You don't seem to be really looking for a one gun rifle. Seems to be more of a case of wanting a 35 Whelen, and I'm good with that. If you want to do a rebore, JES did a Tikka T3 from -06 to Whelen for me that I was very happy with.
I can accept the 30-06 one gun argument, it makes sense. However, if it were me, I would gladly take a Whelen or the .338. I've used my Whelen more in the last twelve years than all other cartridges combined. This came about because in Mississippi you can use the Whelen during primitive firearms season. I, along with a lot of Miss. hunters, have found it performs so well that we just use it most of the time.
With all that being said, if I were only going to have one rifle it would be my .338 WM.
