35 Remington-Opinions?
I seen a Marlin lever action 35 remington in one of the
local gun shops for a fair price. Don't know much about
this round. Can anyone tell me more on this round? Good
deer gun? Does it have much drop? etc...
Thank
Petrella90
local gun shops for a fair price. Don't know much about
this round. Can anyone tell me more on this round? Good
deer gun? Does it have much drop? etc...
Thank
Petrella90
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Good deer gun and cartridge for about a hundred yards or so. Bullet drop yes, but less bullet deflection when used in brushy situations than a lot of other calibers. I think it works best with reloads, using a 158 grain .357 pistol hollowpoint bullet. You cant use a pointed bullet in a tubular magazine. 0 -
Excellent, very efficient old cartridge. Always has surprised me that the 35 Rem didn't get some of the attention it deserved for being the progenitor of the line of short, fat cartridges that are currently all the rage. I would watch using the 158 grain pistol bullets as they are not constructed with the 35 Rem's velocities in mind. Additionally, they have a tendency to perform poorly on deer as a result. Usable range is out to about 150 yds...but not more. Try the 200 grain Speers or Remington pills...they were designed for the round more or less and have good terminal performance on deer sized game as a result of the good combination of velocity and construction. In my view...one of the best of the woodlands deer cartridges and quite versatile for it's age!
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I had a Marlin 336C lever action chambered for the .35 Remington back in the early 70's. Used the factory load, 200 grain round-nosed. I suppose it was kind of dumb to use a round-nosed cartridge in a tube-fed firearm, but I don't recall any flat-nosed bullets being offered.
I was amazed at how it would plow through the scrub brush in Western Washington, and still stay on track. I remember putting some 100-yard bull-eye targets in brush so thick you could barely make them out, yet every shot crashed through the brush, dead on target.
I remember my brother laughing, as he was spotting for me---said he could hear the bullets crashing through the brush---so if you are hunting in this kind of conditions, it's perfect.0 -
My old hunting partner (He's 95) still uses his Model 8 Remington in .35 Remington since he bought it while homesteading Wyoming! He's killed every critter in Wyoming with it just last year had a Weaver K-4 side mounted on it, always used iron sites!!
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i own a MARLIN 336 in .35 REM...
great performance out to 150 yds, drops sharply after that mark. will kill any game in NORTH AMERICA with the 200 gr cor-lokt round. great gun in brush, fields, branches, cover, etc...
very strong action...
stock is fireformed to the gun. they heat the metsl up till it glows and then jam the stock on. this provides a superior fit, with little or no play...
micro-groove rifling provides for better accuracy and bullet stability...
the drawbacks:
1. its an ugly gun.
2. the heavier the bullet wieght, the better the groups. the lighter bullets achieve less accuracy than the heavier options.
great on deer with the 150 gr loads, great on bigger game with the 200 gr, 204 gr, or heavier options.
good gun.
best regards, mike.
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i've owned one just like it for over 20 yrs now.. didn't shoot it much for enjoyment because ot the price of factory ammo, made it a little pricy for a afternoon of plinking.
2 years ago i learned how to reload and now bring it to the range quite often.
on the down side,,,, the gun kicks like a mule shooting off the bench. off hand is much better. and there isn't much of a choice of bullet weights for reloading. but thats about it.
on the plus side,,,, it hits out to 100/150 yards in the same spot like clockwork, and with open iron sights. after 150 yrds the heavy bullets drop pretty quickly. the gun has operated flawlessly for over 20 years, never a jam, never a miss fire, and never a missed deer.
it will shoot throught the heavest brush you can dig up and still crash though right on target.
oh, and the best part,, the hot ejected shells don't end up going down your shirt like a winchester lever.. lol
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The 35 Remington in a Marlin is a really good gun/cartridge combination. Some suggestions: Round nose bullets are fine in a tubular magazine, just don't use spire points. Use the heaviest bullets you can find. (200 grains or more). If you use a scope, nothing over 4x. 0 -
mrmike is off base with his fireformed stock fit (they just don't do this). but the .35 rem. is one hellava brush gun for anything in this country. I shot a yearling doe a couple of years ago with one, facing me and got the bullet back just under the skin when I cut off the tail. 0 -
MIKE WISKEY...
my personal MARLIN 336CS (DOM 1981) had the stock "burn" fitted at the factory. nou can clearly see the carbonization and charring on the wood, as well as it being blackened. you can scrape the ash / carbon blackness of with your fingertip.
i was not a believer after seeing this fact in print (in MARLIN literature from the 60`s, & 70`s). i checked my gun, and its the straight up truth. i have checked a good half dozen guns, and this practice seems to have ceased sometime in the 80`s.
i just pulled 3 MARLIN 336 rifles off the rack behind me (i am at the shop) and 2 of the 3 exhibit the "burn" fitting. one is a .30-30wcf, the other a .35 rem... my gun is a .35 rem. the 3rd gun is a modern production 90`s DOM piece, and there is no burn...
i had 2 other folks in the shop double check my findings, and they both agree that these guns were heat / burn fitted.
i cannot be the only person here on GB who has this information.
best regards, mike.
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A 336C Marlin was my first center fire rifle. I got it when I was 12. I am 56 now and still have the rifle and would not go on a deer hunt without it. The 200 grain round nose bullets do a wonderful job on deer under 150 yards. We seldom get a shot over 100 yards here in Alabama, more like 50 to 75 usually. The rifle functions in a flawless fashion, fast secondshots, short and guick to point in dense cover. Its a real deer killer. 0
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