More Marlin Lever Gun questions. How about the .35 Rem?

[Macchina]

I went to the local Gander Mountain today, and they had a hardly used Marlin 336 in .35 Rem for $350. I was going to order a new Marlin 1894 in .44 Mag for $460. Does the 336 sound like a good deal? Tell me about the .35 Rem and how it compares to the .44 (I'm going to reload for this one). Also, what about the .45-70, is that a thumper or is it fun to shoot?

 

[NewShooter03]

I don't know much in comaprison of the two different rifles, but I have a Mariln Model 336 .35 and I like it alot. $350.00 sounds like a good deal, you should look it up on gunbroker.com, I think I saw a used one for sale at over $400.00 last week. My guess at the reloading cost would be that the .45 would be cheaper.

 

[Sam1911]

I just picked up a .35 Rem 336 for $350, so I guess I'd say the deal is sweet!

Hodgdon's web site lists upper velocities for a 200 gr. slug from a .35 Rem at just over 2100 fps. And they list upper velocities for a 200 gr. slug from a .44 Mag (in a rifle) at ... just over 2100 fps!

Of course the ballistic coefficient will be much better with the .35, but I guess they're about the same.

Strange, I would have given the .35 quite a bit over the .44, but I guess not.

-Sam

 

[campbell]

.35 Remington, .44 mag, and 45-70 are all great rounds. Buy them all.

Dave Clements just announced a new conversion he's offering. Something else to put on the list.

I have built the 1895 Marlin I always wanted. The cartridge is of my design and is a necked down .45/70 case to .348 cal. and shortened to a tad under 2". Cases are easy to make and require no fire forming. Ballistics from a 22" barrel are as follows:
180 gr. bullet 2700 fps
200 gr. bullet 2600 fps
220 gr. bullet 2500 fps
250 gr. bullet 2300 fps
Reloader 15 proved to be the best powder with all bullet weights. Fired cases extracted easily and showed no flattened primers. Percieved recoil is substantially less than the .444 or .45/70. Any 1895 Marlin can be converted to this cal. by simply rebarreling. Give me a call if you are interested. I should have some custom dies available shortly.

 

[GooseGestapo]

In the Marlin M336, with reloading, the .35 can be run up to 2,300fps with a 200gr bullet and with a 180gr to over 2,400fps.

The cost breakdown will slightly favor the .35Rem vs. a .45/70. As far as game performance, the .35 will definitely out perform the .44mag beyond 75yds. Inside that, I doubt that you could tell the difference. I can't. Even compared to the .45/70, the .35 comes in real close.


For reloading the .35, you can't do much better than the Remington 200gr CorLokt RN. At 2,250fps of my handload, a 2.5'' high setting at 100yds gives approx a zero at 150yds and 4" low at 200yds. Neither my .45lc nor the .45/70 w/315gr FNGC can quite match this. Besides, my .35 with the above load has given MOA at 200yds.

I favor the .35, but wouldn't readily give up my .45/70.
For game MUCH bigger than whitetail deer or pigs, the .45 would be favored.
ie: elk, moose or great bears. (or what you'd run up on in Alaska)

 

[Macchina]

How is the recoil of the .45/70? Could this still be a range gun?