Home Forums Lever Action Central Marlin 336 Lever Actions 35 Remington range day

I had my 35 Remington 336 for sale a couple of times. First time it seemed people thought that the price should have been the same as it was 10 years ago. The second time someone accused me of refinishing the stock??? I looked at the stock more carefully. It might have been refinished sometime in the past, IDK.

I think the 35 belongs in the woods. Not so much on the prairie. Great rifle for the Black Hills. I’ve hunted in the Ozaarks and upstate New York, both would be perfect for the 35. I have not drawn a tag in the Black Hills in over a decade. I’ll probably have it up for sale again, since I need to cut back on rifles. Rather than selling it on line, I’ll be bringing it to Tulsa.

I've posted this picture in other threads, but I will post it again, since this thread came back up.

First blood for the 35 Texan was this pig in January. As it worked out, a pig was also first blood for my brother's Texan as well.

Was in a LGS yesterday and saw that they had 15-20 boxes of 35 Remington ammo, Hornady FTX 200 gr. $50 per box. This is one of the first times I have seen it locally in a long while.

Great round and great combination with a 336

2 of the last 3 shops I've been in had it on the shelves. Hornady and Remington. First time I've seen it in a couple years.

I have a bad love/hate relationship with the 35 Remington. I have always reloaded for it with the Speer 180 JFP bullet. I have owned several but for some reason always find myself wanting something more. I think it is my excuse for buying a different gun. Even now I find myself lookiing at Remington 141s and Marlin 336A rifles.
My last one was a 336SC that I felt needed replaced with a Marlin 356. That led to a couple of bolt guns in 350 Remington Mag and a BLR Lightweight in 358 Winchester. They are now gone too.
The 35 Remington with the 180 grain Speer, especially loaded with LVR, is still quite effective on deer.

After finding my brother and I matching 35 Texans last year, I loaded him 300 rounds with the 200 gr. Hornady RN and LVR. During the season he used it on one doe and a pig. Short tracking jobs and exits.

I've picked up some more brass and am thinking about loading him up a 100 rounds with the 180gr. Speer. Any thoughts on that bullet vs. the 200gr. RN?

I prefer the Speer 180. It was accurate on all of my various 35 rounds...35 Rem, 356 Marlin, 358 WIn, and even 350 Rem mag.

Got two .35s, a May of '79 production Remington 760 and just picked up a nice 1981 production Marlin 336. The Remington wears a Leupold M8 4x and I mounted an old Weaver K 2.5 on the Marlin.
Sub inch 100 yard groups at 100 are not uncommon with the Remington. Her smallest to date is 3/8ths. At 200 she's usually under 2 & 1/2 inches and her smallest, shot last week, was a 1 & 3/8ths. She likes 200 grain Core Lokts and FTXs over 45 and 43 grns respectively,of LVR. Good work with her came easier after I installed a Timney trigger upgrade. MORE THAN WORTH THE MONEY!
Got 2 deer with her last year. A 9 point, at 7 feet, got the bullet back and it weighed 154 gr. Hit him doing 2280 fps. Got a rib going in, the tip of the right lung, the left was... ABUSED, and 3 ribs on the left. Found it under the hide. Perfect Core Lokt mushroom. The second, same load, was at 75 yards. Front quartering shot, and he ( shed antler spike) didn't make it far. His chest was rather gooey.
Haven't shot the Marlin yet, but I expect it to do well. Never had a 336 that was a poor shooter and in my experience, it's a little easier to get good loads developed for the .35 than the ol' Double 30. Nothing would live on the difference.
The .35 also has a certain " cool" factor to it. Lots of folk assume my 760 is an '06 and a lever gun is a .30-30 right?
I also have a .357 Ruger Marln 1894. Sweeeet little booger!