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Hi there, I just bought a new Marlin 336C in 35 Rem, nice gun, fun to shoot, I have some 200grain Hornady RN bullets and Lee dies, anyone have some good loads to share? Looking to use this for bears in the spring. Thanks.
 
I have a Marlin 35 Remington, probably abut 45 years older than the OPs. K, you have seen it, probably shot it. The 35 Remington was designed to go 2000 fps with 200 grain bullets. A good thumper.
I got half a box of old CIL Dominion ammunition, box marked $5.40, so about early 1960, with 200 grain bullets with my Marlin. I shot some over a chronograph and they made 2,050 fps.
The Hodgdon site shows many loads that go 2000 or better, but the problem is when speed is measured with a chronograph they come up from 150 to as high as 200 fps short of what it says they are going.
I started using LVR powder before Hodgdon listed it for the 35 Remington and 200 grain bullets. I loaded up a batch with 41.4 grains of LVR and they clocked 1925 fps.
Hey, pretty good!
I then loaded a batch at 42.2 which shot very well, but I did not test for speed.
Now, here is the kicker.
Hodgdon on line now list 35 Remington, 200 grain bullets, LVR powder, starting load 42 grains and max load 45 grains for 2235 fps!
That is excellent.
I would now use only LVR powder, and OP, I would start at their starting load of 42 something and maybe go up toward their maximum.
That is far and away superior to any other powder for the 35.
 
Interesting stuff Bruce, I have an old Mod.8 autoloader and I'm going to start loading LVR tomorrow.
John Barsness loads for a Mod. 8 in the January edition of Rifle magazine and states that he loads 45.0 gr. LVR under a 200 gr. Hornady Flex-tip bullet.
Could that load be a tad ' warm ' for an old autoloader ?? I'm thinking maybe....
 
I'm not as experienced as the guys above here but I have been loading the same Hornady bullets and worked up to 45gr of LVR and find that to be a very accurate load even with just XS sights.
 
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If you can find them Speer makes a 220 gr flat point you can load to about 1900-2000fps, also they make a 180 gr flat point that is lights out for deer.
That being said the Hornady 200gr RN Interloc or the Remington 200gr Core lok are sweet bullets as well.
 
Charlie38 said:
If you can find them Speer makes a 220 gr flat point you can load to about 1900-2000fps, also they make a 180 gr flat point that is lights out for deer.
That being said the Hornady 200gr RN Interloc or the Remington 200gr Core lok are sweet bullets as well.
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I was just able to score 350pcs of the 220 gr'ers! Pushed by a full house of LVR they steam outta there a lot faster then 2000fps, start to get a little soar on the shoulder after a few rounds though.
 
freddyfour said:
I was just able to score 350pcs of the 220 gr'ers! Pushed by a full house of LVR they steam outta there a lot faster then 2000fps, start to get a little soar on the shoulder after a few rounds though.
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X100! My Speer 220gr'ers fly 2100+fps out of my Ballard rifled, 1.5x scout scoped Marlin with incedible accuracy of 7/8" three shot at 100m. Never seen spring black bear even the large one running more than 30-35m after the shot. My LH Ruger 7mm-08 is a pea shooter (but longer reaching) if kiling efficiency is compared.
I was tempted to use 2-3/4x scout scope for even greater accuracy but decided that larger FOV is more important than everything else.
This is incredible penetrating bullet tough enough even for 358Win and 35Whelen as well!
I bought all I could, 850 of them when Speer stoped their production.
 
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Ive read about LVR and 220gr speer, many people are getting 2100fps-2150fps, similar to Tim Sundles buffalo bore load (220speer @ 2200fps). I don't want a kicker of a lever gun, already have a Marlin895G with 400,420gr and 560 gr loads that hurt. I have some H335 and will start with that and see where it takes me, shooting for accuracy and around 2100,2200 fps. Apparently the 200gr Hornady has so so issues opening up at 150-200 yards, little to no expansion after velocity drops. Hence why I want to send it out a little warm.

I want a good bear load come spring.
 
I took my load with LVR powder and the 200 gr. Hornady RN to the range today and 42.0 gr. would barely cycle my autoloader.
Cases were blackened with soot to the extractor groove so I'm thinking maybe a couple grains more powder should improve function..
 
freddyfour said:
I was just able to score 350pcs of the 220 gr'ers! Pushed by a full house of LVR they steam outta there a lot faster then 2000fps, start to get a little soar on the shoulder after a few rounds though.
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gunrunner8 said:
This is incredible penetrating bullet tough enough even for 358Win and 35Whelen as well!
I bought all I could, 850 of them when Speer stoped their production.
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You guys don't need that many 220's,..it must be illegal to have that many on hand,....you guys should send a few boxes to me just to be safe,..lol
 
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