In order to begin building a .35 Whelen, I wanted to purchase a new Model 70 stainless steel 30-06 to supply to Arnold Arms before Christmas. To date, I have been unable to locate one in North Idaho. I have been told repeatedly by a number of different gun shops that Winchester " is not shipping" and a number of their rifle models are in short supply. I also read (on another board) that Winchester is in the process of re-locating their manufacturing plant to North Carolina and that is the reason for the supply problem. Does anyone know what is going on? CP.