I kind of wondered why they didn't make a .358 slide action instead of the .35 Whelen? Maybe a carbine model or something around 20" and it might have breathed some life back into the .358 Winchester round. Probably that Winchester name on a Remington rifle was enough to nix the chambering.
I always thought the same thing. So I had a Remington 7600 in .358 made with a 20" Krieger barrel. Mounted a Leupold 1.5-5X and all is good.
