Well good, found myself a 35 Remington

[rickt300]

Decided to load up with 33.0 grains of AA2520 under the LEE 200 gr. Bullet powder coated. Oops forgot they were sized .356 for my legend and were somewhat loose. I Lee factory crimp die crimped em anyway. Well they all went off, hit high just like the factory load. Didn't expect much for accuracy so didn't try. Barrel stayed clean, Brass stayed clean. Actually one of the factory rounds split the case neck, not impressed with Hornady brass presently/

[rickt300]

Anyone know for sure if this bullet will function in 35 Remington Marlin?

https://www.mp-molds.com/bullet-cast...pa_caliber=360

[imashooter2]

It is my understanding that the Hornady brass from the rubber tipped Lever Evolution line is actually shorter than SAAMI spec.

I know this one will work…
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1010267664?pid=319002

[Good Cheer]

Anyone know for sure if this bullet will function in 35 Remington Marlin?

https://www.mp-molds.com/bullet-cast...pa_caliber=360

Dang it. Too bad they don't put dimensions in their advertisements.

[ElCheapo]

That boolit wouldn't chamber in my Marlin. The throat is too short for the full diameter body in front of the crimp groove. The NOE mold designed for the .35 REM is the 359-191-RF “Ranch Dog.” I hope your rifle works with it, but I recommend making up a couple dummies first.

ETA: it worked great in revolvers and my 1894 though.

All you need to do is seat the bullet deeper in the case. Then maybe trim the brass and work up to your optimum load. I had to do this in my 30-30 Marlin with the Lyman 311041. I simply seated the bullet deeper until it chambered without issue, then worked up a load. No problem!

[cwlongshot]

Anyone know for sure if this bullet will function in 35 Remington Marlin?

https://www.mp-molds.com/bullet-cast...pa_caliber=360

Measuring my dummy I have 2.490 OAL. (MP 359/220)

A Hornady 200g is 2.495 OAL....

CW

[rickt300]

Going to size then .358 for the first few but as soon as I can polish the LEE size die out some I will. Definitely want to powder coat.

[cwlongshot]

.358 is fattest you have?

I usually size all mine .360

CW

[imashooter2]

All you need to do is seat the bullet deeper in the case. Then maybe trim the brass and work up to your optimum load. I had to do this in my 30-30 Marlin with the Lyman 311041. I simply seated the bullet deeper until it chambered without issue, then worked up a load. No problem!

All you need to do is seat the boolit over the ogive or screw up near irreplaceable brass. Thanks for the advice. I bought the right mold instead.

[Good Cheer]

January of 2017 was working up a design to fit my 1953 bore diameter and the distance from the case mouth to rifling. Bumped into molds from Lyman / Ideal, Saeco, Lee and RCBS instead but DIY is a lot of fun and getting this one made would have been purely enjoying the hobby.

[rickt300]

.358 is fattest you have?

I usually size all mine .360

CW

Yep all I could find in the LEE push throughs. Planned on polishing it out.

[rickt300]

The mold arrived but I had no handles, ordered a 6 hole LEE mold thinking it would come with handles but nope. Ordered handles and they should be here soon, the 18th. Then I will see how it goes. The 6 hole mold is for the 200 grain flat nose so I am covered regardless.

[MT Gianni]

I like 4895 in my 1951 Marlin. I have mainly shot the heavies, RCBS 200 and Saeco 352.

[pworley1]

All my 35 Remingtons work well with the Lee 358200

[Good Cheer]

I like 4895 in my 1951 Marlin. I have mainly shot the heavies, RCBS 200 and Saeco 352.

I've got that Saeco 352 mold. How is it shooting for you?

[wolfdog]

I shoot the RCBS 35-200 and it functions flawlessly. I'm getting 1900fps, and it's casting at 215grns. I shoot a max charge of *edited for powder correction to benchmark* and tumble lube with LLA, nothing fancy, and have dropped several deer over the years with this load/bullet. Fits right at the base of the case neck and no need to trim brass short or worry about correct feeding. It's available on midway now for about 130, and IMHO is well worth it, I think lee makes a clone but am not sure enough to recommend it.
https://www.midwayusa.com/s?searchTerm=35-200

[rickt300]

Well it cooled off a bit today and I spent several hours casting out in the garage today. I cast some 200 LEE .358 200 grain flat noses and 60 or so LEE .452 255 gr. RF's. Easy as Pie too that 6 hole 200 grain mold got going and didn't throw a bad bullet after the first 3 tosses. I also powder coated some previously cast MP 220 grain bullets, gas checked them and ran them through my supposedly .358 LEE sizer and pleasantly found they were coming out at .3595. Outstanding. Tomorrow going to get back on the MP mold and start running all four holes as hollow points and my NOE mold casting with the cup point pin set. So sitting here thinking about using some AA2520 to push the MP bullet near 2000fps or so. Might be a jug test pretty soon but it is going to get real cold and rainy here for a couple days.

[rickt300]

I shoot the RCBS 35-200 and it functions flawlessly. I'm getting 1900fps, and it's casting at 215grns. I shoot a max charge of bullseye and tumble lube with LLA, nothing fancy, and have dropped several deer over the years with this load/bullet. Fits right at the base of the case neck and no need to trim brass short or worry about correct feeding. It's available on midway now for about 130, and IMHO is well worth it, I think lee makes a clone but am not sure enough to recommend it.
https://www.midwayusa.com/s?searchTerm=35-200

I don't have any Bullseye, 1900fps seems a lot for that powder. Going to fool with Imr 4227 now that I have some. Plus several slower powders until I get what I want. Most times I pick a powder I have a lot of.

[rickt300]

Update on the load workup. I arbitrarily started with 34.0 grains if AA2520 because I figured this would give me around 1850 fps. This under the 220gr MP mold which throws flat nosed bullets at 218 grains powder coated and gas checked. The hollow pointed bullets come out at 210 grains coated and gas checked. Accuracy is excellent with either bullet, got them hitting on top of the front sight at 50 yards. Now for the jug test. Shot at 50 yards through 4 1 gallon milk jugs it destroyed the first three splitting them asunder, the fourth just got a hole through both sides and the bullet ended up stuck in the plywood backing. Alloy is 3/4 very soft lead and 1/4 wheelweights. Might be over driving it but I bet it is destructive, this is the Hollowpointed bullet. No barrel leading, in fact it seems to have really put a shine to the inside of the barrel in 20 rounds. The big piece weighs 86 grains. the little pieces were all I could find as the jugs were slung around on impact.



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[rickt300]

On shooting this load, it bucks pretty good in the Marlin. Might be getting more than the estimated 1850 fps. I used the LEE factory crimp die and overall length is 2.485, it feeds perfectly. Of the several two shot groups fired in sighting in the Iron sights I got a couple with the two shots touching so I am happy my old eyes can still see well enough to touch bullet holes at 50 yards.