I saw a rifle advertised for sale recently in caliber .35-06. How, if at all, does this differ from .35 Whelen?

Wouldn't know unless you did a chamber casting. Could be Whelen or someone's wet dream.

As small fry said chamber cast. But, the 35 Whelen is simply a necked up 06 no other changes.

When you see something that doesn't seem right obviously you shouldn't assume. I had bought a rifle years ago that I though was a "7mag", even said so on the barrel. The person selling it thought so too . Turned out to be one of the most concussive 7mags I ever fired, and some of the noise came from the magazine well lmao Quite frankly unless I got a chamber cast of the rifle I wouldn't even bother unless I was up for adventure. Look how much wildcatting people do here!

Unless you can buy less the cost of a rebarrel job I would pass

typo? 25-06.

xausa the 35-06 is a 35 whelen. a 30-06 wildcat once called the 35-06 then was commercialized as the 35 whelen

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Originally posted by Tanoose:
xausa the 35-06 is a 35 whelen. a 30-06 wildcat once called the 35-06 then was commercialized as the 35 whelen

Funny, I used to own a Griffin & Howe Springfield made in the early 1930's, long before Remington dreamed of commercializing the .35 Whelen, and it was marked ".35 Whelen".


You may be able to read the inscription on the barrel.

My information indicates that the .30-'06 necked to .35 was dubbed the .35 Whelen from its inception, when Col. Townsend Whelen was commanding officer at Springfield Arsenal.

Holy cow xausa! You have had and do own some really neat rifles.

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Originally posted by Tanoose:
xausa the 35-06 is a 35 whelen. a 30-06 wildcat once called the 35-06 then was commercialized as the 35 whelen

I disagree with the notion that because the rifle is labeled 35-06 then it is dimensionally equivalent to a 35 Whelen and not someone else's wildcat. Any purchased used "wildcat" should be treated like one. You would surprised by even how many people on this forum intentionally mislabel their barrels. Sometimes this is to make international travel easier and sometimes for personal humor.