The Great Pumpkin has arrived...

[ISS]

Linus (Peanuts) always sat beside the Pumpkin Patch on Thanksgiving Eve, waiting for the "Great Pumpkin" to arrive. He never did, but Linus' belief never wavered. Mine either.

I ordered a Lipsey's Ruger Stainless Steel and Laminated Stock in 35 Whelen from AmmoJo (Keith Greene) on Saturday. It arrived about an hour ago. It may be T-H-E perfect under 300 yards rifle for all of NA and most of Africa.

Keith is great to deal with.

thanks,

Rich

 

[hoz53]

Linus (Peanuts) always sat beside the Pumpkin Patch on Thanksgiving Eve, waiting for the "Great Pumpkin" to arrive. He never did, but Linus' belief never wavered. Mine either.

I ordered a Lipsey's Ruger Stainless Steel and Laminated Stock in 35 Whelen from AmmoJo (Keith Greene) on Saturday. It arrived about an hour ago. It may be T-H-E perfect under 300 yards rifle for all of NA and most of Africa.

Keith is great to deal with.

thanks,

Rich

ware are pics?

 

[joshb]

Yup! Pics or it’s a dream!

 

[Fuj]

Halloween at the Pumpkin Patch......

 

[Jonnyofalltrades]

Pics! Pics! We want Pics!

 

[ISS]

Ruger demon strikes again!! I took the rifle and a a Leupold 1.50-5X scope to my gunsmith to have it mounted and scope rough zeroed. Ruger shipped the rifle with two #4 (low) rings. Mount the scope and can't even open the bolt. And they are closed today. So, Monday I get to dance the dance with Customer Service to see if they will replace them.

I am having one of THOSE days...

 

[ebb]

They used to replace them with no dance, but they may require cash these days. They sell rings on the Ruger site. I have never shot a 35 Whelen but, always thought my 77 tang safety in 338 win mag held the title of best 300yd on all NA game.

 

[ISS]

Picture posted, with scope.

 

[Rick in Oregon]

ISS, if you don't already have a set of 35 Whelen dies, I'm your huckelberry. Got a new set of RCBS dies unused sitting on the shelf looking for a new home.

 

[ISS]

talk to me Rick, Mamma says Christmas is coming...

 

[Rat44]

That is the perfect elk rifle for my part of the world.
Good choice of scope to go with it.

 

[TC260]

The 35+ caliber "primitive weapons" laws here in some of the southern states are pretty silly but I've always liked that they unintentionally made the 35 Whelen a popular round. I know lots of public land hunters that have become one gun hunters using their single shot 35 Whelens all the way through.