The poor cousin of big game cartridges.

35rem is my go to for black bear and whitetail.
We tree bear over a pack of hounds.
Rem760 is what I use, very handy with the magazine, in and out of the truck following the pack. No need for a scope, iron sights do the trick.
The used Marlins sell quick, been looking for one for a few years now, someone else out there must love them too.
Picked up a 356 and saw no need for it, 35rem has never let me down.
 
BlackRam said:
While I like my 358 Win in the BLR, and the 356 Win in my Marlin and Winchester lever actions, my wife isn't fond of recoil of this level, so I got her a Marlin 336 in 35 Rem as her saddle/camp gun.
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My wife & another buddies wife use our .35 Rem for the Levergun big bore Sillywet game, they can both shoot a 40 round match in a day and feel no ill effects from recoil...curiously I have never shot an animal with that gun tho, for no other reason than I still have a # of .458 cal guns that are over 100 yrs old that haven't "earned their keep" on venison yet.
 
I can't see myself getting very excited about the .35 Remington; too light a bullet for caliber, that's moving too slowly. That is until I think about it in a M-8 Remington. Yup, I could get excited about a M-8 in .35 Remington.
 
anglia2 said:
Until now , I was completely unaware of the lack of a shed hunting rifle in my collection....... looks like I'm going rifle shopping .
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Yes, anyone who shed hunts needs a dedicated iron to accompany them. I'm quite fond of my .444 Marlin for shed hunting and it is my usual companion as it's a seasoned bush vet that doesn't mind rough play...but the 35Rem was already out so we went together.

Happy iron shopping.
 
35Rem is awesome. If I had one I'd sure use it. But I'm not going out of my way to purchase one....wait a minute. I haven't owned one of these. What am I missing? That's it, I'm heading for the EE ...
 
Here in Sask we can hunt deer over bait, and in the zones Americans are allowed its the most common and practical method by far. Had a client build a fly weight bolt action in 35 rem. It was a delight.
If you ever find yourself thinking that these old cartridges are “weak” shoot one with a modern load in a super lightweight rifle. The recoil will snap you out of it.
 
Edison Marshall (excellent writer IMO) says it's good for tiger.

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It's a real shame that 35 calibers aren't more popular. I have a Marlin 336 in 35 Rem and am building a 35 Whelen on a Savage 116 action. Having some more diversity in bullet choices would be an absolute joy to the reloader.

One day I'll probably try out the 358 Win too!
 
35rem seems like a cool low recoil bush rifle type caliber. I'll add one to the collection one day if the right deal crosses me. Looking for a 358win first though, bought the dies from Wholesale sports for $12 when they were closing, haven't had the funds to buy the rifle to go with them yet though...
 




Be careful with the 35's - they are most addictive! My wife took her first critter with a 35 Remington in March using a 200 grain handload I built, also a first for me. Bought a 358 Winchester with reloading package last year and finally turned a long-ago dogeared page into reloading. The poor cousin 35 Remington soon became a second fun cartridge for me. To make things even better I've been reloading some 200 grain Barnes TSX FB for the 350 Remington Magnum and can faintly hear the call of a 35 Whelen out there somewhere.
 
I dont currently own a 35 caliber. Like Hoyt, i made other bores around it fill the same purpose. So the .338 and .375 do the job. A jm guide gun in 45/70 is my only lever action, bought for deer in a high density bear area. Now i live on a island without predators.

Being a reloader, and spending the better part of a year chasing components for a 350 magnum spoiled me on the bore. Just not enough bullet choices or availability on the EE. Stores that would possibly carry a uncommon bore/projectile are at least 2 ferries and several hundred dollars away. Getting into cast, so pistol bullets for plinking and bambi bucks is a option. Just not sure the hunting juices flow enough for deer that hang at 65 lbs to justify a 336 @ at least $600. Already have at least 243, 7.62x39, and 6.8 spc for the purpose, and alot of overkill calibers.
 
nowarningshot said:
I dont currently own a 35 caliber. Like Hoyt, i made other bores around it fill the same purpose.

Being a reloader, and spending the better part of a year chasing components for a 350 magnum spoiled me on the bore.
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I own four .35's actually... I just sold off the .35 Rem and .358 NM... I still have a .358 Win, .35 Whelen and two .350 Rem Mag. Finding the .350 RM loading gear only took a couple weeks... I now have 600 pieces of New R-P .350 Rem Mag brass and the same in 6.5 RM... it is out there and worth the hunt, I love my short Rem Mag's.
 
I've had 3 Marlins in .35 Rem over the years which served me well with jacketed loads. Real fun for pest exploding with 110 gr Speer HP's pushed at 2500+ fps.;)
My reasons for not keeping the Marlins were... 1) They don't handle & carry near as well for me as a Winchester 94. 2) Micro Groove barrels ain't the best fer cast boolits.:(

I loaded Hornady 200 gr for deer and had no worries. Sure wish that Mossberg would chamber the 464 in .35 Rem for lead tossers on a budget and on the same
note, Remington should do the same with the standard Model 7 (Instead of Custom Shop price gouge units.) along with the 783 HBT especially. Oooow Wee!
I'd sure have fun with them buggers fer sure.;)
 
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