Welcome alaskamatt to the 'fire.
There is a few used bolt guns floating around in gun shops and gun shows chambered on the Whelen. Might take a little look'n.
I had found an old tang safty ruger at one time at a local gun shop factory chambered in the whelen. Stupid me, I did not buy it. Being practical has draw backs.
Then found a Remington 700 in the whelen at a gun show. Nice rifle too, but I had a 338 win mag by then. Again being practical, I thought why do I need a whelen now??
So If ya can, mabe hit some gun shops. Ya never know.
Old co-worker has a 35 whelen in a remington 700. He loves it. He often chooses it over his 7mm rem mag no matter the game being hunted.
All he shoots is 250 gr. hornadys. Animals DRT or well laid blood trail to dead animal. To my knowledge, he has recovered no bullets from game, complete pass threw is the norm on large bears, elk, deer.
