35 Remington and the majic of meplat

[TCLouis]

I came into a 336 chamberedin 35 Remington and in order to get it rolling I opted to use some coated projies I had on hand (Hornady 180 SSPs). At estimated 2100 fps the dug a hole in my backstop a couple of inches in diameter and 10-12" deep.

FINALLY found my supply of cast FPGC 200 grainers from a long ago group buy (Ranch Dog, I think) Mine weigh in at 220 dressed and ready to launch.
WOW, the action from the meplat sure opened up all of the soil for the first 10-12 inches.

Not the best accuracy, but good enough to use next week for most of my hunting (will have to use coated projies out of a different gun for some of the longer shots)

Right now both projies are being pushed with AA2200 but I would like to hear what folks are using here to launch their 180-190 (Lar45 and Ranch Dog's mold), and the RD "200".

I have AA2200, Ball-C2, H380, IMR3031, 4895 which I think fit the profile for the 35 Remington.
CCI, Winchester Large Rifle primers.


Anyone hunting with the 180-190s?

Any info would be appreciated since it will likely be an ongoing development for next years season!

[imashooter2]

I have a copy of the Ranch Dog load notes for his 190 grain .35 REM boolit. If you would like a copy by email, send me a PM with your address.

[TCLouis]

If one clicks on my screen name in the box where the message is posted, it gives one an option of sending an email.
I will PM separately also
Heck I can email you using the same system and have.

MAN, did I make that much more difficult than it had to be!

ALL good now . . . I think!

BUT

Is anyone using the 18-190 grain boolit to hunt deer?

Heavier?

[Jevyod]

This year I used lee 35-200, a copy of the rcbs. Mine weighed about 202 grains gas checked. I used them to shoot 2 deer this year at 1900 fps (358 winchester) I know a lot say 50/50 is the ultimate, but I used coww with enough pewter added to make a 3-3-94 alloy. That worked very well, plan on using that again.

[Jevyod]

The meplat on that bullet is not that big, but with my alloy it appeared to get decent expansion

[imashooter2]

Email through the forum link doesn’t allow attachments. I have a PDF file to send if you want it.

[lar45]

I've used my C358-180RF in a 357 Rossi. Shoots great and my son took his first deer with it. It was close to his 12th birthday so I gifted it to him right there on the mountain.
I Don't have a 35 rem, but I think the Ranch dog 190 has a little better nose profile to fit the throat of the 35 rem. The front driving band is a little shorter on the Ranch Dog bullet.

[35 Rem]

The only bullet I've tried in my 35 Remington (also a Marlin 336) is an Accurate mold 200 grain flat nose (36-200A). I've used both IMR 4320 (discontinued) and H-4895 with equal success. This was the 1st load I used to take deer with a cast bullet and I was shocked how effective a 2,050 ft/sec bullet can be. The impact of that bullet sounds more like a cannon ball impacting a deer. I shot a couple does this year with a more conventional hunting profile bullet in 32 Winchester Special (RCBS 32-170-FN) and while it worked well enough, the bullet impact was much quieter. I'm sold on using as wide a nose as practical which seems to be somewhere near 75% bullet diameter.

I also think the 35 Remington is about the best blend of max bullet diameter and yet light recoil that a deer hunter can get for cast bullet hunting.

[selmerfan]

I've killed a bunch of Iowa whitetails with the Ranch Dog 359-190-RFGC out of a .357 Maximum, ballistically a basic twin to the .35 Rem. My load is pushing them out at 2000 fps from an 18" MGM barrel on my Encore. I can't tell you what expansion looks like because I have yet to catch one in a deer from ranges of 50 yards to 210 yards. They're very accurate in my gun and they are hell on deer.

[Tripplebeards]

If you look at the group in my avatar that is from my 336 at 100 yards. That was from an MP group by 200 grain hollowpoint mold. I used 40 g of Varget. I shot a 200 yard group right after that that was 2 1/4 inches and 9 inches low when zeroed at 100 yards. I also did a post on a deer I shot with the load. Slammed to the ground like Thors hammer and never moved! Put a good fist sized hole in and out of the ribs. I’m sure you can find the posts if you dig. I use 50/50 COWW and pure lead with 2 % pewter added to the total mix. Bh is 10.5. I also lightened my trigger up pretty good which helped tighten groups.

Here is my hunting post…

https://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?414159-Finally-shot-a-deer-with-my-Marlin-336-and-our-200-grain-HP-group-buy!