Help me make my 35 Rem shoot

[JesterGrin_1]

To be honest there are so many advantages with a Marlin over a Winchester style rifle I would keep and work on the Marlin.

As noted I also have a 72 JM Marlin in 35 Remington but awaiting loading tools for the caliber. As I am sure you know for this round one can not usually just run to a gun shop lol.

[44man]

Everything is hard to find for such a fine caliber.
The problem being many did not realize what a great deer caliber it is.

[sfauble]

I will say these pictures are terrible quality. Even worse on the picture. They look a lot better on the screen but this is a low quality bore scope. This is the best I can offer with what I have. I would appreciate any input from anyone that knows more than I do which will be most of you lol.

This first Picture is of the bore right past the rear sight going torward crown end. The second is near the forearm band. There is a third spot that looks similar to the second one a little further down. I forgot to snap a pic of that one. These are both on the top of the barrel but pic show them low.


These are pics of the throat area. There is a spot similar to the bore pics you can see. This spot is at the top of the barrel just left of the sight in location. I am not
sure what it is. I cant get the rifle back out to make sure its not a lint piece since the wifey is now in bed. From comparing this to my other rifles, there no throat in comparrison.

[MBTcustom]

That's a typical Marlin throat. They often made the throat very steep and sudden. That's not to say this type of throat cannot shoot, it's just that a little more finesse is required. These throats often do surprisingly well with paper patched bullets.
The rest of your pictures can be almost anything. I would scrub the barrel vary well with a bronze brush and Hoppes No.9 or equivalent, take a couple passes with a clean boresnake and try it again.
If the images do not clear up, I would take a tight fitting jag and see if you can feel these spots you see. As it is, it could be almost anything.

[sfauble]

Cleaned the bore really well with hoppes and a brush. Multiple soaks and scrubbing. Took the scope again and had a look. Spots are the same. I ran a tight fitting patch down the bore and you can for sure feel two of the spots. Fiddling with the scope it looks like it's rust. Almost looks like the rifling is rusted away. I had my wife look when I was doing it and she even said it looks like " it dips on the high spots", her words. The spot at the throat with a good angle and focused looks like the rifling is pushed back with a high spot between the lands.

What are some options for cleaning the bore? Steel wool and a rust penitent?

[Houndog]

Get some 4F STEEL wool and wrap it into a bore brush until it will barely pass through the bore. Coat it with something like JB bore compund ( MY all time favorite bore cleaner) and have at it! I even use this on my Benchrest rifle and it will not harm the barrel. I have a Hawkeye bore scope to varify this. IF your barrel is as bad, I'd send it to Goodsteel and rebarrel it with a Ballard style rifled barrel in a twist and chamber profile for cast boolets! If you have never had a rifle with a custom barrel INSTALLED CORRECTLY, you are in for a treat!.

[JesterGrin_1]

Get some 4F STEEL wool and wrap it into a bore brush until it will barely pass through the bore. Coat it with something like JB bore compund ( MY all time favorite bore cleaner) and have at it! I even use this on my Benchrest rifle and it will not harm the barrel. I have a Hawkeye bore scope to varify this. IF your barrel is as bad, I'd send it to Goodsteel and rebarrel it with a Ballard style rifled barrel in a twist and chamber profile for cast boolets! If you have never had a rifle with a custom barrel INSTALLED CORRECTLY, you are in for a treat!.

But the BIG ? is who makes a barrel profiled correctly for a Marlin in .358 Caliber? I have not found any?

The only thing I thought of was to get a pull off barrel from a Marlin 30-30 and then send it off to Jess to have it re-bored to .358 and re-chambered for 35 Remington. Numrich gun parts has Marlin 30-30 barrel pull offs.

[Houndog]

But the BIG ? is who makes a barrel profiled correctly for a Marlin in .358 Caliber? I have not found any?

The only thing I thought of was to get a pull off barrel from a Marlin 30-30 and then send it off to Jess to have it re-bored to .358 and re-chambered for 35 Remington. Numrich gun parts has Marlin 30-30 barrel pull offs.

Almost all the custom barrel makers will profile a barrel any way you want for a small fee! For the 336, I'd call Douglas!