.350 mag. an oldie but a goodie. its not a fast hyper mag by todays standards. its actually pretty slow @ about 2775fps w/ a 200 gr. bullet. you can do a little better then that w/ handloads but thats a whole other can of worms. BANG. FLOP. DEAD. thats how i like it. i have 2 350's one in the 673 guide gun and the other in the model 7 cdl. the '06 is an incredible caliber though! my father has killed over 30 200 pound plus maine whitetails w/ the 180 gr round nose. ( a 200 pound deer is the benchmark here in the northeast) plus the 06 is extremely popular as far as finding ammo just about anywheres and the load availability is so wide that you could shoot 55 gr loads today on chucks and cyotes and tomarrow load it for bear w/ a 180/220 gr load and anything in between. i have several -06's and love them all. most of them are carbine pumps w/ a peep sight. again thats a real popular set up here in the north as most of us carrying them are tracking. a step up from the 06 is the .35 whelen which i really really like. again BANG FLOP DEAD!its an 06 case necked up to .35 cal. in fact i load most of my 35 whelen ammo out of spent 06 cases. anyways, i could go on and on about guns but i wont bore you. my 2 cents