35 whelen barrel twist advice

I had a Rem 700 with a 1:17 twist. Any 200 grain load would overlap but anything heavier started to spread out fast.

My ideal would be a 1:12 or 1:14 for the 225 to 250 grain loads.
 
Duncan Idaho said:
I had a Rem 700 with a 1:17 twist. Any 200 grain load would overlap but anything heavier started to spread out fast.
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The std Remington twist for their 35 Whelen was 1:16". I had three of the 7600s. All of the ones I had would shoot the flat base Speer 250 just fine.
 
I’ve had .35 Whelens with 1:16, 1:14, and my current one is a 1:12. They all shot good with 225 and 250 gr bullets. I don’t use 200 gr. in this caliber.
 
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Had it out shooting yesterday finally, I was able to get about 1.5 moa out of it. I tried federal, nosler and norma ammo in 225 and 250 grain. Now I just need to order some reloading components so I can get it dialled in for next year.
 

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done 200 to 250 with a 1:16 factory ruger. seemed to like 250s if i was to point one out ? varget always too down here.

gun looks good. nice one
 
Thank you, I would like to upgrade the stock as I had to dremel out quite a bit to make this new barrel free float. A nice boyds stock would look much better in my opinion. Also I need to get the bolt knob replaced so I can take that rubber ball off it.
 
Bump!!! Any one here running a shorter than 22 in barrel on their 35 Whelen? Thinking a bit shorter for bush packing but not too short to affect performance?
 
1:12 so you can shoot bullets from 320 gr and lighter. 1:14 would theoretically provide slightly lower pressure and slightly higher MV, but in practice it would fall within the normal variation in MV that depends on your barrel, powders, primers, etc., but would potentially limit you somewhat with the heavies.

For those who are concenred that bullets will be over stabilized and/or are concerned that the bullet will come apart due to excessive spin, the latter has been produced in smaller calibers with very fast twists at very high MV's, but that won't ever happen in a 35 Whelen.
 
Andy said:
1:12 so you can shoot bullets from 320 gr and lighter. 1:14 would theoretically provide slightly lower pressure and slightly higher MV, but in practice it would fall within the normal variation in MV that depends on your barrel, powders, primers, etc., but would potentially limit you somewhat with the heavies.

For those who are concenred that bullets will be over stabilized and/or are concerned that the bullet will come apart due to excessive spin, the latter has been produced in smaller calibers with very fast twists at very high MV's, but that won't ever happen in a 35 Whelen.
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Ok, barrel length was the question I posed. I have the option to buy a 35 Whelen in 22 in or 18.5 in. I want a handy bush gun , shorter barrel as possible without losing too much performance. Most likely only going to run factory ammo for a while. 18.5 in suitable performance or should I go a bit longer? I can always cut down the 22 a bit and find a good happy medium..
 
Since my last post I installed a boyds thumbhole stock which I feel looks much better.20210325_174428.jpg

Accuracy wise it is acceptable for hunting and a more skilled shooter could probably produce better groups (picture is side ways)
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One last thing I would like to change is to get a new bolt handle installed, just need to find a place able to do it.
 

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