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Plenty of 35 Rem ammo in OK.

one more in a nearly endless list of good reasons to HAND LOAD for the 35 remington.
you might consider a 200 grain hard cast as it makes bullet availability far easier, and yes you can very effectively kill deer with a 180-220 grain cast bullet from a 35 Remington




http://www.handloads.com/loaddata/default.asp?Caliber=35%20Remington&Weight=All&type=Rifle

http://www.neihandtools.com/catalog/index.html

http://www.midsouthshooterssupply.c...Mould-Number-358315-35-Caliber-204-Grain

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/16...cketed-hollow-point?cm_vc=ProductFinding

If you look around you'll quickly see that the 35 Remington factory ammo is as described, rather hard to locate, but this reminded me of one of the guys in our hunt club that purchased a marlin lever gun at a pawn shop decades ago , who really wanted a 357 mag version so he could shoot cast bullets dirt cheap, I told him at the time that the 35 rem was the better idea as the hand loaded cast bullets could be loaded to be just as accurate at the same velocity as the 357 mag carbine IF that's what he wanted to do, but he had the significant advantage with the larger case capacity to push heavier cast bullets to noticeable higher velocities should he choose to later.
it should be obvious that some cartridges case capacity's and bore sizes, rifling twist rates and basic rifle designs are much more compatible with the use of cast bullets and the 35-45 caliber marlin lever actions just generally fall into that range.
Using 35. grains of IMR 3031, I get about 2000 fps with quite acceptable accuracy, simply cast from 95% WW alloy and 5% pure tin, size .359 and lube , seat the bullet out to the longest length that functions smoothly, if done correctly its proven to be very effective on white tail deer out well past 150 yards



http://www.midsouthshooterssupply.c...-35-Caliber-point358-200-Grain-Flat-Nose


you might want to keep in mind that the 35 remington loaded with a good hard cast gas check 200 grain bullet pushed to about 2000 fps shoots considerably flatter and would be rather comparable in some ways to a marlin 44 mag loaded with the common 280-300 grain hard cast bullet in that either caliber would allow very inexpensive reloading and hunting and an easy 150 yard effective range and ammo you could fabricate rather cheaply

35 Remington ammo is very rare in these parts also.............Hb

I've had a yen for a Remmy 141 for a while, but the shortage of brass and even ammo has kept me from pulling the trigger, so to speak. I also drool over the occasional 336 in .35 and rarely .375. Finally, I ran into a pristeen Ruger Number 1 in .45/70 at a great price and decided it would be my deep-woods thumper. No serious issues with .45/70 brass.

Speaking of brass, how many times can you typically load .35 brass?

I was in a gun store a little over a week ago that had at least 20 boxes of Hornady 200-grain FTX for $27.99 a box. Don't know if that's too pricey for the average .35 Remington shooter or not.

No shortage of full factory boxes of 35 Rem. Corelokts and Silvertips at the flea markets here in PA, usually at bargain prices too....

I am sitting on 9 boxes of Remington 200gr factory loads. Just picked up 250 Remington 200gr Core-Lokt bullets and I have close to 200 once fired brass. I think I will be good for a long time to come.

Pappy,Ive got five reloads on some of my 35 rem. brass with no signs of failure yet.They have always been full length sized and were shot out of a Rem. 760 loaded close to book max.

Pretty good, I'd say. The lever guns probably allow a bit more case stretch.

The local Dick's had quite a bit of odds and ends ammo, including five boxes of Remington 200 grain RNCL ammo priced at $30 per box. They also have several boxes of Hornady 160 grain GRFTX LeverEvolution 30-30 ammo for $20 per box.

I found Hornady here yesterday in a couple of places but no Remington. What boggles my mind is there has to be more 35 Remingtons than 35 Whelens out there (I would think) but you can find 35 Whelen ammo, even 30-40 Krag, but no 35 Remington. Even the Hornady wasn't cheap $30 a box. I may need to use my 30-30 more found some of that for $20/box.

this site https://www.outdoorlimited.com/category-s/1918.htm has 62 boxes of Hornady LE left for $25.99. Not a steal, but decent. I ordered 4 boxes

That's a great price but I wonder if shipping would kill you?................Hb

If I had to guess, PA is probably the .35 Rem capital of states with rifles so chambered. I haven't seen any factory .35 Rem on the shelves for at least three years where I'm at in Texas. I still have not quite four boxes of Remington factory on hand which was cheap to buy when I got them. But when I saw supply starting to dry up, I bought a large quantity of new brass. Enough to last the rest of my days.

Cabelas has the Hornady LEVERevolution 200 gr stuff for $31.99/box

http://www.cabelas.com/checkout/item_added_to_cart.jsp?result=success&categoryIds=104792580|104691780|104532480&productId=740774&backToPreviousUrl=%2Fcatalog%2Fproduct.jsp%3FproductId%3D740774&WTz_l=Chart

$104 for 4 boxes
$117 including shipping

I am interested in your 35 Rem brass. How many pieces and much?
Thanks,
John Goodhand

I just picked up a 1961 336 marlin lever this week and prior to that was unware about the ammo shortage , was also lucky cabelas had them in stock only a few hours I ordered 7 boxes of 200 grain core locks with I orderd more . I then found a small pa gun store withe more then fair prices and orderd 3 more so far have six boxes coming my way

I have several hundred bullets and some assorted once-fired brass that I'd part with. I was saving it for a local fellow but he's never showed up. Not sure of the exact count. May have .35 dies, too. I made a mistake and sold a beautiful 1956 model Marlin a few years back. Don't need the bullets and brass now.