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Hunting A 25-35 High Wall
Aug 2nd, 2023 at 7:04am
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I have always liked hunting with old rifles in traditional calibers. I grew up hunting with my dad’s SRC in 25-35. When I saw this high wall in 25-35 I bought it for nostalgic reasons.

It is a great shooting, yet scarce configuration with double set triggers, takedown, sling eyes, checkered, shotgun butt…

  
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Re: Hunting A 25-35 High Wall
Reply #1 - Aug 2nd, 2023 at 7:33am
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That is an awfully nice buck and rifle. The 25-35 is an underappreciated caliber in my opinion. If you are a true hunter it will get the job done for you. Mine has taken deer, javalina and coyotes without any problem.
  
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Reply #2 - Aug 2nd, 2023 at 8:05am
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singleshotsam wrote on Aug 2nd, 2023 at 7:33am:
That is an awfully nice buck and rifle. The 25-35 is an underappreciated caliber in my opinion. If you are a true hunter it will get the job done for you. Mine has taken deer, javalina and coyotes without any problem.



I shot a 7 foot grizzly with my dad’s 25-35. One shot, ded…


  
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Reply #3 - Aug 2nd, 2023 at 10:28am
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Very nice rifle and buck!!! Congrats and thanks for sharing.
  
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Reply #4 - Aug 2nd, 2023 at 11:08am
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Never hunted with a .25-35, but I have taken mule deer with my 1893 Marlin takedown in .25-36 Marlin, which is basically nearly identical to the .25-35 Win.
I think a number of people underestimate the .25-35/.25-36 for deer, but handloaded in a strong rifle it is a great deer cartridge.
  
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Reply #5 - Aug 2nd, 2023 at 12:54pm
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Shrapnel   Since you posted the note, I assume it was the bear who was ded!!! But it might not have been!!!
  
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Reply #6 - Aug 2nd, 2023 at 11:02pm
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rkba2nd wrote on Aug 2nd, 2023 at 12:54pm:
Shrapnel   Since you posted the note, I assume it was the bear who was ded!!! But it might not have been!!!



That is the skull and the bullet hole from that one shot…
  
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Reply #7 - Aug 2nd, 2023 at 11:49pm
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I’ve got a martini cadet in 25-35, take one deer, numerous goats, one of the idiot neighbours sheep( more of an euthanasia situation) and a cat, it’s a much underrated calibre 
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Reply #8 - Aug 3rd, 2023 at 12:05am
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Re: Hunting A 25-35 High Wall
Reply #9 - Aug 3rd, 2023 at 1:41am
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Wow Sharpnel, that's a really great HW that makes my old rifle look a bit rough. A very nice buck too. Thanks for posting. I'd be interested to hear what projectile you are using in the .25/35 for hunting. I started out using the standard 117 gr RN Hornady with good results (see pic) but following suggestions from a few of the boys here I moved to a 100 gr spitzer. Even with a rough bore the accuracy improved and I've taken two Fallow deer at about 80 yds with one shot kills. Thankfully I don't have to contend with snow like that here in Oz! I like the .25/35 a lot.  Smiley
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Reply #10 - Aug 25th, 2023 at 10:55am
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Nice High Wall. I never had any trouble with a 25/35 on deer.
  
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