I have a 700 CDL in 35 Whelen.. i traded a sig 229 for it... and i've never shot it.. it is one of the Grice run guns bought from my local gun shop... BUT remington is continuing the 35 whelen in the CDL... as a standard offering... it is a beautiful rifle...

The reason it's been on the backburner is because i have been putting together a custom rifle chambered for 35 Whelen Ackley Improved (well i did run the reamer a wee bit deeper)... Actually i've been fireforming and shooting some test loads in it as of late to see exactly what it likes... Stock is a 700 Classic stock i refinished and added a packmyr recoil pad too... bought a 700 SPS and robbed the action, magazine and trigger guard assy from... rest got e-bayed... blueprinted the action and then ordered a PTC barrel from Douglas in XX grade... did the fixture, action work and barrel setback on the lathe and put her together... had it reblued by a local shop... all in all... i have roughly 1000 bucks in parts and outside labor into this gun with the Leupold Vari-X III on top and the Leupold QR bases and rings... so far it shoots better than expected and honest to god i get zero copper fouling in the barrel... i did have it hand lapped by douglas... so that is most likely the reason behind that...

6 year back i had a 700 mountain rifle rebarrelled with a Shilen tube and the gun reblued.. and the bill was around 500 bucks...