Thank you all for your responses. I really appricate it.

I was under the impression that the .35 was a brush pusher which is one reason that it was attracting me, and the other was the idea of using a larger caliber bullet on deer. When I hit the deer, I would like to advoid having to track them very far.

Several months ago, when I began researching big game rifles, I originally like .30-06 in the Remington model 700 because it could be shot (from my understanding) up to 300 yards, which game me the opition of taking longer shots if I ever decided to hunt out west. But how does the impact shot compare to that of the .35? Is it really going to make that much of a difference.

If anyone has any suggestions about an affordable, quality deer rifle that will last a life time, preferrably in a bolt action, that would be great. Thanks.