I'm interested in a 25-35 to take the place of my .250 savage and I was really looking at Winny's Japanese 1894 sporter when I found a 24" pre-64 in 25-35 with the nickel steel for 750 at the gun show. I'm seriously thinking about the pre-64 as it's been reblued and nobody seems to want it.
I'm going to use it as a babied shooter, so how well are the old barrels with normal modern j-words?