I have a Marlin 336 in 35 Rem and love it. Light, agile, great handling and when loaded with Hornady's Leverevolution 200gr. ammo, deadly out to about 200 yards. I want to start reloading using the FTX bullet from Hornady in 200 grain but I can't find any load data that matches the factory velocity of 2225fts.
I love the 35 Rem, I use .357 dia 357 mag bullets in 158 gr jhp. They are much cheaper to use and do a great job on deer. Being 158 gr, they don't kick as bad. I do use cst bullets too, and they don't group as well, but work for lower power loads. Wallacem in Ga
I have a 35 Rem. in a T/C Contender, mine has a muzzle brake super 14 barrel. The best load I have found for it is 41.2 grains of H322 under Hornady's 180 gr. single shot pistol bullet. I have shot groups under 1" with this at 100 yards. I average around 1.5" with just a harris bi-pod and one hand hold. Check your reloading guides as this load may be a bit hot for lever guns. I have had excellent success with this combo on deer on deer sized game out to 200yds. Shawn
I love the 35 Rem, I use .357 dia 357 mag bullets in 158 gr jhp. They are much cheaper to use and do a great job on deer. Being 158 gr, they don't kick as bad. I do use cst bullets too, and they don't group as well, but work for lower power loads. Wallacem in Ga
I did the same thing for a friend, he's a disabled Vet and can't take much recoil. I used IMR 4227, works well in his Marlin 336.
I load for three 35 remingtons. A 336 Marlin, a 7600 Remington and a 141 Remington. Try 37.5 grains of 3031 and a Remington 200gr corelokt for 2110fps. Deer hate that load. I also use A2460 when I want to embarris the bolt crowd at the range when I'm shooting the 336. My 7600 really shines with Alliant Reloder 12. I stocked up on reloder 12 before they disontinued it.
I'll toss in another just to keep the ball rolling with the Marlin 336. Work up from 29grn to 33grns of RL7 with a 200grn horn or Rem RNSP. It's a little bit hotter than the 33,kpsi recommended for the 35rem, but it is under the 42,kpsi used for the 30-30 in the 336. Should be good for about 2100fps +.
For more ideas, go over the the "marlinowners.com/forums" and do a search for articles written by "35remington". Everyone who owns a marlin 35rem, should read these articles.
there's a lot of good info to work with here. I have a marlin 35 rem. that I've had for over 20 years and have often wanted to set up to load that caliber. (i've always saved my brass). I saw a guy at the range shooting lead with open sights and his 100 yd. groups were 3 to 4 inches with just the old iron sights. I was impressed, and have started to take another interest in this gun. glad I found this post.
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there's a lot of good info to work with here. I have a marlin 35 rem. that I've had for over 20 years and have often wanted to set up to load that caliber. (i've always saved my brass). I saw a guy at the range shooting lead with open sights and his 100 yd. groups were 3 to 4 inches with just the old iron sights. I was impressed, and have started to take another interest in this gun. glad I found this post.
I have had a 35 Remington for over 25 years...Marlin 336. I used to load 180 grain Speer flatnose bullets and recently began using 200 grain Sierra roundnose bullets. My son (with much better eyesight than this 55 year old) consistantly groups near 1 inch using 39 grains of Winchester 748 behind the 200 grainer. I have witnessed him shoot a 7/8 inch group. This is a three shot, 100 yard group. Never did shoot that well myself even at thirty years of age. Well, once, and that was a 3/4 inch...BUT only once. I usually average between 1-1/2 to 2 inch groups which is to be expected from a carbine lever action. The 35 is a good bear gun and deer gun in eastern woods hunting. Enjoy your rifle. Ed
I don't have a .35 Remington, but reload for a 350 Remington Magnum. One bullet that works great for me is a 158g pistol bullet at 3100 fps. I bought an older Speer reloading manual at a gunshow just for the pistol bullet data to use for my 35. It also has data for the 35 Remington. PM me if you'd like info and I'll send you a photo of the page with 35 Remington data. The velocity is about the same. Should be interesting as a plinking/varmint load with reduced recoil. (at leas in my 350 Magnum)
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Originally Posted by Pumpkinheaver
Bought a Marlin in .35 remmy and was just curious if any of you have ever loaded this cartridge and what is a good powder to start with.
Bought a Marlin in .35 remmy and was just curious if any of you have ever loaded this cartridge and what is a good powder to start with.
A good powder to start with is IMR3031. I started using it in my .35 Rem 31 years ago. The load was taken from a loading booklet from IMR powders. It consisted of 37.5gr of IMR3031, 9.5 RP primer and RP cases, and a HDY 200gr RN. Chronographed right at 2109fps. Same thing when using the 200gr RPRNCL. Both bullets very accurate in my Marlin 336, my Rem 141 pump and my 7600 Rem pump. I have branched out as far as powder types go, but would be just as happy if IMR3031 was the only powder on my shelf.
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Add another 35 Rem. lover to the ranks.
I also own a Marlin 336 chambered for the 35 rem. It's a 1986 model.
I have loaded both the Hornady 180 gr. HP-XTP and the Hornady 200 gr. FTX. Both are very accurate for a Lever Gun.
I use H-4895 powder. The 180 gr. load is at the top of Hodgdon's on-line recommendations. The 200 gr. FTX is actually above the Hornady recommendations so I won't give out that information because of the risk. Just let me say that I have zero signs of high pressure.
Hodgdon has come out with a duplicate powder for the LEVERevolution Ammo. Here is the link. I'm going to have to get a pound or two just to see how it works. http://www.hodgdon.com/PDF/SuperLever.pdf
Between Dad and myself we own 3 35 Remingtons, Dad has a Marlin 336C and a Remington Model 760, and I have a Remington Model 141. The Marlin seems to like IMR3031 with 200gr Sierras awful well, shoots clover leafs at 100 yards. The other 2 are still in the load development stages and it's not been determined as to what they like best yet.
While I don't have a 35 Remington yet I don't think using a pistol bullet pushed at higher velocities would be the best idea. When you drive a pistol bullet at rifle velocities it can act differently than it was designed to. It could explode and not penetrate as well as other bullets. It may work just fine or it might not. If I were to use a pistol bullet at high velocities I would look for a bonded bullet so it would retain a little more if it's weight.
I have a remington model 8 in 35 rem. one of the neated mechanical guns I have . Basically a Klashnakof (AK) action in a browning humpback frame a very interesting gun . The 35 rem cartridge is a new reload to me but I bought the molds and have been pouring 204 gr cast bullets useing IMR-4198 I load minimum powder 20.0 grains at 1349 fps . I dont need the sholder kick of hot powder loads and in old guns I tend to always load light .
Glad to read a post with ol' Arkansas hunter in it been a while since I have . Hunt the tall grass my ol' friend .
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