Good find

[lazydrifter]

Yeah it's going to get rebarreled.  My dad or whoever had it prior to him cut the barrel down to about 21 inches.  I thought at first about keeping that barrel on but have decided to go all out on this build  (may take me a year or so) so it's gotta go.  When my gunsmith pulls it I will tell him to try to save it.  If he can it's all yours.  I set those 8mm bullets aside also for you.

[CP]

What is the maximum  range of the 35 whelen?  200 yards or can you squeeze em out to 300?  Do you use them on deer or just elk?  My gunsmith showed me his 1909 mauser that he built a custom out of in 35 whelen and OMG it was incredible.  I'm thinking that if I can't make up my mind maybe I'll just have to pick up another action and build em both.

300 yards is very doable.  I’m sure there are folks out there that can accurately shoot it much further and bullet energy is not an issue at that range.  A 225g bullet should give you a point blank (+- 3”) range of about 250 yards, 3” high at 100, dead on at 200, 3” low at 250, about 10” low at 300.