thanks again bud ,
i've got a book called big bore rifles , if it's the same one your thinking of it came out in the late 80's early 90's and was a softcover book with i think ( and i'm not sure about this one but ) a remington 700 in .416 rem. firing a round of and the photo was of the bullet coming out of the barrel with the muzzle blast ??

the 338/06 is too long for my 760 , it's a .308 class rifle

, i have a custom built mauser 98 that's in 8mm/06 that i was considering rebarreling to 338/06 but , only because i can't seem to get the hang of forming reforming brass. and the 338/06 is a commercially loaded round now thanks to weatherby

yea , i've got a .35 whelen in a 700 classic , and she's a dream . but i can't understand where everybody says the whelen kicks so hard , firing 200 and 250 grain loadings i honestly don't think she kicks at all

i've also got a .350 rem mag in a model 673 that is a dream to shoot , she handled so nicely this past deer season , it's just a shame i didn't see anything to shoot at until the late muzzleloader season ( but that was good too though )

and a marlin 336 in .35 remington which isn't a barn burner but is in my opinion much superior to other so called brush busters of that day