My first post. To give a little background, although I am in my mid-forties, I have not been riflehunting long, starting last year with a borrowed gun. I also bowhunt with my youngest son. My primary outdoors time is spent fishing, most flyfishing.

Today I unexpectedly found myself the owner of a Marlin 336 in .35 Remington. It's from the early 60's and in very nice condition. My question is, should I go with the 150 grain or 200 grain bullets? My hunting is done in the PA woods, and where I go it is doubtful I would ever have a shot beyond 100 yards. I have a box of 150 grain, but will that do the trick on a whitetail? Personally, I want to do justice, which to me means a well placed shot with an appropriate bullet.

Thanks,
Dave

Dave,
Welcome, and although I have no experience with the 35 Rem (have a 336D sitting in the gun vault, never been fired), you should be fine with the 150's for the eastern whitetail. The 150's have a fairly poor sectional density, so I wouldn't use them on bear given the choice.

One thing to make sure of, is that the box of 150's you have have blunt noses - don't want to use pointy bullets in a tube-fed gun. If it is a factory box (not reloads), they should be blunt.

Good luck!

PA Dave welcome to the forum. Rules are simple, be nice and join in.

as for that 336, either will work well. At the ranges that the 35 is effective the 150 or the 200 do an excellent job on deer.

As Shawn said I would probably elect for the 200's if I was hunting black bear. Just be sure to do some range shooting with which ever your going to hunt with so sights are adjusted for that bullet.

Again welcome and I hope you enjoy this forum as much as I do.

Keep on the lookout for a new ammo for lever rifles from Hornady, it is called Leverevolution. I assume from your post you do not reload. This new ammo is a spirepoint (pointy) ammo but the point is made out of a soft material. As a result it can be shot in a rifle with the tube magazine. (Not a good idea with other spire points as there is a possibility of the point resting on the primer of the round in front of it setting off the round in the mag tube do to recoil of firing, doesn't happen often but an experience I would pass on.) To get back to the point. This new ammo reportedly extends the accurate shooting range of the ammo due to areodynamics (sp?). If it works as advertised it should make quite a stir.

Have read a good bit about the 150gr. .35rem load...a LOT of it seems to be one guy repeating another....what i haven't seen (and haven't done myself) is anyone who has actually shot game with any of it.


Seems that a lot of "information" is just one guy's opinion that gets passed down long enough to become fact...from what I can tell from actual reports of people who fire guns and test results, that 150gr. load has been ignorned.

PA Dave

There are more than a few using the .35 Remington cartridge with great results.

Doing research will enlighten you to much that is out there. The 150-gr bullet does not get the favor of most .35 Remington shooters as they want more penetration and get that from the 200-gr Rem Core Lock ammo if your using factory ammo.

There are several good forum boards that offer information on the Marlin 336 with the .35 Remington chambering. Scroll down the forum board and Marshall has just one as well.

But there is also Marlin Owners Group (http://www.marlinowners.com/board/viewforum.php?f=8&sid=0e00b68fb4044bc482e73f164c826ebe) and you will find a 336 board there as well.

One member 35remington has done much research on the .35 Remington with some great write ups as well. Just type in .35 Remington in Google Search Engine and you will get more than what your looking for.

Have a great one and welcome aboard.

I've never seen the 150 grain bullet in this neck of the woods, but I think Harry Snippe uses them. Here's a link to a very through test of .35 Remington bullets in commercial loads. The 150 did OK.
http://www.marlinowners.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=5522

This fellow also tested the available handloader bullets.
http://www.marlinowners.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=7180

Bye
Jack

Wow, great information. Thanks for that link, Jack. I'm going to sight in tomorrow morning using the 150s, and if I am satisfied I'll use this gun for opening day. I can't wait.

PA Dave,
You will find a large number of 35 Rem users on this forum. Most of them seem to lean towards the Rem 200gr Core-Lokt. I used a 35 Rem for the 1st time last week with a 180 grain Speer FP handload and had stellar results. I think you can't go wrong with the 200 gr load, especially if you are shooting under 100 yds.

Good luck!!!

I've never seen the 150 grain bullet in this neck of the woods, but I think Harry Snippe uses them. Here's a link to a very through test of .35 Remington bullets in commercial loads. The 150 did OK.
http://www.marlinowners.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=5522

This fellow also tested the available handloader bullets.
http://www.marlinowners.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=7180

Bye
Jack

Jack, that was an interesting read; thx. I am surprised how well the 150's did and it makes me believe that velocity is a much greater factor in bullet behavior than all else.

My first post. To give a little background, although I am in my mid-forties, I have not been riflehunting long, starting last year with a borrowed gun. I also bowhunt with my youngest son. My primary outdoors time is spent fishing, most flyfishing.

Today I unexpectedly found myself the owner of a Marlin 336 in .35 Remington. It's from the early 60's and in very nice condition. My question is, should I go with the 150 grain or 200 grain bullets? My hunting is done in the PA woods, and where I go it is doubtful I would ever have a shot beyond 100 yards. I have a box of 150 grain, but will that do the trick on a whitetail? Personally, I want to do justice, which to me means a well placed shot with an appropriate bullet.

Thanks,
Dave

Dave... At 100 yds or less either load ought to put down any deer you can hit with it :) My choice would be the 200gr load...a little extra punch never hurts; doubt you'd notice any difference in recoil, and at less than 100 yds, it shouldn't make much difference with your sighting in...

My uncle once shot completely through 2 deer with a .35 Rem!!!! I bet if you just hit that buck in the shoulder, he ain't goin' nowhere!!!! Good Luck!! (and if you should decide you don't like that .35, you can sell it to me!!!! :) )

...and if you should decide you don't like that .35, you can sell it to me!!!! :)
Bad news, JJ79. This baby isn't for sale! I sighted in on Saturday and my last grouping of 4 was an inch and a half at 106 yards (an odd distance, but my buddy measured wrong when he set the posts for the target at deer camp.) This is a very nice old gun that I think I will use and enjoy for years. It handles very well and is really comfortable to shoot compared to the 30-06 I had been borrowing in the past. Unfortunately, no legal deer came my way this week, but I'll be out on Saturday and Monday again!

Bad news, JJ79. This baby isn't for sale! I sighted in on Saturday and my last grouping of 4 was an inch and a half at 106 yards (an odd distance, but my buddy measured wrong when he set the posts for the target at deer camp.) This is a very nice old gun that I think I will use and enjoy for years. It handles very well and is really comfortable to shoot compared to the 30-06 I had been borrowing in the past. Unfortunately, no legal deer came my way this week, but I'll be out on Saturday and Monday again!
Good idea on keeping the 35 Rem. I ordered one and I got the chance to shoot my uncles this weekend. I can't wait.

Bad news, JJ79. This baby isn't for sale! I sighted in on Saturday and my last grouping of 4 was an inch and a half at 106 yards (an odd distance, but my buddy measured wrong when he set the posts for the target at deer camp.) This is a very nice old gun that I think I will use and enjoy for years. It handles very well and is really comfortable to shoot compared to the 30-06 I had been borrowing in the past. Unfortunately, no legal deer came my way this week, but I'll be out on Saturday and Monday again!

Glad you're happy with it...kill a big one!!!! :cool:

The 35 rem has killed its share of PA deer. Glad you like yours, wouldn't mind have one of my own someday, that and a m94 in 32WS (I gotta stop hanging around these lever guys, they are corupting me) Whereabouts in the susquehanna valley are you located