RCBS 35-200-FN holy cow, what an awsome boolit!

[94Doug]

Yup, I have an RCBS that Buckshot HP'd, and The NOE. I wouldn't mind a 250 grainer though. They are a semi-custom mould, so the price would be less from NOE than RCBS.

Doug

[white eagle]

the only thing better is to have it hp'd
I had Erik do mine

[Old Goat Keeper]

I do believe that is the same boolit that Fordwannabee (THANKS buddy) supplied me with to try in my 35 Remington Marlin and the 356W EER Marlin. Have heard only good thing s bout it and the Ranchdog 190 boolit.

T-o-m

[moorman]

Old thread I know but I have just joined the forum looking for info on this mould, Im in the UK and have found a (used but like new) RCBS 35-200 FN (no handles) for a good price. Am I correct in thinking this is a gas check bullet?, can it be used without? I shoot a marlin 1894c which is FUN, cast a few 158gn with my club and want to get my own set up, I have Lee stuff on order; a double 158gn RNFP mould and lube n size kit. Can I make my own g.c.? thanks.

[MBTcustom]

You bought the best boolit mold that has ever been made in 35 caliber. It is a GC boolit. You can make your own gas checks if you invest in a GC maker tool, but honestly, I like the Hornady copper ones.
You can use any gc boolit without a gc. A seal is a seal.

The boolits should drop from that mold at .359 with a .350 nose. (I buy one for myself every year on my birthday, and they are all the same.)
I'll tell you a trick: push them through a .360 sizer with FWFL (Felix World Famous Lube you can read how to make it in the lube section). Awesome in everything I have tried upto and including my 357 revolver.
If you load them in a 357 you need to use 38 special brass otherwise you'll be crimping on the ogive.

[imashooter2]

Hello moorman, welcome to the board!

Yes the RCBS 35-200-FN is a gas check design.
Yes it can be used without a check, although results will vary depending on many variables of gun and load.
I'm not sure this is the best design for an 1894C... Nose to crimp is pretty long and you may have feeding problems.
Yes you can make your own checks. There are pretty refined check makers available on this board from our Vendor Sponsors.

[moorman]

Thanks guys, amazing resource you have here!

Goodsteel; will look around over here for gas checks, we have suppliers here but its like getting blood from a stone, always on back order, or not available.

Imashooter2; will try without gas checks first, understood re boolit length, got 38sp brass but normally run .357 to keep fouling to a minimum.

This forum is great I wanted to know if I could fit a lee handle to rcbs mould and the answer was there! "yes, but needs a bit of grinding" thanks....

some of my fist attempts.......

[farmbif]

Last week midway had the RCBS 35-250SP on "clearance" for $72 so I bought one. Anyway I just got it and just for the heck of it I went back to the midway site and I was amazed to see they still have them in stock but the price is $124.99. Does anyone know the hows and whys of Midway's "clearance" items. now I'm considering load data if I want to try it in the Marlin 35 rem or should I just use it in the Rem 700 35 Whelen? I was thinking about 40 grains of Imr 4198 in the whelen. Any info would be a help.

[frankenfab]

I think they lower the price until their inventory is reduced to the level they want.

[lightload]

Maybe as ploy to encourage browsing resulting in impulse buying.

[cwlongshot]

Revisiting older threads in this bullet.

Its a good one that stood tge test if time.

I have had a Lyman copy for twenty years. I lent it two years ago and its now gone.

I just picked up a replacement. I went with the original an older RCBS used Mold. I should have itnin afew days and im hoping its as good as that Lyman mold was.

I saw some mentions of the great Norma Magnum. I also have oen of these. This bullet isnt me t for the NM for Me. But the accurate 36-270 I just ordered is!

High hopes for this ol timer.

CW

[rockrat]

Feel your pain. Lent my 31141 mold to a neighbor, who then claimed I never did. Found out later he lent it to someone else. That was the end of lending any molds except in unusual circumstances

[Newtire]

I started casting over an old natural gas 2 burner stove many, many years ago. I graduated to an electric pot and found I did not like it so returned to the natural gas stove. I have also used a Coleman stove and now use a propane stove.

The electric pot was a different but not better way... at least for me. I prefer the gas stove and ladle pouring. It has served me well for most of 45 years.

Different strokes.

Longbow

Good to have the gasoline version of the Coleman stove around. It heats up the lead hot enough to get good fill out on big boolits. I couldn’t get my little propane stove to get the lead hot enough to get good fill out on Minie balls.

[Gibbs44]

Just ordered the Lee copy. I'm hopeful for something that my .35 likes. If it's as good as I've heard, I'll upgrade to to real deal, if I can find one that is.

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[cwlongshot]

I actually like the LEE better then the RCBS Sully. (Larger meplat)

[Gibbs44]

Cool, well now I'm doubly excited. I certainly like the Lee price better.

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[Old Caster]

I used these in a Model 10 Smith shooting IDPA matches because I could load them very lightly and still get power factor. I don't remember exactly what my load was or how fast they were but I remember around 550 or so and the recoil was so light that when they did the power factor test which I easily passed, they insisted on pulling a bullet because they didn't believe that it was that heavy. The only thing I didn't like was only 30 or so bullets to a pound.

[Good Cheer]

Need to get some testing done so I can decide which one to hollow point.

[stubshaft]

I use this bullet in my 35-30/30. It doesn't need to be hollowpointed!

[sharps4590]

I use this bullet in my 35-30/30. It doesn't need to be hollowpointed!

I'll second that, heartily!