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Just a quick question for the marlin 336 in .35 Remington guys.

I picked up a box and a half of Remington brand 150 grain pointed soft points in .35 Remington. Any issues using these in a 336 in a tubular magazine?

I've heard in the past that one shouldn't use pointed bullets in tubular magazines, yet I'm thinking these bullets were manufactured knowing full well that most .35 Remington rifles have tubular magazines?

Thanks in advance.

I wouldn't use pointed bullets in a full magazine. If you are adamant about using pointed bullets you can have one in the tube and one in the magazine. I wouldn't have a pointed bullet up against a primer in the magazine. But, the question is, what's your experience, in using your rifle? How often do you have to fire more than 2 shots?

You now have a two shot. One in the chamber and one in the magazine. Which is enough.
Hornady makes the FTX rubber tips in several lever gun calibers and these are safe to use. However, right now I bet you can't find them

I've used them in the tubular magazine and that is only because Remington told me the 150 grain .35 Rem leads were fine for tubular magazines. They said there was enough of a flat point there. It worked fine for me. But what do I know, I've only actually tried it myself unlike the experts on here?

picture of the bullet please

It's one of the oldest myths in the gun world.
Search youtube. There must be 25 tests of every kind. Even using FMJ.
The problem you will have is that one has to seat bullets pretty deep in the case to work through the action. And, one has to custom cannelure the bullets to work from the tube mag.
Add in the decreased case volume and there really isn't any advantage to using them.

150 grain Corelocks are probably the worst bullet designed for the 35 Rem. I've never seen anyone achieve less that 4" groups with them in a 336

I've often wondered about recoil actually being hard enough to set a round off in a magazine.

Doesn't surprise me that it's an old wives tale.

The bullets are definitely pointed enough that they are resting on the primer of the round in front of it though.

I do prefer 200 grain round nose bullets in the .35 Remington for deer hunting, and I mostly took these for the brass, so I'll prolly just shoot these in the three .35's I have to cure the dyna bore coat, then reload them.

I was under 2" with them

I liked them. I planted a 7 or 8 pointer at 100 yards with them.

I always wanted three or four boxes of those 150's. My factory ammo is 200 grn, kind of a protected point. My 350 Rem mag is the same bullet in factory ammo. I think the 150 gr would be fun. Maybe someone will come up with some one day. Be Well, RZ.

Supposedly the 150 gr PSP load is intended for the modern Remington 760/7600 pumps, the early 1900's model 8 and 81 semi-auto rifles which had a box magazine, and the Model 14 and 141 pumps which had a spiral magazine tube to prevent the nose of the bullets from contacting the primer of the cartridge ahead of it.

Michael

EXACTLY CORRECT

under 2" in my 336

I only use 200 gr round nose bullets in my 35 Remington. I could have used it in my 141, but I didn't and now I no longer have that 141. My 35 Remington is a JM Marlin lever with an aperture sight. I don't think a pointed 150 grain bullet would have any advantage.
I like to think that I error on the safe side and I would not try multiple pointed bullets in a tubular magazine, not even in my pip-squeak 256. Maybe the recoil would not set off the cartridges in the tube. What if I accidently dropped the rifle butt first on a hard surface?