.25-35 Winchester

The .25-35 Winchester, or WCF (Winchester Center Fire) was introduced in 1895 by Winchester Repeating Arms Company for the Winchester Model 1894 lever action rifle. The case was based on the .30-30 cartridge.

Performance
While significantly more powerful than the .25-20 Winchester, the .25-35 WCF can be used to hunt small deer at 200 yards and medium sized deer at 100 yards, though it may be better to hunt small predators such as coyotes instead. No production rifles have been made in .25-35 WCF since the 1940s until 2005, when Winchester began chambering their new version Model 94 rifles in this caliber. Winchester ammunition has kept the cartridge in production in the U.S.A. and RWS offers it in Europe in its metric designation, 6.5x52R.

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