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Nice one.
Highjack continued, I could not bear to re-barrel this .35 Whelen to .400 Whelen either.
Even to run a .35 Brown Whelen into it would be sacrilige.

Pre-'64 M70 Winchester .35 Whelen like the factory never made, but should have:
1952 M70 action from .30-06
1958 walnut from .300 H&H
1993 Douglas No. 4 sporter with 1:12" twist, 24" length







Old Weaver K-3 scope in Kimber rings and bases above.
Below, the scope bases were made by Talley to fit Ruger No. 1 OEM rings onto the M70, same scope.
First blood, two shots, two bangflops, two DRT, two braces of tasty pork chops from Tennessee,
Remington factory ammo 250-grain RNSP "Core-Lokt" IIRC:





The .400 Whelen would of course be more appropriate for a 1000-pound hogzilla.

Here are those Talley-Ruger bases
and a comparison of the Shilen No. 4 sporter, .411-caliber, 1:14" twist, feather-weight trimmed
(proof-tested with 400-gr bullet at +2400 fps, heh-heh-heh),
compared to the Douglas No. 4 sporter, .358-caliber, 1:12" twist: