Welcome Matt and thanks for your service. If you don't intend to shoot anything heavier than the 225 gr the 35 does not offer any thing much over the.06. I have toyed with the idea mysef a few times,but could not convince myself it was worth it. It shines with the heavier bullets though, but you get the increase of recoil to. Rebore or rebarrel is going to set you back $400 plus, so finding a used one is going to save a lot of E-3 bucks.
If you want a bigger hole,you might look at different offerings. You don't say what you want it for, but if you are looking for bigger bear medicine up there in AK,I would look at something with a little more umph since you already have the.0. Just a thought though.

Last edited by saddlesore; 12/31/11.

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