as better headspacing. The .375 Whelen Improved is favored by most.
Bullet Powder / (grs.) MV/ME
200 SP IMR4064 / 58.0 2450/2265
235 SP IMR4064 / 60.0 2475/3205
270 SP IMR4064 / 57.0 2380/3400
300 SP IMR4064 / 52.0 2110/2975
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.375_Whelen_(.375-06)
Sounds like it would be a good cat gun;)
so i shouldn't build my 338-06 ackly imp.
375-06 ackly imp!
to late i am waiting for the 338 barrel blank to arrive as i type . but i think i have an idea on what i want next a 375-06
Yeah, I think people are more confident with the improved version due to headspacing concerns on the standard -06 shoulder. I looked at it myself before settling on the .35 Whelen (not the improved).
What opens my eyes is the wildcatting being done on the .375 Ruger case, especially those necking down to .35.
Unless the .375 has some appeal for reasons other than utility, the .35 Whelen will Git 'er Done!
Are all of you guys planning a prairie dog hunt? I'm just guessing but I'll bet these cartridges will do the job. I believe that I still have a finishing reamer for the .338-06 with a 40 degree shoulder.
The .375/06 sounds interesting but if you already have a .35 Whelen, it isn't much different and I kind of like the exttra speed. It certainly would be an awesome brush gun and a bear thumper. I have a .375 H&H though and so probably won't play around with it. Good idea though. I hope no one is planning to prairie dog hunt with these as I used to live on the prairie and hated to see those slugs bouncing around where I lived. I actually had a .30 cal bullet stop right in front of my foot and I never did hear the shot. Of course some of you have also probably seen my dead cow story. I figured it was a green horn shooting prairie dogs with his 06. Just glad I wasn't working closer to the prairie dogs.
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Sounds like it would be a good cat gun;)
Kicking around and found this old one
.375 Whelen (.375-06)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The .375 Whelen cartridge (A.K.A. 375-06) was developed in 1951 by L.R. "Bob" Wallack and named in honor of Colonel Townsend Whelen. It is a .30-06 Springfield case necked up to .375. While the .375 Whelen retains the .30-06's shoulder angle of 7' 30", an improved version was introduced with a 40' angle, providing more case capacity as well as better headspacing. The .375 Whelen Improved is favored by most.
Bullet Powder / (grs.) MV/ME
200 SP IMR4064 / 58.0 2450/2265
235 SP IMR4064 / 60.0 2475/3205
270 SP IMR4064 / 57.0 2380/3400
300 SP IMR4064 / 52.0 2110/2975
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.375_Whelen_(.375-06)
so i shouldn't build my 338-06 ackly imp.
375-06 ackly imp!
to late i am waiting for the 338 barrel blank to arrive as i type . but i think i have an idea on what i want next a 375-06
Yeah, I think people are more confident with the improved version due to headspacing concerns on the standard -06 shoulder. I looked at it myself before settling on the .35 Whelen (not the improved).
What opens my eyes is the wildcatting being done on the .375 Ruger case, especially those necking down to .35.
Unless the .375 has some appeal for reasons other than utility, the .35 Whelen will Git 'er Done!
Are all of you guys planning a prairie dog hunt? I'm just guessing but I'll bet these cartridges will do the job. I believe that I still have a finishing reamer for the .338-06 with a 40 degree shoulder.
The .375/06 sounds interesting but if you already have a .35 Whelen, it isn't much different and I kind of like the exttra speed. It certainly would be an awesome brush gun and a bear thumper. I have a .375 H&H though and so probably won't play around with it. Good idea though. I hope no one is planning to prairie dog hunt with these as I used to live on the prairie and hated to see those slugs bouncing around where I lived. I actually had a .30 cal bullet stop right in front of my foot and I never did hear the shot. Of course some of you have also probably seen my dead cow story. I figured it was a green horn shooting prairie dogs with his 06. Just glad I wasn't working closer to the prairie dogs.
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