manitouhunter
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I will start by saying the Whelen has become my favorite rifle. I picked up a Remington 700 classic in 1988. It shoots factory loads in the 3/4" to 1" range and my favorite mono load at under a half inch. About 10 years ago I picked up an almost Winchester model 70 sporter in 25-06 that a guy and his friends had burned up in a weekend on prairie dogs, he said they went through over 1200 rounds in two days of shooting and destroyed the barrel in the first outing. I then sent it off and had it rebored to .35 Whelen with a one in ten twist and it is a real shooter with everything and cheap too.