Does anyone shoot this bullet in their 35 Marlin? I realize it would be a two shooter, one in the chamber and one in the magazine. I was wondering how it performed on deer at 100 yards when the bullet has slowed down to 1800 ft/sec, or at 150 yards at 1600 ft/sec?

From what I've heard, it's even tougher than the Hornady 200 grain round-nose, which is too tough for anything past 100 yards in a .35 Remington. You could try the Hornady 180 grain Single Shot Pistol or the Speer 180 grain Flat Point. Here's a very through bullet test. Both have better ballistic coefficients than the round-nosed bullet and good expansion at longer range.

http://www.marlinowners.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=7180

Bye
Jack

I've seen that test before and I wish I could save it in pdf format on my computer.

Taylor, do yourself a favor and get some of Marshall's 180gr. "+P" handgun bullets, sized to 0.359" for your Marlin.

Load over as much Varget as you can get in the case.

Devastating on deer, hogs, and I would presume anything else in that size range. Accurate too.

If I was using jacketed bullets, would probably stick with the Remington 200gr. Cor-Lokt. Cheap, and quite effective.

I'm hunting with 200 grain Remington corlokts at 2220 ft/sec. But it shoots 3 1/2 groups at 100 yards with them. Nothing has been very accurate, including BTB cast bullets, except Hornady's 200 grain spire point, 2 inch group at 100 yards. I have been shooting my odd and end bullets in the postal match. 3 1/2 inches is OK where I use the rifle, but it is not good enough for the postal match.

I spend the afternoon rolling 358 lapping bullets. Maybe by Saturday afternoon, it will group a little better.