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The world needs more bolt guns in 35 Remington.


Okie John

and a steady supplier of brass

.35 Remington's can be made from .308 cases.

Hoo boy, this could get expensive. Do you just expand and shorten or do you need to ream/turn necks?


Okie John

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Marlin 44 still have it with a 1-5 Leupold.
Mannlicher carbine full stock in 243 vintage weaver 3-9

or this. Only have 1 deer with it. Swed 1913 Carl Gustav, barrel cut to 19" , ramline stock, 2-6? bushnell

Hoo boy, this could get expensive. Do you just expand and shorten or do you need to ream/turn necks?
Okie John[/quote]

You need a stout enough press to reduce the diameter of the head of .308 cases slightly; I use a Redding Big Boss, and Redding Imperial Sizing Die Wax. Since the necks are being expanded, they don't require reaming or turning.

Decided to try it after owning (and hunting with) several .35 Remingtons. It's pretty easy, especially handy during the "shortages" that keep reoccurring every few years now. The .35 Remington is one of the rounds the major manufacturers make "seasonally," meaning whenever they get around to it.

So I looked at the case dimensions and decided to try it. It was so simple I only mentioned that it could be easily done in my chapter on the .35 Remington in the first Big Book of Gun Gack.

In those calibers and velocities, a soft lead nose works pretty well on deer and smaller hogs, but will still punch a clean hole through a rabbit.




GR

You need a stout enough press to reduce the diameter of the head of .308 cases slightly; I use a Redding Big Boss, and Redding Imperial Sizing Die Wax. Since the necks are being expanded, they don't require reaming or turning.

Decided to try it after owning (and hunting with) several .35 Remingtons. It's pretty easy, especially handy during the "shortages" that keep reoccurring every few years now. The .35 Remington is one of the rounds the major manufacturers make "seasonally," meaning whenever they get around to it.

So I looked at the case dimensions and decided to try it. It was so simple I only mentioned that it could be easily done in my chapter on the .35 Remington in the first Big Book of Gun Gack.[/quote]


i'll have to try it. my son's Marlin in 35 Rem only has 30 or 40 cases. i have about 100 308 cases that are just sitting there.

JES Reboring did an amazing job making my 30-30 to 35/30-30 in Winchester m94. i have Federal, Winchester and Remington 30-30 cases, but i gave them to my youngest son and Savage m340 in 30-30. i use 30-30 Starline brass in my 35/30-30, 30 and 357 Herrett.

FYI - I got a notification email from MidwayUSA yesterday that they had some Hornady LEVERevolution .35 Remington in stock. It’s been a bit hard to find for the last few years:

https://www.midwayusa.com/ltd/product?pid=449035

Thanks. Would a Rockchucker work?


Okie John

I have 100+ 35 Rem cases made from 308 that I no longer need. They were made by GRUMPA over on the Cast Boolit site a while back. About the time I bought them, a friend gifted me with a pile of older factory ammo. I loaded and tried a few of the reformed 308s and they worked well.

I would trade them for 1X Grendel brass if anyone wants a deal.

Okie John,

I would guess a Rockchucker would work. Probably the quality of the lube is more important than the press.

Use the same one for up close as you would for out far.

Easier to make a short shot with a longer range set up than it is to be handicapped with a short range rig on a longer shot.

i use the Lee Classic Cast press. i have done '06 cases to 270 Win, 6.5x55, 7x57, 8x57, 9.3x57, 7.65x53 and a couple of more that i forget. i use 30-30 cases for the 35/30-30, 30 Herrett and 357 Herrett. the 221 Remington Fireball to 20 Vartarg.

i use lanolin and 99% isopropyl alcohol (8:1) or just straight lanolin. i can't tell the difference, other than the time using straight lanolin.

tdoyka,

Turning .308s in .35 Remingtons takes a little more effort that the resizings you list, because the case head of the .35 Remington (thickest part of any rifle case) is only .457" in diameter, considerably less than the the .308's head.

gotcha, i wasn't thinking of that.

I've always wonder why Savage used that head dimension! But back when the .35 was introduced the ".30-06" head-size hadn't quite become standard. (Actually, the "standard" .30-06 head-size is actually 12mm, the diameter of the 8x57's head. But that's another subject.)

I missed something.... Mule Deer, what head dimension, that Savage used, are you referring to?

Mathsr,

From my reply to Todoyka:

"Turning .308s in .35 Remingtons takes a little more effort that the resizings you list, because the case head of the .35 Remington (thickest part of any rifle case) is only .457" in diameter, considerably less than the the .308's head."