I have an early Marlin 336 rifle that I haven't shot anything with but family members have borrowed it to take several deer and a black bear with no problems.
My use of the 35 Remington has been in Remington Model 8 and 81 rifles. It knocks the snot out of deer and leaves a pretty good bloodtrail when using 200 gr bullets. It has not been nearly as impressive using 180 gr bullets though I have had different results with that weight bullet in a 357 magnum. A scoped M-81 is my probable "go to" gun this fall as it is shooting my 200 gr reloads very well.
