OK I am getting some 336 carbines in 35 Rem. Wanna get em ready 4 elk. U guys got any advice? Thanks John

Aim straight and it will fall. Probably killed many elk before most of us were born.

Not an elk but a buddy of mine shot a deer in the brisket with a Hornady 200 gr RN and we found the bullet lodged under the hide on its rump. Avoid hard quartering shots and keep the range reasonable and you should be fine.

220 grain Speer FP will give you a lot of penetration.

They are so stout that when I used them in my 336 in 356 Win, they went through a whitetail as if it was a FMJ. OTOH, the 180 grain Speer FP give quick expansion and works great on whitetails, but probably wouldn't penetrate deeply enough on larger/tougher game.

I agree with the 220 Speer. I shoot them in my contender. They are accurate and tough. I also wouldn't be afraid to juice them up a bit over load data commonly seen for the 35. The 336 is a strong action and has several other higher pressure offerings. I'd bet you could run the 220 at 2050 or so in the 336 with safe pressures. Do a search on that subject - you'll find plenty of info.

BTW H4895 will be your friend for this application.

The 35 Remington will kill any Elk you get in range of. Place the bullet in the right place and Elk are no harder to kill than any other animal. Wounded Elk are caused by poor shooting

I have owned a few 35 Remington's over the decades but have not shot a single animal with one. The Marlin forum has an excellent write up on 35 Rem. bullets. An extensive amount of testing was done at varying ranges. One of the best articles I have ever seen. It would serve you well to study this article. While many tout certain bullets in certain calibers because of their great accuracy, I find this useless information. An elk is a large animal. You do not need benchrest accuracy. At the ranges a 35 Rem is capable of killing an elk, 3" hundred yard groups would be acceptable. As for elk not being harder to kill than any other animal, I am of a different opinion I feel based on experience. Yes if you lung shoot an elk with a good expanding bullet you pretty much have a couple hundred pounds of meet in the freezer, but these are some robust animals that can take a beating. I escorted elk hunters for 9 years and have seem @125 killed with everything from a 416 Taylor to a 22 handgun. Unlike smaller animals, elk show little effect from a bullet unless bone is encountered. No they are not super tough to kill IF perfect placement is made. But after chasing them for 45 years I have had some interesting experiences with the mountain camels.

I agree with you 100% in that shooting an elk through the lungs is a great way for the elk to run quite a way before it realizes that it is time to die. One of my most miserable hunting experiences was a moose that was lung shot and managed to run off and die in 4' of near-freezing beaver pond water. If we hadn't had a chainsaw-powered winch, I don't know how we would ever have gotten it out of that gd pond. My elk hunting mentor told me to aim to break the shoulder, so that the elk couldn't move far or fast, and to keep shooting until the elk was down.

Check out the thread bad idea part two. A broadsise double lung without shoulder involvement is quite possibly a trick shot. But I ain't here to pontificate. I am thinking lever lotion powder and 200 grain ftx bullets. But maybe 220s would be better.

A double lung shot is quite possible without shoulder contact, Last years bull resides in my freezer from such a shot. I have my reservation about the ftx bullets as they are boat tail and I find no need for this style of bullet for hunting. I have only seen one bullet recovered and it had complete jacket separation. One is not a pattern. If it were me shooting an elk with a 35, I would try the long dis-continued Remington Mushroom Core-Lokt. I used these bullets in the last 3 elk I shot with a 30-06.

A double lung shot is quite possible without shoulder contact, Last years bull resides in my freezer from such a shot. I have my reservation about the ftx bullets. I have only seen one bullet recovered and it had complete jacket separation. One is not a pattern. The results of the test preformed on the Marlin forum showed good results. Good luck.

Speer 220's and H4895.

Well the first thing is to find an elk to shoot! Then get close enough for a decent shot- hunting seasons are a lot shorter than they use to be! As far as the 35 Remington goes, yea it will do, all you have to do is just find one, get close enough in the time you have to hunt!

1. Make sure the 336's you get are sighted in.

2. Get some comfy boots and go find an elk

3. Once shootable elk is found, carefully take aim to break bone structures such as hips, head, spine or run one threw the lungs/heart.

4. Plan easiest rout out loaded with pieces of elk.

Buddy of mine is kinda fond of the remington 200 gr core-lokt factory load. Loves his 336 35 rem, for anything under 200 yards he has proven it VERY lethal.

I got the 220s going with H 4895. About 2.5 inches lower than the lever lotion 200 grain factory. SAHWEEETT! Feeling Luv 4 the waffle top SC and leupold vxr 2x7! Me wife has got herself an elk thumper. Thanks for the help.

Oh yeah, a hip shot - one of my all-time favs . . .

No sir. This waffle top shot 200 yards inside 3.5 inches. I hope she don't ham it up. Awful messy! YUK!

Not talking out in opening, broadside shot most people associate elk hunting with scenario.... More like the thick, tangled timber where only parts of animal can be seen, Often when animal is leaving.... I prefer not to shoot hips myself if not need be, but sometimes that's all you have in real world of elk hunting

Still requires skill and a cool head.

It works great with an arrow. I have seen me do it. Bullet? Cow? Pass.

Shouldn't that be more like a cream or gel?

Man, this is a weird thread.