Marlin 336 in 35 Remington Questions

[Gordon]

For me, my final and best format for .35 Remington: a litle 18" Remington 600 with Leupold 1-4x. I can make loads for it a lot hotter than tube feds or the T/C if necessary , it can drive 225 grain bullets at 2200 or 200 grainers to 2300. I like 180 grainers with a lower blast load at 2100 fps for my uses . The deer are small in the orchards , houses 1000 feet or more away in some cases. Same with the errant wild pigs. This is a pinpoint slayer to 200 yards, easily .


this bullet is California legal for hunting and my favorite by far. It could be driven to 2400 fps in this 600 Remington easily enough with loads safely identified for the rifle only, but I load it for accuracy and use a lower blast powder at 2085 avg, and it works wonderfully at 200 yards or better.
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1...iameter-180-grain-spitzer-flat-base-box-of-50

 

[SwampWolf]

To everyone who said see thru rings won’t/can’t work they do for me

Giraffs love them too.

 

[Walkalong]

My gun is just open sighted. I can shoot it well enough for the ranges I hunt and I like the way it feels in my hand without a scope.

But if want to scope yours then go ahead. You can only shoot as well as you can see.

Yep, and I can't see well enough to use irons anymore, sadly.

 

[Merle1]

Yep, and I can't see well enough to use irons anymore, sadly.

Pretty much my case - unless it's perfect range conditions.....

 

[ThomasT]

Yep, and I can't see well enough to use irons anymore, sadly.

I was getting where I couldn't use them either and had cataract surgery a couple of years ago and that made all the difference. It was the best thing any doctor has ever done for me. Do I have 25 year old eyes again. No but they are darn good. It made shooting my pistols and rifle fun again. It made flying my RC model planes not so nerve wracking. I am not flying a fuzzy blob in the sky anymore.

And I love to hunt with open sights. I like the challenge. If a deer is too far away and the shot is risky I pass on it. After all the animal takes all the risk. I like to hunt close. Thats not always an option for everyone. Thats why I told the OP to scope if he thinks he needs it. Nothing wrong with a scope on a lever gun. But I draw the line on see thru mounts. I had a set on a 22. They were so poorly machined I had to use almost all the left windage to get on target. About 10 minutes is all they lasted.

 

[cdb1]

But I draw the line on see thru mounts.

Me too.

 

[SwampWolf]

For me, my final and best format for .35 Remington: a litle 18" Remington 600 with Leupold 1-4x.

What do you think about this little carbine chambered in .350 Remington Magnum? I know it would kick, and kick a lot, but I always thought it would make for a handy rifle for hunting bear in really heavy cover. Did I say it might kick? Not sure you would feel it in thick alders at a range of ten feet or so in front of a charging grizzly.

 

[Gordon]

The .350 Remember mag in the 660 or model 7 carbines are highly sought-after in Alaska . They are great heavy dangerous ame tools. I handled Col. Cooper's lion scout, which I believe he called "baby" and while slick , I knew I could build a trucker one. Problem is I have no use for it ! The .35 Remington serves my purposes better with less fuss and I don't like LER scopes generaly after trying them in the 80 s. But the .350 sparkplug is a very neat thumper no doubt, they usually go for $ 800 in good shape

 

[cdb1]

I don’t care for LER scopes either. I also believe timing can play a role in the success or failure of a cartridge. I believe the .350 Remington Mag was a couple of decades before it’s time, even more so for the 6.5 Remington Mag. If released a couple or three decades later they might have been big successes.

Addendum: I also believe they were chambered in the wrong rifle model.

 

[Gordon]

I had a Remington Classic 700 in the once a year .350 Remington Magnum for a few years. I never hunted it but put a Leupold 2.5-8 scope on it and ran two boxes thru to get brass. I sold it to a high roller elk Hunter who loved the great wood that particular rifle had on it. I was a tack driver , less than an inch at 100 yards. The 22" barrel made it nicer. I still have a great big .358 Norma on an old Hannibal action that Colonel Art made and I bought. It weighs 12 pounds and has a 27" heavy barrel. I have made loads for it getting right at 3000 fps with 250 grain Swift bullets and others. It shoots flatter than my .375 mags and is probably an ideal Elk gun in a fixed position , that's why I kept it. I like .35 caliber ,but used the .35Remington by far the most. In the mid 60s I remember it was the gun to have in a Marli. 336 in Eastern Pennsylvania where my family hunted deer.

 

[GooseGestapo]

The Marlin l/a are stronger than Gordon alluded to. It’s the early Remington Auto loaders that require the factory loads be loaded down.

The Marlins easily digest the heavier loads that Gordon mentioned. However he’s right about the lighter loads he mentioned using in the M600. The Speer 180 FN is tougher than commonly believed, and handles the higher velocities of even the .350 and .35Whelen. He didn’t say, but I believe it’s the Barnes TSX that he’s talking about.
More recently the Rem. 673 was produced in .350mag and the Rem Mod-7 is available in .358win. Also, Rem Custom shop offers a Rem. M7 with mannlicher stock in .35Rem custom order.
The .35’s are waaaay under appreciated! Except by those of us who have/use them.