I've been wanting one of these for quite sometime. Anybody hear shooting one? What do you think of the cartridge? Thinking it would make a great deer, antelope gun.
I love the .25-35. My great grand dad, grand dad, dad and uncle shot truck loads of deer, elk and other critters with these rifles in Idaho. My great grand dad purchased the lower rifle in 1903 in Cottonwood ID. My hope is that my boys shoot a deer or 2 with these rifles to keep the tradition going 5 generations.
i had the ballistic equivalent in the 25 rem but rimless instead of rimmed like the 25-35. nice caliber. very light recoil. the 117 RN pushed out of an old pump gun was quite accurate. i never used it for anything other than paper and water jugs though. might be ok for whitetail if you hit them in the boiler room.
I have a rebarreled Marlin.. It is a fun gun.. P. dogs, gophers, deer, antelope, and coyotes.. No grizzlies for me.. My rifle is scoped some of the time.. Very accurate little round..
The 117 grain round nose bullets are pretty good. I wish there were more bullets available though for varmints. I have some 86 grain and some 60 grain flat nose bullets. The 60's open up fast. I also cast bullets but my mold is a little too lite.
Sort of like you, I'd like to own a pre-64 94 or better yet a 64. But I'm having a bit of time buying and building up other rifles right now. So many rifles and so little time.