Availability of .35 Remington

[Nolo]

What is the availability of the .35 Remington cartridge? I'm thinking of a "laundry list" of guns to get, and I really like the idea of a 336 in .35 Remington. But I have no idea whether that cartridge is reasonably easy to get or not. I prefer it to .30-30 in general, but I'm wondering if it's just too hard to get.

 

[George Hill]

In the town I live near... a number of stores stock ammo. Only one stocks .35 Remington.

 

[shootr]

Ammo's not as readily available as 30-30 in my area, but it's not hard to find either. Midway and others have it and I just picked up 5 boxes from them or LS&B - I forget which.

FWIW, you'll be pleased with the .35. I picked up a used one a few months ago, cleaned a lot of copper fouling out of the barrel - and it shoots real well with plain-Jane 200 grain Core-lokt round nose bullets. The old-timers where I hunt swear by them.

 

[ThomasT]

I wanted a 35 Remington for years. The only bulk brass i could find was made by Winchester.

I have a 44 mag marlin and i can load 200gr XTP bullets to get over 2000fps which matches the 35 rem in speed. The 35 will carry further because of the higher BC but at a hundred yards or less it should be the same. That satisfies my wants for that gun.

But still if i found an older marlin that didn't have the micro groove rifleing in it i would most likely buy it. A friend has a Remington 760 pump that is unfired in 35 remington but he refuses all offers to sell it.

 

[GRB]

Sportsmansguide.com has at least three brands of .35 Remington: Hornady, Remington and Winchester. I can usually find it at Walmart (in stores where they sell guns and ammo), Gander Mountain (in store), and Cabelas (in store) too. Sometimes Dick's Sporting Good has it depending on location of the store. Some of the few local gun stores around me have it too.

All the best,
GB

 

[rbernie]

The local chain sporting goods stores occasionally carry it. The local gun stores always do. Mail order adds greatly to the selection.

I handload, so I have a stock (at least 500-600 rounds) of brass; that's likely good enough to last me my lifetime. Handloading cast lead 38Special/357 Mag pistol bullets makes for inexpensive plinking/practice loads.

Between 30/30 and 35 Remington, I prefer the performance of the 35 Remmie but shoot more 30/30 since I can share bullets with my other 30cal chamberings. If I didn't handload and had to pick one, I'd probably be happiest with 35 Remington.

 

[ACP230]

Midway also has 200 grain .35 Remington bullets on sale at the moment.

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

I will just say that .303 Brit is more easily found in stores than .35 Rem around here. Great cartridge, but losing popularity and has been for some time.

 

[The Wiry Irishman]

The availability seems pretty good to me. I wasn't even looking for any, and a guy at the range last week gave me a whole box of that Hornady Lever Evolution stuff to shoot through his lever gun. Nice guy.

 

[steveno]

there are a lot of Marlin's and quite a few Remingtons that have been made in 35 Remington. ammo isn't going to disappear for quite some time. I think it is more prevalent in the east

 

[GooseGestapo]

Like Steveno above hinted, the general availability in "Mom and Pop" convienence stores is regional.

In the Deep South and Southeast USA, it's always been rather popular. A bit better than the .30/30 inside of 150yds, its really popular where the game is a bit bigger than deer. (hogs and bear).

When my older brother was stationed in Maine in the mid '80's, he (we) discovered that in upstate Maine around the Limestone and Caribou area around Lorcin AFB that it was one of the prefered cartridges for bear and moose by the locals.

It, like the .30/30 got a new lease on life with the introduction of the LeverEvolution cartridges by Hornady.

Don't see it disappearing anytime soon.................