Home Forums Lever Action Central Marlin 336 Lever Actions 35 Remington - you guys are onto something

I totally agree with 260 rem guy.

The 35 Remington in the 336 action reloads pretty damn close to the 356.

This.

I’ve shot a lot of deer with bigger bore cartridges like, 375 Win, .444, 44 mag, and 45-70. They’re all fine and I really like em, but the shortest blood trails with broadside lung shots come from a 150 grain 30-30, at least for me anyway.

Not knocking the 35, heck it’s pretty nice, but living in a State that allows a lot of deer per hunter let’s a fella see a whole lot of examples of each.

Gee, who invited this reloading geek to an emotionally charged rifle looney discussion?

I blooded my new to me 336 in 35 rem manufactured in 1972 this week. The shot was not a challenge to the gun a 35 yard chip shot with 200 grain corloc. Heart shot doe ran about 30 yards with a broken front leg without leaving g and blood trail. This is why love the 35 calibers. Blood trail are generally short easy to follow even when there is no blood. My son took his first deer with a Winchester 350 legend at 10 yards using the 180 grain whitetail brand. I was less than impressed even though the deer fell where shot there was no exit wound. Found the bullet under the hide on opposite side while skinning. The bullet had turned completely inside out but the lead was still attached to the copper. It certainly killed fast due to shot placement but at 10 yards I would have expected a pass through. My son was pleased as he said it just flattened that deer. Just illustrates you can't go wrong with a 35 caliber round.

The 35 Remington is a perfect match for white-tail, especially at woods range. I’ve never tried the 35 out on the prairie though.

I have my dad's old 336SC in 35 Rem. Great handling, short gun good in the brush. If on the prairie I would probably try to keep shots under about 150 yards, even then with 200 gr loads they are starting to drop a lot. I have an old Swedish Husqvarna M 46 in 9.3x57 and I think it had the nickname "punkin chunker" and that pretty well applies to the 35 Rem.

I'm a 35 fan - 2 350 RM's, a 35 Whelen, a 358 - all in bolt actions, and a 35 Rem in 336 and of course 357 revolvers. I've had other 35's a 358 in a BLR and a 35 Rem in a 141. The 35 Brown Whelen I had, has had the barrel set back and it is now my 35 Whelen. The BLR was an early one and I didn't like either of the two magazines I had, but I liked the way it handled. The 141 went down the road only due to a $ need at the time.

This is the first year in quite a while where I shot deer at over 200 yards. The last time I had four tags and shot 3 at over 400 yards with the old obsolete 30-06 in a 721 Remington - on the same ranch I shot those former two. I'm not sure about taking the 35 Rem to that ranch. But I think I'd be confident out to maybe 250 or so yards with the 35 Rem.

Didn't Remington come out with the 35 Rem in 1906???

After seeing about 30 deer and no great bucks, I decided to shoot doe for the pot. 15 minutes after sundown his two year old came in from the west at about 230 yards with four others and a half dozen spring deer. They kept herding up, but moving closer. With fading light, this one stepped out and eyed the treeline where I was hidden. It was a 130 yard shot across the hayfield, quartering in and I held on the near shoulder hoping to miss the guts.

She rolled at the shot, got up and stumbled 20 yards before piling up. The bullet exited halfway down the ribcage on the off side and what looked like a half gallon of blood sprayed along the hayfield. It wasn’t a spectacular kill but the 200 grain Sierra took all the plumbing off the top of the heart.

Rifle is a 1955 Ballard rifled Texan in 35 Remington. I can never get my damn photos to upload here, so I'll just link it.

https://www.thesixgunjournal.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/20211206_170338-1.jpg

My.35 Remington is a 1936 Remington 141 . I shoot the 200 gr Core Lokt RN , was able to find 400 of them at Duck Creek last fall so I'm set for a good while. I would build a bolt gun in .35 Remington in a heartbeat if I didn't already have more rifles than I got time to shoot . Sounds like a real smart idea to me . I also have a BLR in .358 Winchester and an 1885 in 38-55 . I like the .35's .

I just bought my 35 in early '20 for under 400 from the used rack at Cabelas of all places. Was a 16 model Remlin, My first lever of any kind. I am a handloader so I have used several diff bullets. The most spectacular kill of the bunch was with the ol 200 gr Hornady RN, The Sierra 200 worked very well also... the 220 Speer although a beast of a load at 2200 fps just seemed too tough but done the job. I gotta say I love the round... I love the gun. 2 of the 3 I have shot with it have been body slams. As far as accuracy many powders done well but for the 200's I use Varget and for the 220's... nothing has been close to LVR.

I guess Ive came full circle... The first gun I ever deer hunted with was a 357 Mag Rossi..... Moved thru all manners of bolt guns... got some very very nice ones but now most of the time I reach for the 35 and with the non existent recoil and the way it hammers the deer I suspect I do this for many years.

I have my dad's '54 336RC in 35 Rem. I believe its also Ballard rifled. I take it for a walk in the deer woods at least once a year. Slick handling little snap shooter with the Lyman receiver sight on it.

If you want real penetration from it, load it up with heavy weight cast billets. You’ll be amazed.

I have a Marlin 336 in 35 Rem, great rifle and caliber for hogs and deer and fun to shoot. Enjoy!

Recently picked up a 1961 JC Higgins model 45 in 35 Remington. Not a microgroove barrel and very well taken care of. The irons were mismatched Marbles front and rear so the rifle shoots very high at 50 yards shooting the Flex tip load but three almost touching using a green firesite front made me happy. I put a Williams peep sight on it and am waiting for my proper height front sight to arrive. Decided on a Brass faced but thick marbles front, didn't like the glow of the firesite front. Gun came with 76 rounds, 16 flex Tip Hornady and 60 Federal 200 gr. RN's. Might maybe end up hunting with a factory round this year.

The Speer 180 grain JFP is the go-to bullet for 35 Rem. If you can't shoot through it with this bullet, get a bigger gun.

Great round but you can't get ammo for it

The 35 Remington is easily my favorite cartridge, and I've owned three rifles chambered for it. Started out with a waffle top 336 RC, and then on to 760 in the same. For some reason the 35 Remington dumps deer in their tracks, but they run when hit with a 35 Whelen? Obviously different bullets, and it's the bullets that do the killing, not the launching pad. Even so, the softer 35 Remington bullets operate very well at relatively modest speeds and there isn't a better common big game stopper inside 200 yds

Ammo and components are out there. And if push comes to shove bullets can be made. The Saeco # 352 that drops a 245gr casting is excellent when gas-checked and can be run along at 2100fps in the stronger 760 action.

With my 336 35 Remington, I'm getting good accuracy with 200 grain Hornady Round Nose also with Sierra RN and Reloader 7 averaging 1.23" groups. I tried Remington CL's and did as well, but my supply is very low. I ran out of Reloader 7 and looked at H4895 - average group 3.31". I did an internet search and there seems to be no Reloader 7 from reputable dealers, except one dealer has a single pound for >$50 & limit one LB. I have enough loaded to last me this year and maybe next year.


Interesting:

https://www.shootingtimes.com/editorial/35-remington-load-data/461615

I'll try Leverevolution

From shooting times



The Leverevalution powder load for the 200 Grain Hornday holds promise I just a shot 5 rounds at 50 Meters. with 200 grain Hornady. Several holes were touching. I believe I pulled a couple. More testing to come.

Further the load hits close to the same POI as my favorite Reloader 7 loads. Maybe 1/2" lower at 50 meters.