Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Single Shots NEF in .35 REM?

I have fourteen centerfire Handi rifles, plus H&R/NEF rimfires and shotguns. They're all great guns.

H&R went broke and NEF took it over. Marlin bought them and Remington bought Marlin and brought back the H&R trade name.

I didn't fool around with the .35 Remington. I have two .357 Maximums and reamed a third .357 Magnum to .356/.358. Both calibers work interchangeably in the break action Handi. In a reamed .357 or .35, the extractor is changed to a modified .30-30 extractor. In a Handi, you can also load .356 brass to .358 levels. The frame will withstand much more pressure than either delivers. The .356 head spaces on the rim and the .358 on the shoulder. Both give you much more than a .35 Remington and almost what a .35 Whelen will yield.

If you can't find a .35, get a .357 and go wherever you want from there....357 Maximum, .35 rem, .356/.358.

I almost forgot to mention, you can wring .35 Remington performance out of the .357 Maximum in a Handi. I run a 180 gr. Hornady SSP at 2200 fps plus. Check out the info below for more details. Also, search the GBO website for more info on the Maximum.

http://www.go2gbo.com/forums/index.php/topic,26264.0.html

Good luck,

Pete