Ok,so I have now narrowed it down to the rem 7600 .30-06 22" with wood furniture or the 35 whelen 18.5" with synthetic furniture.They both have things I like about them.I do believe the .30-06 to be the far more versatile caliber and easy to locate and fairly cheap,and I also love the look of the wood furniture but I do like the 18.5" barrel and that the 35 whelen is a "different" caliber. I am kind of stuck on which gun would be better.