.35 Remington reloading

[Buck13]

Saw a rifle in .35 Remington today that tempts me. I'd probably do mostly plinking ammo with .357 handgun bullets (e.g. cheap plated 158 grain SWC). When loading this caliber to non-max pressures, how many loadings would you expect to get between needing to trim the cases?

 

[MWC1974]

Depends on the brass and the powder charge.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

Saw a rifle in .35 Remington today that tempts me. I'd probably do mostly plinking ammo with .357 handgun bullets (e.g. cheap plated 158 grain SWC). When loading this caliber to non-max pressures, how many loadings would you expect to get between needing to trim the cases?

Depends a lot on your chamber. Marlin bratwurst reamed chambers split hard brass real quick. In a Contender super tight chamber with pistol pressure loads you might never have to buy new brass. Depends.

 

[AJC1]

Depends a lot on your chamber. Marlin bratwurst reamed chambers split hard brass real quick. In a Contender super tight chamber with pistol pressure loads you might never have to buy new brass. Depends.

Quit picking on my Marlins. There just special. My son split a 38spcl case clean in half last week.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

Quit picking on my Marlins. There just special. My son split a 38spcl case clean in half last week.

lol ! Yup. I got four left: 336-CS .30-30, 336-T .35Rem, 444 in .444(duh) and 1895 rifle in .45-70. The rest got sold for various reasons over time. One thing about those loose chambers, they don’t lock up or jam very easy. You’ve got to try to stop them Marlin lever guns

 

[Walkalong]

I have a piece of test brass with 5 or 6 full power reloads on it through my Marlin, still going strong.

 

[Skinnedknuckles]

I reload .35 Rem using coated lead pistol bullets over light charges of Universal (I tried Unique but hate how it feeds in the powder measure). Good source of info is www.gmdr.com/lever/lowveldata.htm. I like the Missouri Bullet Company's 158 gr CRNFP (pistol, not rifle hardness) bullets for this. My Marlin 336 has a very short throat and the MBC 180 gr bullets I hoped to use jam in the rifling if crimped in the crimp groove. I get about 1500 fps with this combination with good accuracy. I did load ladders and monitored group size. When the group size started to open up, I backed off a step and called it good. The paper target hasn't survived any of the loads, so far. This gives about the same ballistics as I get with my Rossi M93 shooting full power .357 Magnum loads and makes a great plinking load. With this loading, I only neck size my brass with a Lee neck sizing die and expect it to last a very long time.

 

[Walkalong]

I have also shot .357 158 Gr pistol bullets in my .35 Remington, lots of fun.

 

[CWTISME]

Finding any Brass that doesn't cost $1.00 each is the real challenge.

 

[Walkalong]

I know right? I wish I had bought more back when I got the gun, sure should have, wasn't so pricey.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

I know right? I wish I had bought more back when I got the gun, sure should have, wasn't so pricey.

Not to rub salt or nothing but I bought 100 from Remington for about 10-cents each and a year later found 8 or 9 boxes of loaded Remington and Winchester 1980’s ammo at a yard sale in a box of “stuff” marked $5. Lots of factory ammo and good brass was in that box.
Of course, back then people were calling me crazy for buying ammo at a yard sale and paying a whopping $10 for a bag of brass when new ammo was on the shelf for $6/20.

 

[horsemen61]

I just loaned my .35 Rem out to a friend so he can deer hunt with it in IOWA

 

[FROGO207]

Have a friend that reloads 35 REM and I save all my found range brass for him.
Usually find 25 or so every fall when hunters check their guns before hunting season each fall. Curiously they are mostly RP headstamp I find.

 

[CWTISME]

I know right? I wish I had bought more back when I got the gun, sure should have, wasn't so pricey.

It wasn't even on the radar when I bought mine around 1990. I fear it is going obsolete like the other cartridges in its family.

 

[Skinnedknuckles]

I learned from the 2013-2015 drought when .35 Rem brass and ammo disappeared and since then I bought enough brass to last me my lifetime. It's a drought now as well but I found there are several brass groups on MeWe and that was where I was buying my brass before this s--t happened. I'm sure the market will return, just not sure when. A few good SCOTUS rulings might reduce some of the panic but that's going to take a while. Election 2022 will also be critical for all of us.

 

[AJC1]

Isn't 35 Remington easily made out of 30-06 brass or is that something else

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

It wasn't even on the radar when I bought mine around 1990. I fear it is going obsolete like the other cartridges in its family.

Well, that’s kind of a funny thing if you stop to think about it. .35Remington has been obsolete for a long time - at least as far as numbers games and data chasing is concerned. I’m pretty sure since the .357Magnum and later the .358Winchester came out, the .35Rem has been outdated for velocity and muzzle energy. There’s nothing much a .35Rem will do that a .350Legend won’t, either. In terms of numbers, at least. But it’s still around. Because it’s a hunting round. Hunting isn’t about spreadsheets and statistics, it’s about meat in the freezer. The .35Rem keeps putting meat in the freezer season after season, so it’s never really going to be obsolete.

 

[CWTISME]

I learned from the 2013-2015 drought when .35 Rem brass and ammo disappeared and since then I bought enough brass to last me my lifetime. It's a drought now as well but I found there are several brass groups on MeWe and that was where I was buying my brass before this s--t happened. I'm sure the market will return, just not sure when. A few good SCOTUS rulings might reduce some of the panic but that's going to take a while. Election 2022 will also be critical for all of us.

I agree on all that I am just afraid 35 Rem won't bounce back this time. An old man can only take some many hits.

 

[CWTISME]

Well, that’s kind of a funny thing if you stop to think about it. .35Remington has been obsolete for a long time - at least as far as numbers games and data chasing is concerned. I’m pretty sure since the .357Magnum and later the .358Winchester came out, the .35Rem has been outdated for velocity and muzzle energy. There’s nothing much a .35Rem will do that a .350Legend won’t, either. In terms of numbers, at least. But it’s still around. Because it’s a hunting round. Hunting isn’t about spreadsheets and statistics, it’s about meat in the freezer. The .35Rem keeps putting meat in the freezer season after season, so it’s never really going to be obsolete.

I hope you are right.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

I hope you are right.

Won’t be cheap. Won’t be plentiful. But it will be around when the brass makers decide to milk some cash cows. Be ready with your checkbook when it’s around again.

 

[Skinnedknuckles]

I agree on all that I am just afraid 35 Rem won't bounce back this time. An old man can only take some many hits.

I hope you are wrong.. There are a lot of .35 Rem's out there. If true, however, I'm sure one of the boutique brass manufacturers will pick it up, sort of like the .225 Win.

 

[Chuck R.]

Isn't 35 Remington easily made out of 30-06 brass or is that something else

Your probably thinking of the .35 Whelan..necked up 30-06.

The 35Rem "can" be made from .308Win brass 9and 30-06 brass), but it's sort of a PITA. the 35rem is unique with a .470" rim, the 30-06 family of cartridges has a .473 rim.

 

[brewer12345]

Well, that’s kind of a funny thing if you stop to think about it. .35Remington has been obsolete for a long time - at least as far as numbers games and data chasing is concerned. I’m pretty sure since the .357Magnum and later the .358Winchester came out, the .35Rem has been outdated for velocity and muzzle energy. There’s nothing much a .35Rem will do that a .350Legend won’t, either. In terms of numbers, at least. But it’s still around. Because it’s a hunting round. Hunting isn’t about spreadsheets and statistics, it’s about meat in the freezer. The .35Rem keeps putting meat in the freezer season after season, so it’s never really going to be obsolete.

Funny you mention that. It was my experience with 35 Rem that made me jump into 350 Legend, since I don't live in a straight wall state. Both seem to be in the ballistic sweet spot for effectiveness with a minimum of fuss on deer, hogs, etc.

 

[AJC1]

Your probably thinking of the .35 Whelan..necked up 30-06.

The 35Rem "can" be made from .308Win brass 9and 30-06 brass), but it's sort of a PITA. the 35rem is unique with a .470" rim, the 30-06 family of cartridges has a .473 rim.

Your right that's what I was thinking. They also make 7.7 from 30-06 but I hunted down some original brass because I wanted it correct as possible.

 

[earlthegoat2]

Many 35 Rem rifles have generous chambers. The rifles in which 35 Rem are usually chambered in are of a type that are sensitive to COAL and lack powerful primary extraction. Large chambers fare well in firearms such as these.

The way in which tubular magazines feed to the chamber also lends itself to loose chamber tolerances for reliability.

All this might seem to indicate that these rifles would be inaccurate and that is generally true if comparing them to bolt actions. They are usually better than most like to give them credit for.

My personal experience is that 444 is the most accurate of all the typical lever action cartridges followed closely by 35 Remington.