The Rem 7600 .35 Whelen that my son has is well made in my opinion, but kicks like a rented mule. I think that is mostly due to the ergonomics of the shotgun style stock. I prefer my 700 Classic .35 Whelen that seems to have less felt recoil. One option is to keep the .338 if it shoots well with lighter loads. However, I sent mine down the road a long time ago because of recoil and it didn’t shoot for beans, but that was just that one rifle.
