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I am interested in hearing who still hunts with a 35 Rem or what your experience has been hunting with one. Pictures if you have any.
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I have a Remington 141 in 35 now, but so far I have not hunted with it.

1/2 a lifetime ago I had a long barreled Marlin M36 in 35 Remington too, but I had to sell it for money to help with moving. I killed 7 deer with that old Marlin and my friend in Idaho killed a nice bear with it too. I shot it with several bullets, but the only bullet I ever shot game with was the Speer 220 grain flat nose. I used one shot per deer and my friend used only 1 to kill that bear too.
All my kills gave me exit woulds or good diameter and no deer went more then about 15 feet when it was hit, with 3 of the dropping instantly. I was not with Ray when he killed the bear, but he told me about it and said the effect were quick and the bear rolled down a steep hill a ways and was dead when it stopped. My longest shot was on a smallish buck at about 140 yards, and my closest was on a large buck at about 30 yards. Ray's bear was shot at about 30 yards too.
My Remington 141 is zeroed at 100 yards with 200 grain Remington Cor-Lokts. I think I'll try them because all I have read say they are excellent for the 35 rem. I shot about 400 of them back in the 80s but for some reason, I just never shot one at any game. So I will take the word of those that say good things about them and use them in the coming seasons. I'll use that rifle for deer, and also I will try to get an antelope with it too.

My old marlin 36 and my current Rem 141 both have peep sights. Here in Wyoming I find most of my kills on antelope are at 200 and closer with about 1/2 being at 100 to 125 White tails are shot from about 200 and closer but most are killed at 75 yards or so with a few being killed at around 25 yards. So I see no huge disadvantage for the iron-sighted 35.
Last year I killed my buck antelope at about 35 yards with an iron-sighted 270 and I killed one of my does at about twelve yards with my iron-sighted 6.5X54. I killed all my game last year with iron-sighted rifles, and all were under 200 yards. I used a Savage 99 in 300 Savage, a Remington 81 in 300 Savage, a Winchester M95 in 270, an 8X57 98 Mauser sporter and a 9.3X57 M46 Swedish Mauser. In 2018 I also killed a bunch of game, but about 1/2 of them were killed with scoped rifles in that year. I did kill a whitetail buck with my old 303 Lee rifle over irons, and also a nice Antelope buck and 2 does with the 6.5 Mannlicher that year.
Today by far we see most hunters using scoped rifles and there is certainly not a thing wrong with that, but I still find a lot of fun in using irons sights on classic old guns. I seldom go hunting with any of my open or peep-sighted rifles and need to hold fire because I can't shoot far enough to make a kill. Yes it does happen now and then, but it's rare. Probably 8 times in 10, if I go out with a rifle (or handgun) with only irons sights I still return with my animal, and it's a lot more fun.

So this year I want to use the old Remington 141. If I make meat with it I'll try to post pictures. I usually don't take a camera, but my friends always have their cell-phones, so I may get some pics.

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I have a Remington 600 in 35 Rem. Inherited it used and have not hunted with it yet, but perfect brush gun for NW PA hills and deer. I've shot other 35 Rems and this round packs a wallop. For distances over 150-200 yards, there's better choices, but it easily outperforms a 30-30 or 348 Win and several shorter range cartridges.

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I have three Marlins in 35 Remington. An old Marlin 336 waffle top with a 24 inch barrel,a model 336 C without the side safety,and a 336 with killer walnut that is checkered,made in the 1990s.

Have never hunted with the old waffle top rifle but have killed deer and hogs with the other two. I have only shot factory loads,the Remington
200 grain Core Lokt,and the Hornady 200 grain Leverevolution.

Both have been deadly on game, always penetrate to the vitals,and generally exit,even on big tough wild boars that were killed while fighting,and in traps at 5 yards or less.

Both of these bullets will punch through the gristle shield of really big boars,so I think they would work fine for anything in north America.
The Remington loads gives me about 2000 fps,and the Hornady about 2200 fps on my chrongraph.










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All of 35 Remingtons wear iron sight only now. Used to have a Leupold 1.5-5 on one of them but no more, The old Waffle Top has the factory iron sights and isn't drilled and tapped for a scope .

The Marlin Carbines have modern aperture sights. The newer 336 has has a rear ghost ring from XS sights and an XS front post that is black with a center white line. The same system is now installed by Marlin on some factory guns and it works very well and is easy to see in dark timber situations.

The older 336 has a rear sight from Skinner sights that can be used as a ghost ring or with various aperture inserts,I usually leave the largest insert installed,which still gives you the ghost ring look but with bolder outlines. The front sight is from marbles and has a green fiber optic bead.

Both of the open sight systems work well. I can shoot groups that hover around an inch at 75 yards with either one. This year I plan on doing most of my hunting with open sight rifles. Just want to make it a little more fun,up close and personal with open sight lever actions.

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I had one in a Marlin 336C back in the 80's. Used it deer hunting for a few seasons. After shooting a bunch of deer with it and seeing that it didn't kill them one bit better, faster or deader than my old .30-30 but cost more to feed, I sold it.

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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.

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This year I plan on hunting with my Marlins in 35 Remington as well as a Marlin in 30-30 and a M94 Winchester in 30-30.

Should be able to kill a least a dozen critters with each cartridge,will report back on how the two cartridges actually pan out.

So far in my admittedly limited experience,I have never had a deer or hog run off with the 35. I have killed one 8 point buck with the 30-30 that went about 100 yards despite hitting the onside shoulder and destroying both lungs. No exit,no blood trail from the 150 grain flat point. The buck was about 75 yards away when shot. He was not easy in find in thick cover with no blood trail.

Never seen anything like that in a dozen kills with the 35, always dead right there,generally exits. This year,I want to take turns using 35 and 30-30 and see how they compare.,

One load that has shown great promise in the 30-30 is the Hornady 140 ftx bullet. These actually chronograph around 2500 fps in my 30-30 rifles. I have killed one big sow at about 125 yards,dead right there with a big exit wound. She probably weighed 180 pounds. Have also killed several hogs at close range in traps with the 140 ftx,all instant kills with exits.

Maybe my bad experience with the 30-30 was a fluke,maybe the fast Hornady loads with the 140 ftx are a game changer for the 30-30.

This year I'm going to try and find out.

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FWIW, I've never had a deer shot through the lungs with a 170 grain FED/REM/WIN 30-30 factory load go nearly that far. I don't recall any bang/flops with the 30-30 shooting 150, 170, or 190 grain bullets, but never had any go very far either.

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Originally Posted by ruraldoc
This year I plan on hunting with my Marlins in 35 Remington as well as a Marlin in 30-30 and a M94 Winchester in 30-30.

Should be able to kill a least a dozen critters with each cartridge,will report back on how the two cartridges actually pan out.

So far in my admittedly limited experience,I have never had a deer or hog run off with the 35. I have killed one 8 point buck with the 30-30 that went about 100 yards despite hitting the onside shoulder and destroying both lungs. No exit,no blood trail from the 150 grain flat point. The buck was about 75 yards away when shot. He was not easy in find in thick cover with no blood trail.

Never seen anything like that in a dozen kills with the 35, always dead right there,generally exits. This year,I want to take turns using 35 and 30-30 and see how they compare.,

One load that has shown great promise in the 30-30 is the Hornady 140 ftx bullet. These actually chronograph around 2500 fps in my 30-30 rifles. I have killed one big sow at about 125 yards,dead right there with a big exit wound. She probably weighed 180 pounds. Have also killed several hogs at close range in traps with the 140 ftx,all instant kills with exits.

Maybe my bad experience with the 30-30 was a fluke,maybe the fast Hornady loads with the 140 ftx are a game changer for the 30-30.

This year I'm going to try and find out.
Use 170 grain bullets in your .30-30. They will penetrate both shoulders and exit even on big deer IME. The Federal blue box 170's are good killers and very accurate in my rifles. They consistently group under 1" at 100 yards out of my Marlin. I recently chrono'd them at 2,204 fps out of my 336C's 20" barrel. I never had a deer drop instantly with my .35 unless spine/high shoulder shot. All lung shot went 30-60 yards before they fell using 200 gr. factory loads. Exactly the same results I get from my .30-30's. Regarding penetration there is a youtube video out there you might find intersting. It's .30-30 vs 308 vs 30-06 vs 300 win mag. on gallon milk jugs full of water. The .30-30 loaded with 170 core lokts and the .308, .30-06 and .300 loaded with 180 grain power points. Long story short the .30-30 wins by a considerable margin. The 170 core lokt being recovered, nicely mushroomed from jug # 7 while none of the others make it past jug # 4.

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Interesting. Been scoping out 336s again out of sheer nuttzoness.

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Originally Posted by Mkopmani
I have a Remington 600 in 35 Rem. Inherited it used and have not hunted with it yet, but perfect brush gun for NW PA hills and deer. I've shot other 35 Rems and this round packs a wallop. For distances over 150-200 yards, there's better choices, but it easily outperforms a 30-30 or 348 Win and several shorter range cartridges.


It doesn't "easily" outperform a 30-30 and its greatly outclassed by a 348. I've found it to be somewhat more effective than a 30-30 up close but over 100 yards out the 30-30 has impressed me a little more

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Just wondering. . . .

Where do people get the idea that a 30/30 runs
out of soup at 100 yards and plows down into
the ground ? Or a 35 Remington ?

Anybody volunteer to stand out at 175 and let
somebody throw a few your way ?

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Originally Posted by Ranger99
Just wondering. . . .

Where do people get the idea that a 30/30 runs
out of soup at 100 yards and plows down into
the ground ? Or a 35 Remington ?

Anybody volunteer to stand out at 175 and let
somebody throw a few your way ?


LOL, I damn sure wont, my 35 chunks 220gr Speers out at 2175 fps with a stiff charge of Leverevolution powder, +3 at 100 zeros dead on at 175 yards, 2 inches low on 200 yard steel, and it knocks the piss out of that 200 yard steel, 'still' carrying some serious freight, I shot a bedded heavy horned/bodied 8pt buck through the shoulders at 156 yards, the bullet buried itself deep into the white oak he was lying beside waiting for his girlfriend to get back up, he never got his front running gear back under himself, just pushed himself like a football player lineman with back legs for a couple yards and stopped, another 220gr Speer through both hams ended it, barely a handful of wasted fajita meat lost with both hits.


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I have a Marlin 336 in 35 Rem I hunt with. I use 200gr CoreLokts or 200gr Hornady RN bullets for whitetails.

I can’t say it does anything my 336’s in 30-30 with 170’s won’t do but I think 35 is a neat old round.


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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.

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I've had a couple over the years. They used to be pretty popular around here with most guys who had them swearing they were better than 30-30. That has not been my observation. Deer I've seen killed with 35 and 30-30 behaved exactly the same. I still have one, but don't hunt with it. I picked up one of the limited versions made just like the SS guide gun in 45-70, except chambered in 35 Rem It has a straight grip 18" barrel and 1/2 mag tube. They only made 500 in 2005.

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It might have something to do with a 308 hitting at 600 yards with about the same energy as a 30-30 at 100 yards. The 308 has more power at 300 yards than a 30-30 at the muzzle, yet most hunters think of a 308 as a 300 yard round. Someone with good shooting skills can HIT a deer with a 30-30 at 200-300 yards, just as a skilled shooter can HIT a deer at 600-700 with a 308. Doesn't mean it is a good idea.

Both 30-30 and 35 kill stuff just as well as they did 100+ years ago. But neither round is magical and both were a step backwards in cartridge development. I still take one of my 30-30's hunting occasionally for nostalgic purposes. But I don't pretend that it offers me any advantages.


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I own 2 older Marlin levers. One set up with a receiver sight and the other with a 1-4x20 Leupold. Tend to use the scopes rifle more. Never felt lacking with the 35 at the ranges I usually see deer at. Both are very accurate with 200 grain core-lokts and that is really all I have ever used.

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Originally Posted by moosemike
Originally Posted by Mkopmani
I have a Remington 600 in 35 Rem. Inherited it used and have not hunted with it yet, but perfect brush gun for NW PA hills and deer. I've shot other 35 Rems and this round packs a wallop. For distances over 150-200 yards, there's better choices, but it easily outperforms a 30-30 or 348 Win and several shorter range cartridges.


It doesn't "easily" outperform a 30-30 and its greatly outclassed by a 348. I've found it to be somewhat more effective than a 30-30 up close but over 100 yards out the 30-30 has impressed me a little more


I'm trying to wrap my head around how a 200 out of the 35 at 2000-2100 fps easily outperforms a 200 out of my 348 at 2500+ fps.....

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Originally Posted by Mkopmani
I have a Remington 600 in 35 Rem. Inherited it used and have not hunted with it yet, but perfect brush gun for NW PA hills and deer. I've shot other 35 Rems and this round packs a wallop. For distances over 150-200 yards, there's better choices, but it easily outperforms a 30-30 or 348 Win and several shorter range cartridges.


It doesn't "easily" outperform a 30-30 and its greatly outclassed by a 348. I've found it to be somewhat more effective than a 30-30 up close but over 100 yards out the 30-30 has impressed me a little more


I'm trying to wrap my head around how a 200 out of the 35 at 2000-2100 fps easily outperforms a 200 out of my 348 at 2500+ fps.....




We can only assume he has no clue what a 348 Win is.

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