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Many Many years ago I use to reload for the 35 Rem using either Remington or Hornady 200gr bullets. I sold the rifle due to financial issues, but I just bought another one from a guy who no longer hunts. If my memory serves me correctly I used 37grs of IMR3031 powder and got decent accuracy with a velocity around 2100fps. I would like to know what you guys favorite loads are today.

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I always suggest some Trailboss

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I've used 200 gr. Sierra's with Win 748 , Varget, Leverevolution and probaly a couple other powders and they all worked. Lately I'm using 200 gr RCBS pattern cast in front of varget and been happy with that. I use the 35 remington as a woods and thicket gun with a Williams peep sight. Shots are 100 yds. and less.

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39.4 gr. IMR4064/200 gr. Hornady RN.


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My Marlins favorite load was 41.5 grains of H4198 with a 180 gr Speer FN bullet. It would shoot cloverleaf groups

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LVR is tough to beat for these.
I have extra Speer 180 and 220 JFP bullets if you get stuck for bullets...

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I just ran off 500 rds of 180 gr over 36.5 and 38.0 grs of 3031. I loaded the first 200 in Hornady cases at 38 grs and last 300 batch at 36.5... Why?? The brass I got from Grafs didn't have the same case capacity as the Hornady, it holds 3.5 grains less and was the difference between a compressed load and the std load I use. I also found a couple that didn't have a flash hole. No biggy,,, that's why we pay attention.

Both loads shoot to POA and velocity is very close to the same in the Remington M81. So, be aware the Graf head stamp brass is a bit less in case capacity. Its a real kick to run off 15 rounds rapid fire with the POE magazine.


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I started out loading H-4895 using the Remngton 200 gr Core-lokt in a older Marlin 336 with ballard rifling. My rifle would not shoot the Remington 200 gr core-lokt with H-4895 much preferring IMR-3031 with the Sierra 200 gr bullet.

As mentioned in this thread Hodgdon Leverlution (LVR) powder is an excellent choice for speed and low pressure using the Hornady 200 gr FTX bullet.

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I use Reloader 7
30.2gr with Hornady 200gr leverevolution and or 180 gr speer FP
As soon as I shoot up those I will switch to speer 220gr fp for giggles. I've killed a few deer with the 35 rem. It's a brutal hit on
a southern whitetail at a hundred yards. I've used other powders as well, but Reloader 7 is my new favorite. It meters well the MV is good. Deer hit the ground.

Most of my 35 shooting is a paste board boxes, and political signs these days, but I still love the round.

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The couple of .35 Remington 336s I have loaded for have not been picky at all. 200 gr Hornady RN with RL 7, IMR 3031 and IMR 4064 have all produced excellent accuracy. The .35 Remington Marlin 336 is a pleasure to load for, shoot, and carry.


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Where does one find LVR data?


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Originally Posted by Angus1895
Where does one find LVR data?



Oh heavens. Simple. https://www.hodgdonreloading.com/data/rifle


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Mine likes the Hornady 200 gr RN over 44.8 gr of Lever Revolution in a W-W case and WLR primer.


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I had it so I tried it and it worked well.... H335 and Speer 180 JFP. Top end so work up to this level....

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Originally Posted by Ghostman
My Marlins favorite load was 41.5 grains of H4198 with a 180 gr Speer FN bullet. It would shoot cloverleaf groups


31.5 grains NOT 41.5

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My Texan likes Hornady 200 grain and Varget.


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I've got a 1955 pre-Texan 35 with a 20" Ballard rifled barrel. I haven't had it long and just started reloading for it.

I usually have good luck reloading for a new caliber, simply by sticking to established components and procedures which have proven to work well for me. This 35 Remington broke my 'one load and done' magic.

I tried a Hunters Supply 190 grain cast RNFP over the basic 'start' load of H4895 for 1865 fps. That bullet is advertised as 358 and suitable for 35 Rem, but it was awful in my Ballard rifled 1955 Marlin. This rifle with plant three 200 grain FTX factory loads in 4 1/2 inches at 200 yards. With the Hunters Supply 190, rested 100 yard groups would be measured in feet, not inches.

I mic'ed a couple of these bullets and they were barely .358 and the base, tapering to about .356 at the front driving band. I've had great luck with Hunters Supply bullets in 44 Mag revolvers, so I'm not dogging on the maker. I do think these would make a good heavy bullet for the 357 mag.

I located a couple of boxes of new/old stock Sierra 200 grain #2800 'Pro Hunter' soft point bullets. Sierra's hunting bullets have always produced excellent accuracy for me and have been sure killers to boot. They are a tad harder than the 200 grain Remington CoreLokt, so I decided to run them a bit faster. For reasons I don't comprehend, the same people who 'get' Ruger-only 45 Colt loads or Tier Two 45-70 loads, get a case of the vapors when you talk about loading a 35 caliber Marlin 336 to 30-30 pressures. So if you're going to go Aunt Matilda on me, save your breath. I will read one of your posts and never see another one again.

I've found H4895 is ideal in medium capacity rifle cartridges; in fact that's the only rifle powder I stock. Quickload type programs indicate 40.5 grains of it should produce about 2195 fps at 41981 PSI. I started at 40.0 grain under the 200 grain Sierra SP, in Super X cases and got 2154 fps average with no pressure signs. This load is 1 1/2 grains over published, max loads for the 35 Remington. I recommend you do NOT use it. You might put your eye out or all your children could be born naked and toothless.

I had to adjust my sights a bit for this load and fired two shots between adjustments. Several times those shots were within an inch of each other at 100 yards. 200 yard trajectory was essentially equal to the Hornady 200 grain FTX factory load. The Sierra handload also outshot it, with three shots in 3 ½” at 200 yards. FWIW I measured the fired cases from the H4895/Sierra 35 Remington reloads. I had trimmed these to length before reloading them. If there was 0.002" of case stretch after firing, I could not detect it. Also absent was any indication of stretching at the web, the dreaded 'incipient head separation' line. This is all good juju. It tells me my sizing die is adjusted perfectly for this chamber (barely bumping the shoulder) and that I'm going to keep using the load. If I blow myself up, my wife has been requested to take pics of the smoking crater and post them here.

Finally- why. Performance of the 35 Sierra at 2200 fps has been tested in wetpack to 200 yards.

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1955 year model Marlin 35 Remington here too.

42gr Leverevolution under a 220gr Speer for 2175 fps, it'd take a Cape Buffalo or lengthways shot elk or moose to catch that bullet, what a PLOW.


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Have you tried any cast bullets in yours, Gunner?


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