Great thread and pictures, Matt. It's been a pretty awesome experience for all of us who helped in any way on this project for a very deserving fellow.
I too am a 35 Whelen guy, as are alot of people who never say much about it. I have ranging dots in my scope and have used it to make a 1-shot kill on an elk at 418 yards--- everything was right and it was no problem. Other cartridges do this and that better and worse, while the Whelen just comes to work and gets the job done. I'll always have at least one, and if I had to go to one rifle for everything, I would hope I had the sense to grab the Whelen.
Good luck to you on your illness, and my sympathies to your wife for having to tow a trailer for the first time, under duress.
