.35 Remington reloading

[CEK]

35 Remington fan myself, I keep sending messages to Starline asking if it's in their plans to offer brass. Hopefully one day my subliminal messaging will work. They do offer some more obscure cartridges so maybe the time is coming.

 

[bluetopper]

There was a guy in AZ who made me 100, 35 Rem brass from 308 brass a few years go. Before the panic I found quite a lot of used 35 Rem brass online. I'm well stocked. I shoot mostly Speer 200gr TMJ 357 bullets. I have a 2lb coffee can full of them
I have a Marlin 336 made in 1966 and a Remington model 81 made in 1941. I wish I had the fold down peep sight for it.

 

[GooseGestapo]

Although the .35Rem uses a unique size case head (though close to a couple of obscure European and Japanese 6.5). It CAN be formed from a .308win case, but it’s NOT easy or straight forward.

My Marlin M336 IS as accurate as most of my bolt action hunting rifles.
Factory loads leave a LOT of power on the table, so to speak.

I’ve always handloaded for the .35. 2,250-2,300fps with a 200gr bullet is easy. There was an “Express” load available in the late 1920’s-30’s that produced such, but was discontinued due to difficulties shooting it in the various semi automatic guns of the day.
Hornady 200gr FTX factory loadboosts the current level to 2,200fps. 2,350 is possible reloading with LVR powder.
I used H4895 to load my .35 till LVR came along.
The .35 has to share wood’s time with the two .338Marlin Express and ,308ME now.
With dearth of jacketed.35 bullets, it’s a dedicated cast bullet gun. And a darn good one too!
2MOA with the RCBS 200gr FNGC. 2,050fps and cast to 218gr.
Fortunately. I have a life time supply of brass.

 

[Chuck R.]

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 I’m pretty sure since the .357Magnum and later the .358Winchester came out, the .35Rem has been outdated for velocity and muzzle energy.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.

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This should be a standard response next time one of those caliber wars start over the newest greatest cartridge!

35 Remington fan myself, I keep sending messages to Starline asking if it's in their plans to offer brass. Hopefully one day my subliminal messaging will work. They do offer some more obscure cartridges so maybe the time is coming.

Next time you email them, put a plug in for .350 Rem mag brass! It is easily formed from 7mm Mag, .300Mag or .338Mag, but clicking a couple buttons and adding a CC number is even easier!

Part of me wants to believe that .350 Rem Mag IS more popular than .45-100 (2.6"), but who knows.... I also shoot .45-100 and .45-90 and a .40-70 derived from .45-90, zero issues getting brass for those..

 

[Airborne Falcon]

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.

Even as a major big time Marlin fan ... I still lol'd.

 

[Airborne Falcon]

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

I'm going out to the man cave here in just a little while and pulling the cartridge conversion tables on 35 Rem with drawings. That's a good question and I know, by heart, most all of the reforming conversions for the major flavors ... but for the life of me I cannot think of 35 Rem at the moment. If 30.06 does the trick then likely so will .308/7.62x51 ... but I'm just not sure.

 

[earlthegoat2]

I'm going out to the man cave here in just a little while and pulling the cartridge conversion tables on 35 Rem with drawings. That's a good question and I know, by heart, most all of the reforming conversions for the major flavors ... but for the life of me I cannot think of 35 Rem at the moment. If 30.06 does the trick then likely so will .308/7.62x51 ... but I'm just not sure.

Someone posted a summary here a year or so ago but I can’t find the thread.

Here is some info I got a while back on the matter.

Cut off the .308 to approximate .35 Rem case length
Anneal the future neck location
Body size: this requires a .30-06 class die (.270, .308, etc) cut off below the shoulder. You force the case up into with a Lee .451ish push-through sizer ram it until the case head is resized to .457" down from .470". This tightens the primer pocket a little, but not enough to need swaging. This also needs excellent lube (paraffin or Imperial)
Punch back out with a 3/8 pin punch
Full Length size to .35 Remington. Careful over the expander ball.
Trim to final length
Neck Turn to 0.015" thick. If you don't do this, you risk tight necks especially for cast bullets.
Anneal neck again to guard against splits

 

[Airborne Falcon]

 

[Airborne Falcon]

Interesting reference given to 30-06 and 308 in the 6th Edition of the Ammo Encyclopedia .... and note general and technical comments at the bottom which may help to validate some of rhe comments in this thread.

Bottom line, I ain't givin'-up my JM stamped Marlin in 35 Remington until I die and leave it to my Son. It's maybe the best all-around brush gun in my inventory and that matters to me here below the fall line in the Deep South where our underbrush and black jack are legendary in deer country.

 

[Airborne Falcon]

And finally, for arguments' sake from Speer #15 (finest manual on the market today imho) read the Historical Notes below which echo some of the pro-35 Rem comments in this thread.

BTW, thanks for a fine and entertaining thread men.