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What's the opinion on the shortest effective barrel for a 35 Whelen?
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Mine is 24" but I wouldn't hesitate to build one with a 22" barrel. Don't think I'd go any shorter than that.
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My pre-war Sauer rebore is 25" and my old Ruger RS is 22". I personally don't see a need to go shorter than 22".
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Mine was originally a 24 inch. I had it reduced to 22 in. I have been much happier with it that way. I considered a 20 inch as well as I use it for elk on our brushy coast.
I like the 22 inch well enough I plan to leave it at that. I have a 21" .375 H&H if I ever get to go to Alaska.
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I have mauser 98 action bearing a 20 inch barrel and was considering a rebore to a 35 Whelan but thought that might be a bit short.
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20” works fine for a Whelen. I killed a train car full of stuff with mine, it wears a 20” tube.
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20" seems like it would be fine, given the case-to-barrel volume ratio. Right there with the 308. No one is going to argue that 20" is too short for a sporter 308.
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Think my 35 AI is 21" Rem 7600 22" happy with barrel length its more about overall balance.
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I have twin mauser's miltary barrels both chopped 20, the one is lights out with 170 grain blunt noise bullets, the second one is a piece of work, i suspect that one has seen alot of use, 150 to 196 whatever u run thru it, it's about the same, probably plenty good for most applications but... I have had great success with JES on Rebore and I figured that one might be the perfect candidate, It really barks at you in 8mm, i can only imagine the bang when the 35 lets drive.
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I have two 35 Whelen's.
One is a 25" Krieger with a 1 in 10 twist
Two is a 20" Krieger with a 1 in 10 twist
I i hunt the thick trees here in Colorado I carry the 20 " barrel. Easy to carry and handle in the dense trees.
Number one is built on a 1903A3 action with a Boyd's wood stock, and number two on a mid 60's Winchester push feed action in a B&C stock
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This one sits on a bell and calson stock , 2-7 glass, thinking it might work well as a pig eradication device LOL love hitting them broadside and see then stagger and flop LOL
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They do pretty well as shot as 18" but I think the guns look better when the barrels are 21 to 24 inches.
But burning 60 grains of powder is pretty easy in a bore that large. Lots of length is not needed to get full velocity.
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Mine is 22 inches. I am currently working on two. One of these is a 24" while the other is a twenty inch full stock. GD
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That sounds like a hammer!
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It's a VZ-24 Mauser, looks a little rough but shoots pretty good!
Still trying to shoot something with it carried it all season last year no bueno!
Got 250 Gr Hornadies and Partitions loaded for it.
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Sounds like a good one. I hate when I have a new rifle and can’t get anything to cooperate with me.
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I'd go 22"....or 23" at most. Just because I can't stand 24" barrels.
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