25-35 Winchester

[PJgunner]

Originally posted by Rocky Raab
I can't recall wher I read it or who wrote it, but some gun writer or other called the .25-35 "the most useless cartridge ever created."

His point was that it is too much for varmints and too little for deer, besides being ballistically crippled.

I think that may have been too harsh by a good bit. In the woods, it'd be a completely adequate deer round with even less recoil than the 30-30. It wouldn't be overly destructive on fur, I bet.

Not something you'd saddle with a monster scope, but with a good aperture sight and a fat ivory bead up front, it'd be primo for close-in running shots - or a treestand gun for a scrape hunter.

Besides...it's a quarterbore!

Rocky. I think it was probably Elmer keith. I recall him making some severe disparaging remarks about the cartridge in either KEITH the autobiography he hated or HELL! I WAS THERE.

I don't know if it still is, but in 1949, when as an 11 year old kid. the 25-35 was already outlawed for deer in California. They had a 1,000 foot pound rule at 100 yards and at the time the 25-35 only did 995 foot pounds. I had a 30-30. We hunted a private spread and most of the people that lived on that place hunted with a 25-35 and got their meat as well.
I have an old (1911 I believe) Model 94 right now that some jack ass cut the barrel down to 20". It was originally a 26" special order with half magazine. I do dearly would love to get my hands on that idiot. He aslo screwed up the front sight and I had to make up a proper one. Good little shooter though. As I drew a tag for javalina, that just might be the way to go. Time to load up some ammo.
Paul B.