FWIW, I'm with the 1-14" crowd, though not from any experience.
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<br>I have some good articles on the 35 Whelen by Finn Aagaard. He used a Remington factory rifle extensively with the 1-16" twist, then had a custom 35 Whelen built with a 1-12" twist... after a thousand rounds through the custom Whelen, he offered the opinion that the 1-14" twist was probably "optimal" (his words).
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<br>Based on his advice I ordered a Whelen with the 1-14" twist... after a month I changed (blasphemy) the order to 338-06.
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<br>Brad


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