SWC in 35 Rem

[seawolfjack]

I'm looking for a nice plinking load for a Marlin 336 in 35 rem. I'm planning on using 38cal swc 158Gr sized to 358 or357 Dia . Anyone have a good load for this. I use 3031,4198,2400,4064,4320 powders. All help would be appreciated.
Have Fun

[The Dust Collector]

In my opinion, the powders that you have are a bit to slow to be used for 25 - 50 yard load and yet be inexpensive. My 35 isn't a lever gun, but is a Remington pump. I have had very good accuracy and killing power on squirrels using a hard cast Lyman 358311 and 8 grains of Unique. I keep the powder at the head of the case by using a highly fluffed tuft of dacron filling the void between the powder and the base of the bullet. Not tamped down.
( about 1 1/2 - 2 grains of dacron )
The 358311 casts a 163 grain bullet after lubing. The round nose bullet of 35 cal. is plenty big in diameter so expantion isn't a concern. The roundnose feeds well and seems to me to be more accurate than the semi-wadcutter in my rifle anyway. Velosity from my rifle runs at an average 1275 fps.[smilie=l:

[garandsrus]

Seawolfjack,

I just got a 336 in .35 Rem and have loaded some test loads for it but haven't shot them yet. I was able to get the 358156 SWC bullet to chamber when crimped in the crimp groove. I wasn't able to get the Keith group buy to chamber. The front band is too long. I am sizing to .358.

I also loaded some of the Lee 105gr SWC boolits with W231. I haven't shot them so I don't want to provide the amount of powder used. There should pretty much be NO recoil from these. I used the data from several searches of this site to arrive at the powder charge for W231.

I used the Lyman Cast Bullet book for the load specs on the 160 sized bullet. I think the closest weight boolit they have is 150 gr so I reduced the charges some. I chose Unique for the powder. I think that Red Dot was also listed. Unique gave a little more velocity from what I remember.

John

[seawolfjack]

Hey thanks for the replies, I thought I had seen something about SWC in 35Rem here in these forums but I just couldn't find them. Figured I'd ask again. Have Fun

[Lloyd Smale]

I usually load 150 grain pistol bullets with 9 grains of unique and have never seen where a filler helps my accuracy.

[Bret4207]

I would think 10- 12 gr of 2400 would work, maybe even less.

[Larry Gibson]

I'm looking for a nice plinking load for a Marlin 336 in 35 rem. I'm planning on using 38cal swc 158Gr sized to 358 or357 Dia . Anyone have a good load for this. I use 3031,4198,2400,4064,4320 powders. All help would be appreciated.
Have Fun

All of your powders are to slow burning except perhaps 4198 with a GC bullet. I shoot 358156 (GC'd) over 10 gr of Unique for my "fast" small game load. These are cast of WW and sized .360". Velocity runs right at 1600 fps in my 26" barrel and will be less in your Marlin. I use 358477 over 3 gr of Bullseye for a very accurate load at 850 fps. Those are usually cast of recovered range lead. Commercial Speer or Hornady 158 SWCs work great with this load also. My most used load is Lee's 358-120-TC over 5 gr of bullseye for great accuracy out to 200 yards at 1160 fps. These are cast of recovered range lead with a little tin added.

Larry Gibson

[garandsrus]

Larry,

You must have quite a rainbow trajectory when shooting to 200 yards! It would be very good practice for learning to read the wind since they would probably blow around quite a bit.

John

[Larry Gibson]

Larry,

You must have quite a rainbow trajectory when shooting to 200 yards! It would be very good practice for learning to read the wind since they would probably blow around quite a bit.

John

Yes the trajectory is fair to midland but the Lyman reciever sight handles it fine. I most often plink at rocks or dark clods on the 200 yard back stop berm on two ranges in my area. Wind seldom is more than 5 mph and the "targets" allow for "sighters". I'm an old HP shooter so I mostly shoot off hand. The long lock and barrel time makes for good "hard hold" and "follow through" practice. Lots of fun too!!! Here's a couple pictures of the M91.

Larry Gibson

[uscra112]

Using 16 grains of XMP5744 and 158 grain Keith SWC cast fairly hard works well, and should have velocity enough for your 200 yard game. DO NOT size .357 - that is a pretty sure recipe for leading in the Microgroove barrels. .358 works great for me. I've fired a ton of 'em through my 336. The powders you mentioned may need a softer boolit. They may not build pressure fast enough to obturate the hard boolit before the gas cutting starts.

[seawolfjack]

Well thanks again I was going to load 158 gr SWC sized to .357 cause I thought I read somewhere that you should keep lead bullets to the exact size of the bore in these Micro Grooved barrels to keep leading down. My cast are picked up range stuff with some WW added and I drop them hot in a Saeco mold. I do have some Unique and Red Dot. I guess thats why I lkie doing this stuff, just keeps me trying to learn more and more. Have Fun

[Rob Helms]

Here's a link to Greg Mushial's site. He has data for a variety of lead loads in .35 Remington. I just picked up a 336SC in .35 Saturday. I shot it for the first time this afternoon with 158gn G.C. bullets with 2400 and am pleased with the initial results.

http://www.gmdr.com/

[mainiac]

I load the 358429 and 12 grs of 4756 in my 336 marlin. The only load Ive tried in it, 1600 f.p.s, and clover leaf groups at 40 yards! After I stumbled into this load,I figured I wouldnt look no further.

[richbug]

12 grains of 2400 works well for me with a 158 SWC lubed with LLA.

[Dorf]

I just checked my "historical file"-- years ago I tried using 150 gr 358477's with 15.0 gr of 2400 (CCI 200) in an old Model 8 Remington. My notes say that it made a good plinking load- - since I didn't have a chronograph at the time I have no velocity data. IIRC it didn't have enough "poop" to operate the action though. Hope this is of some help. Stan

[747 captain]

What velocities did you get. 100 yard group size please

[MT Gianni]

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