35 REM was a popular deer hunting cartridge in New England when I was growing up there.
I've owned several Marlin 336s, Remington 14s, 141s, and 760s, and a couple of Savage 170s.
I still have a Marlin 336SC, a Remington 141, and a Savage 170, but they are safe queens and never get shot or hunted.
Everybody who I knew/know who hunts with a 35 REM shoots FED/REM/WIN 200 grain factory loads. I've shot some of the 200 grain Hornady LeverEvolution ammo in the Savage 170 and was really impressed how accurate is was and that it was only 3" high at 100 yards with a 200 yard zero.
When I hunted deer in Maine, Marlin 336s in 35 REM were really popular and there was lots of deer camp talk about which was the better deer killer, the 30-30 or 35 REM.
