.25-35 hunting experience?

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Gentlemen: Just made a deal on a .25-35 WCF Winchester model 94 from a fellow gunnutz member. Has anyone used the cartridge for deer hunting? I hunt heavily wooded eastern forest and expect it will do fine. Just looking for anyone with hands on experience. I will be shooting 117gr factory flat points.

thanks Darryl
 
117gn flat points @ about 2200fps. It'll kill deer but be sure of your hit & keep range limited. That long slim bullet will penetrate well but your not working with much bullet dia to start with so even fully expanded your at ?? .35cal.
 
I just got my 25-35 also and fired it today for the first time. Great little gun...with 117 gr bullets, I would feel confident out to 150 yards. I was ringing a 1foot x 1 foot steel gong plate at 200. Very surprising to me but many there were amazed as I was. I load 3031 powder and worked up a decent grouping with 23 grains of powder. It certainly did not like the 60gr.bullets I used first as I also load for my 25-20s.
 
117 is enough for Ontario deer, you gotta think about how many people out there are using 243's and only throwing 100 gr pills. I've shot 3 or 4 deer with that load. I'm not saying it's a great thing to use cause I got rid of the 243 just because it wasn't bang flopping them. I think now that the 243 is to small for deer but thats my opinion. I've got a Savage 1899 in 25-35 here and I still haven't gotten to take a pop out of it and my buddy out in B.C. even sent me a box of shells for it, guess I'd better take it to the range sometime and find out what it's like.
 
Dang it MD I may have to come over there and help you shoot some of those unfired by you 99's. :D
The 25-35 had a good reputation on deer, back before the fancy new cartridges came out. There was an article, I think in 'RIFLE' a while back, about a guy in the US that took elk with it.
It's how you place your shot more than anything else.
 
No complaints with either the 25-35 or 44-40 as a short range deer rifle.
They have both taken a lot of deer.
If I recall, the long standing record typical Whitetail (prior to the "Hanson" buck ) was taken with a 25-35 ...
 
many bullets require at least 1800 to 2000 fps to get ANY expansion, so your range is limited. Also most .257 bullets are designed for much higher intensity cartridges and higher impact speeds. Even the round nose types are frequently found in the 25-06 and 257 wby.

All the more reason to keep it to moderate range
 
beretta boy said:
No complaints with either the 25-35 or 44-40 as a short range deer rifle.
They have both taken a lot of deer.
If I recall, the long standing record typical Whitetail (prior to the "Hanson" buck ) was taken with a 25-35 ...
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The Jordan buck was actually taken by the even more anemic .25-20
 
While it is the rimless version of the 25-35 with a bit different shoulder the 25 Remington knocked down a pile of game in the homesteading years. I don't have any records of the actual Winchester cartridge being there to help out but don't see why it would be any different.

This old journal of a local trapper has one page written saying the only rifle he used for all his hunting from 1911 to 1958 was his model 8 25 Remington. It was used for everything from porcupine up to moose and everything in between.
My Gramma's brother used a Model 14 so chambered and the neighbor to the north had a 14 and another 8 in 25 Rem too. They were all experienced shots and I doubt the ranges were far at all. I will be using my 14 this fall for the close up shots in the bush or maybe even sitting at the edge of the field where the deer come by close.
Pick your shot and it will be fine.

Sorry for the oversize pics, need to keep them as big as possible until I get them printed for our history book.:redface:

MartinArneson-2.jpg

MartinandJohn-1.jpg
 
I bet Martin had to be stealthy to get close to that one! No wonder they are called Mule Deer when given a set like that! They are usually 24" +/- tip to tip around home, helpful for the field judging. I doubt Martin was worried about that in this case.
 
Noel, please tell us where the pictures were taken, approximately. They are so good and so typical of of the fringe area between farm land and wilderness, of many locations.
 
All my pictures are from Beautiful downtown Bergen Alberta. Circa 1911 up to 1945 would safely cover my little stash. That is when Martin moved there, same as my great Grandparents.
For rough age, Martin Arneson (trapper w/the mule deer above) was born in 1881. I would guess him in his early forties(?) there so in the 1920's somewhere.
The pic with him and John Haug on the sled would be very close to the same time. It is printed on the thick post card type paper.

Once I get all the period firearms collected to go with the pictures I will try to put the whole mess together for you kids to enjoy.
I have been very fortunate to find almost all the pictures in good condition.
 
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