Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Custom Rifles & Wildcats .35 Rem in bolt action? Yep!

I started toying with the idea of playing with a Savage last year and to see if it was as easy to change barrels as everybody was saying. I had a look at Shilen and what was available in pre-chambered barrels. If I was going to re-barrel a Savage it was going to be something interesting! I went down the list and saw the .35 Rem. A .35 Rem in a modern bolt action would be pretty different.

So I ordered a 19" barrel. Snagged a Savage on another forum(pretty cool little carbine in itself: short action, accutrigger, centerfeed DBM, thin 20" barrel in .308 Win). The only issue is that I had to have a custom made bolt head to accommodate the .35 Rem non-standard bolt head.

A few days ago I finally got around to get all the pieces together. Feeds perfectly form the DBM. Should be a cool little rifle to play with.

A short barrel black rifle in a synthetic stock, detachable magazine, picatinny rail, 1-4 scope. One could almost call it "Tactical"! In a 108 year old cartridge.

i love it. the 35 rem is my favorite cartridge. i have pumps and levers but no bolts. i would like a rem 600 but they are really pricey in 35. that savage looks ideal. i would like to see it with irons just for looks though. that 1-4 is perfect.

You could REALLY push that to WAY beyond lever gun 35 loads, also.

Your pictured cartridge selection shows the versatility of the .35 caliber, the pistol bullet rounds are fun to shoot for plinking and practice. Also try cast bullets in the 200-225gr. range over a light charge of Unique, they are very accurate in my .35 Whelen. Your carbine turned out very nice and should be ideal for whitetails in thick cover.

I think Steelhead has one in a Rem 700.

Awesome rifle!

Should work well with the Hornady 180 grain SSP.

What a great project, a FUN rifle for so many purposes.

I love seeing custom rifles that are not clones of about 300 other rifles here.

Very nice! With just a trimming of the brass, that'd be legal for deer here in IN as well. I've thought long about doing that for hunting here.

I really like it. Who made the custom bolt head for you? Always wanted a short barreled little left handed 35 Rem. You have inspired me.

It looks cool and should shoot well in your gun. For aesthetics only, I'd replace the rail with a couple of nice bases. At least cut the rail off at the front of the action rather than having it stick out. But, that is just my own personal preference.
Good luck with the gun and keep us posted.

Sharp Shooter Supply

Very interesting, I thought about doing this myself with a Stevens 200 but never got around to doing it. Some of the guys here told me that the bolt head would be no problem. Does it feed pretty smooth?

Apparently Remington used the standard .473 head on their bolt action rifles and pistols without any issues. I tried running some .35 Rem dummies in the action when it was still a .308 Win but he extractor would not extract reliably. Maybe the Savage (or at least mine) bolt head are sloppier than the Rem.

With the center feed mag in the Savage it feeds perfectly.

Neat little thumper Steve, should be great for bears and deer.

Hodgdon has a new powder that will make it run next to the Whelen.

Just kidding, guys.

Denny.

...and hogs, and..., pssst, turtles explode like watermelons with 357 mag hollow point pistol bullets loaded in 35 cal rifles. I know..., perverse!

Sweet build! Congrats!


DMc

If he can find hogs and turtles to shoot here in B.C. I would love to know, lol the pistol bullets at watermelons sounds cool.

ACCURACY IS EVERYTHING !!!!

CLASSIC PHOTO! I love it!

The 35 Rem bolt action is cool too. All it needs nnow is a nice piece of walnut...

A pair of 35 Rem bolts:



600 35 Rem bolt:



Pump em up synthetic 35 Rem:



Wood pump 35 Rem:



Single shot 35 Rem:



Hummm, what to shoot?


DMc