Favorite .35 caliber?

What is your favorite 35 caliber cartridge?

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My intentions is to keep this going by moving onto .348-.358 diameter projectiles. What is your favorite 35 caliber rifle cartridge? I'm focusing on bolt and lever rifles mostly used in hunting and target shooting applications. The list of choices in this poll is derived from the Hornady 11th edition reloading manual, which is the latest manual I have currently. Any wildcats or others not listed here can be categorized as "Other 35 caliber".

We've already had polls and discussions for 8mm, 7mm, .308 Cal, .25 Cal, 6mm, 6.5mm, & .277/6.8mm. My thought is to do 2 more of these after this one (one .338 cal and maybe a .224 cal) then post the results from all the polls into a single future thread.

I only own 1 rifle chambered in a 35 caliber cartridge, that being a custom 1903 Springifled rebored and chambered to 35 Whelen. I've always been interested in the 358 Winchester, 358 Norma Mag, and 358 STA (Shooting Times Alaskan).
 
Used a .35 Remington for .50 years on deer, wild boar and mountain lions and large racoons and aggressive dogs . Never had a failure. It bores a 3/4" hole thru 30" of flesh and hides. I used it from 5foot to 200 yards in Remington 8 and 81 and 141 and 600 guns, Marlin 336 rifles and T/C Super 14 Pistols . Reload it with my favorite 180 grain pointed bullets to 2400fps in my 600 Carbine and a 2200 in Marlin and Remington 141 rifles . Its all good with the Factory Remington 200 Grain Coreloktd load too ! I love this round for 75% of all my hunting needs less than 200 yards.
 
35 remington for me.

I have this remington 141 which I load 200 grain cast bullets at about 2000 fps for. I also ruined its collector value by cutting the barrel down to 18" and drilling and tapping the receiver for a peep sight.

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One of my pet projects has been experimenting with loading 35 rem +P to around 55k psi levels. A 35 Remington will easily surpass 308 winchester at the muzzle with the same bullet weights in a suitably strong action.

This Magnum Research Lone Eagle with a 14" 35 rem barrel will send a 200 grain hornady SP out the business end at 2300 fps if your wrists can tolerate it, and it is very accurate. This is 4 shots at 100 yards with a 2x leupold.



Another group at 100, this time with 180 gr speer. I decided their was no point in beating up my wrist so I put it away after these 2 shots.



I also have a handi rifle in 35 rem that I also shoot these +P loads in. I have gone as high as 2700 fps with a 180 gr speer from a 22" barrel with no signs of pressure. I don't have a picture of it, but here is my identical setup in 444 marlin. I am keeping the 35 remington in reserve for when I get old and inevitable decide I don't like the recoil from the 444.



Honorable mention to my 358 yeti which I recently sold to a forum member. 358 yeti is basically a shorter, fatter version of 35 Remington made from shortened 308 brass and made to fit in an AR15. It has a pressure limit of 60k psi and is about 1 or 2 grains less case capacity than a 35 remington case, so 358 yeti load data is a good safe starting point for working up 35 rem +P loads. I have used 35 yeti load data in 35 Remington with good success.

 
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My favorite is the 35 whelen. Mine is a 24" shaw barrel on a savage 110 with a maple stock. It ain't light, but recoil isn't an issue because of its heftyness. I cast a few 35 cal bullets, and 200 grn nosler are my hunting bullets for big game. Hope to take it elk hunting this year to finally kill something with it.
The whelen is just so much fun for a reloader cartridge. From 100 grain pistol bullets to big, heavy cast flying slow, to mono metals screaming as fast as you can push them, it just does it all from one gun.

Honorable mention to the 38 special in a levergun. So much fun...
 
I just saw a video about a 358 taco tini made from a 308 case to fit in an AR. It's purpose was to shoot the 200 police bullet. Looked like a fun range toy....
 
adcoch1 said:
My favorite is the 35 whelen. Mine is a 24" shaw barrel on a savage 110 with a maple stock. It ain't light, but recoil isn't an issue because of its heftyness. I cast a few 35 cal bullets, and 200 grn nosler are my hunting bullets for big game. Hope to take it elk hunting this year to finally kill something with it.
The whelen is just so much fun for a reloader cartridge. From 100 grain pistol bullets to big, heavy cast flying slow, to mono metals screaming as fast as you can push them, it just does it all from one gun.

Honorable mention to the 38 special in a levergun. So much fun...
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Agree on handloading the Whelen. I shoot 225 gr Sierras in mine. I took a nice 10-point whitetail with it a few months ago. Dropped him like a sack of potatoes.
 
I really like 35 Rem, but it has become expensive to shoot even with reloads. Fortunately, 350 Legend is extremely similar (I even use the same mold for cast bullets), and ammo, components, etc. are everywhere.
 
My favorite .35 caliber isn't on the list. Mine is the old .35-40 Maynard, which I make using .32-40 cases expanded and fire formed for my heavy Darr barreled Rolling Block I own and shoot.
 
I almost didn't vote, because I didn't think I had a 35 caliber rifle. Then I remembered, my Rossi 92 is a 357! What a great, handy little carbine; perfect for carrying around the farm and dispatching the odd varmint or a deer for the supper table. I load it with some fairly hot magnum loads, 2400 under a 158 JHP or JSP. It'll shoot about 1.5" at 50 yards, which isn't bad considering my eyes don't see the sights the best anymore. Mrs. Mac has pretty well laid claim to it recently for her wanderings around the farm. Says it's light enough to carry all day but with enough punch to knock over whatever might get after her and the dogs. Hard to argue with that!

Mac
 
My pick was .357 mag rifle. Economical to hand load and shoot. Good all around caliber for ranges <100 yds.

It is also the only one on the list that I own.
 
350 Rem Mag, Rem M7MS from the custom shop:

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Last year went on a diet with a manners stock and a coat of CeraKote. It's barely over 7lbs loaded with sling and leaves a mark on both ends.

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There's very few hunting problems in NA that can't be solved my a .358 225 grain at 2730 FPS.

Possibly, maybe soon, 358 Win, put this together this year for deer drives. Had it re-bored from .243Win to 358, the barrel chopped to 19". Sort of a 35REM +P+, but it's easy to find/make brass:

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I like the mid bores when the distances will be close, I can slow them down some and waste less meat.
 
Chuck R. said:
350 Rem Mag, Rem M7MS from the custom shop:

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Last year went on a diet with a manners stock and a coat of CeraKote. It's barely over 7lbs loaded with sling and leaves a mark on both ends.

gYkgzjwl.jpg


There's very few hunting problems in NA that can't be solved my a .358 225 grain at 2730 FPS.

Possibly, maybe soon, 358 Win, put this together this year for deer drives. Had it re-bored from .243Win to 358, the barrel chopped to 19". Sort of a 35REM +P+, but it's easy to find/make brass:

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I like the mid bores when the distances will be close, I can slow them down some and waste less meat.
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I have been fooling around with cast loads in 350 Legend at low speeds, eventually shooting for subsonic. Last year I ginned up a cast load based on a 207 grain bullet that chronos at 1150 FPS. We use this load for beaver hunting where the distances are generally short and you need a bit of energy to penetrate the heavy skull, as it is generally headshots. On Saturday I made a 50+ yard shot (long for us) and the bullet hammered through the skull and went another 15 or so inches down to a hindquarter on a 40 pound beaver. Obviously meat loss, but critter was very dead and not blown up. The recovered bullet was 197 grains. My next try will be with a 255 grain slug shooting for true subsonic. The current load loses its high level of accuracy by 100 yards as it goes transonic a bit over 50 yards.
 
I must admit I like all 35 calibers and have yet to find one that doesn’t shoot well and drop game reliably. I currently have a 35 rem, 358 win, 358 Whelen, 9x56 MS, 350 legend (actually my sons),. Hard to choose just one.
 
.35 Remington. I have a J. Marlin 336CS chambered in it, also a TC Contender. The 200gr Core Lokt is magic on deer. I'm currently doing comparisons between that and handloads using the Sierra Pro Hunter 200gr bullet.
 
I don’t own any. And I’ve only shot 358 win and 357 mag. I do find the ol 35 Whalen interesting indeed. I think I might have to go for the 358 win. I do like anything that goes boom…
 
JmacD said:
I don’t own any. And I’ve only shot 358 win and 357 mag. I do find the ol 35 Whalen interesting indeed. I think I might have to go for the 358 win. I do like anything that goes boom…
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Can't go wrong liking all things that go boom... I am kind of a late adopter of 35 cal though, I started way too young with a 44 mag and completely bypassed 35 cal handguns and rifles too. Luckily I woke up, and now I have both rifles and handguns in 35 cal...
 
For me it’s the 350 legend imho it’s a great cartridge I just wish the Gun Makers aka Winchester (Hint Hint) Would Chamber it the Model 70 or a Ruger No .1 would be nice


Sigh 😞 a man can dream right
 
horsemen61 said:
For me it’s the 350 legend imho it’s a great cartridge I just wish the Gun Makers aka Winchester (Hint Hint) Would Chamber it the Model 70 or a Ruger No .1 would be nice


Sigh 😞 a man can dream right
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I’ve always wanted a bolt action .358 win to go along with my BLR but if I end up doing it I’ll probably just go the .35 Whelen route
 
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