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A few years back I had posted a WTB for a Remington 700 Classic in .35 Whelen. Another member of The ‘Fire from out west put me in touch with his father here in VT who had this 700 CDL. I drove up to his dad’s house and bought it cash and a handshake, which, BTW, as of last week is no longer legal in VT. It’s really a beautiful rifle. I had hopes that having a moose rifle might bring me luck in the VT moose tag lottery, but it didn’t work that way at all! I have decided to sell this CDL, rebarrel a Mauser 98 from 7x57 to .35 Whelen, and keep hoping!

I did some load development with Speer 250gr SPTs and RL15. Right at 58gr, the five-shot group tightened up nicely; high-low spread was only 24fps, and SD was just 9.7 fps. So it’s a shooter for sure.

I replaced the original “sticky” Limbsaver recoil pad under warranty from Remington. According to the Remington recall web search tool, this rifle is not affected by the X-Mark Pro® trigger recall. I really like both the look of the stock and how it fits me as a shooter. 24” barrel, matte finish. I will include the original manual and the box label, but I don’t have the box itself. There are two marks on this otherwise flawless rifle: a small chip out of the finish on the grip cap, and a little smudge in the forestock checkering on the bottom. Both are shown in the pictures that are linked here.

Remington does not offer the 700 in .35 Whelen. But you can have this one! Rifle with Talley lightweights shipped in a boxed hard case by USPS Priority Mail insured to your FFL from a non-FFL $800.00. If I have to ship from an FFL, add $25. Leupold VX2 3-9x40 is NOT included, but if you want it with the rifle, make me an offer.

What is the twist on this barrel? Thanks.

Online sources state that the twist rate is 1 in 16". I'll verify that with Remington and by actual measurement when I get home from work today.

According to the Remington recall web search tool, this rifle is not affected b the X-Mark Pro® trigger recall.

FWIW- my dad owned this particular rifle which I bought new for him. IIRC, Dad told me that he probably shot less than a few dozen rounds through this rifle before the aging process caught up with him. I know for certain that he never hunted this 35 Whelen and it was always kept clean and stored properly in one of his gun safes.

Free bump for a nice rifle!

I have confirmed that the twist rate is 1 in 16”.

I cite Bob Milek in the March 1988 Guns and Ammo mag. He was testing a newly released Remington factory 35 Whelen (1:16 twist) and this is a quote from his article:

"I was able to achieve excellent results with every bullet from the 180 grain Speer flat nose up through the big 275-grain Barnes spitzer. However, I was never able to get the 300-grain Barnes roundnose to shoot in my rifle. Groups with this big heavyweight at 100 yards consistently ran around 3 1/2 to four inches, while all bullet weights up through 275 grains produced superb groups."

For an "I'll take it." at the asking price, I will include

A box of 50 Sierra .358 225gr GameKings



Plus a bag of 50 unfired R-P .35 Whelen brass

Thanks for checking on the twist. Beautiful rifle. Good luck with the sale.

TTT

Friday bump.....

Bump it up!
An “I’ll take it” at $800 gets the 700 CDL with Talley lightweights, hard case, box of 50 225gr Sierra GameKings, 50-piece bag of new R-P brass, AND a nearly-new set of LEE .35 Whelen dies with shellholder. Rifle shipped to your FFL. Extras shipped TYD.

Bump for a beautiful rifle and a good deal. Too many irons in the fire for me to take advantage, much as I want to.

Sunday bump

Tag for a good looking rifle.

Bump it up!
An “I’ll take it” at $800 gets:
**700 CDL with Talley lightweights
**a hard case
**a box of 50 225gr Sierra GameKings
NEW! **a box of 50 250gr Speer spitzers
**a 50-piece bag of new R-P brass
**a nearly-new set of LEE .35 Whelen dies with shellholder

Rifle shipped to your FFL. Extras shipped TYD.

My .35 Whelen short-chambered, Shilen barrel for my Mauser 98 will be delivered today. Let’s find a new home for this very fine 700 CDL!

Weekend bump.

Great gun!I also have a 700 CDL IN 35 Whelen and live in Vermont. Good luck with your sale and to bad there isn't much of a moose season this year.

Good deal. Those Speer bullets are good for big game, Elk, moose, etc.

Heck of a package deal here on a great rifle.