These are useful links:
https://www.jbmballistics.com/ballistics/calculators/calculators.shtml
https://www.ballisticstudies.com/Knowledgebase/.35+Whelen.html
I tend to believe a 12 or 14 twist is fine for 35cal rifles. The 16t that Remington used is a bit slow for the bullet weights (length) we like. So far, I have no issue stabilizing 280s @ 1900fps with a 14t, though I could see a 10t if 300+gr subsonics were planned.
Most of my experience over the last 35yrs has been with 225/250gr bullets in the 35WAI and they shoot quite well, even the old discontinued 250gr XBT. The also discontinued 225gr Nosler BT shoots well and is excellent deer medicine. Notice a trend? The 35cal bullets just don't sell as well as 30 and 338cals and the manufacturers drop them for the latest internet hotness. As usual, my ubiquitous statement of "if you find something that works, stock up" applies.
Will throw in a link to Hawk bullets; they are priceless to those wanting to shoot jacketed in various obsolete cartridges - and you can even spec jacket thickness to suit your velocity.
Complete thread:
- Obsolete Mid-Bores (this might be unhealthy) -
AaronB,
2024-11-25, 19:03
- Decidedly not unhealthy (if I can use a double negative) -
Hoot,
2024-11-25, 19:34
- Did someone say 35 Krag? -
JohnKDM,
2024-11-25, 19:54
- Did someone say 35 Krag? -
Fivegunner,
2024-11-26, 08:16
- Thanks! - JohnKDM, 2024-11-27, 15:25
- I KNEW someone would lead me down the primrose path! -
AaronB,
2024-11-26, 08:25
- You probably already know... -
Hoot,
2024-11-26, 14:14
- I had no earthly idea. -
AaronB,
2024-11-27, 07:18
- I may have left the impression the 8x58R was based on the... -
Hoot,
2024-11-27, 08:24
- Oh OK. - NT - AaronB, 2024-11-27, 10:54
- I may have left the impression the 8x58R was based on the... -
Hoot,
2024-11-27, 08:24
- I had no earthly idea. -
AaronB,
2024-11-27, 07:18
- You probably already know... -
Hoot,
2024-11-26, 14:14
- What twist did JES use? -
Hoot,
2024-11-27, 11:59
- JES standard 35cal rebore is three groove, 14t, - JohnKDM, 2024-11-27, 13:51
- Did someone say 35 Krag? -
Fivegunner,
2024-11-26, 08:16
- .35 Epps? -
AaronB,
2024-11-26, 07:29
- .35 Epps? - Fivegunner, 2024-11-26, 08:14
- Ellwood (incorrectly spelled earlier) Epps came up with the - Hoot, 2024-11-26, 08:44
- Decidedly not unhealthy (if I can use a double negative) -
A K Church,
2024-11-27, 03:01
- It would! -
Hoot,
2024-11-27, 06:36
- Another .35 Krag... the .358 Dauntless -
AaronB,
2024-11-27, 07:29
- Like that. -
Hoot,
2024-11-27, 08:21
- These are useful links: -
JohnKDM,
2024-11-27, 10:18
- Thank you for these. NT - AaronB, 2024-11-27, 10:55
- Here is a target from the 35 Krag -
JohnKDM,
2024-11-27, 11:28
- Pretty darned impressive. - AaronB, 2024-12-01, 18:38
- These are useful links: -
JohnKDM,
2024-11-27, 10:18
- Like that. -
Hoot,
2024-11-27, 08:21
- Another .35 Krag... the .358 Dauntless -
AaronB,
2024-11-27, 07:29
- It would! -
Hoot,
2024-11-27, 06:36
- Did someone say 35 Krag? -
JohnKDM,
2024-11-25, 19:54
- Decidedly not unhealthy (if I can use a double negative) -
Hoot,
2024-11-25, 19:34