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Originally Posted by 35 Whelen
As Kutenay says...
If you decide on a 35 and are going to use 250 grainers...do yourself a favor and INSIST on a 1 in 12 twist, otherwise you will not stabilize the bullets. Slower twists of 1 in 14 or 16 are made for the light 35's not the 250's
I have a Kreiger barrel on my 35 Whelen that Cliff Labounty installed, he squared of the action, turned the bolt face, lapped the locking lugs and lapped the barrel. It is a shooter for sure. And don't let anyone tell you the 35 is a short range cartridge. Mine is loaded to 2543 fps and my longest one shot kill on a bull moose was 400m....it has basically the same trajectory of a 180 grain bullet in a 30/06. At 300 meters its -8 inches low and at 400 it is -20 inches low with a +3 inch high impact at 100 m. At the muzzel it producing somewhere in the neighborhood of 3700 ft lbs of energy. My confidence rifle for sure.
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1:14 twist will stabilize 250gr bullets with no trouble at all! I shoot 280gr Aframes out of my 1:14 35cal rifle with very good accuracy...
