35 Rem cast bullets

[El Chivo]

Well. Some hobby this is turning out to be!

Because I wanted to shoot my 35 Rem for silhouette, I decided to work up a cast bullet load. I have a nice supply of 180 grain Lasercast, flat nose .358.

I made up a dummy round, crimped into the groove, and the darned thing wouldn't chamber! I couldn't close the lever all the way. The nose doesn't taper enough.

I tried some 158 SWC's and they will chamber. Trouble is, they're just 158's, I wanted the heavier bullet for silhouette.

Anybody know of a SWC in 180 grain? I did find a Keith bullet in 170 grain, don't know if those will work or not.

[jhrosier]

ElChivo,
Give the guys at Montana Bullet Works a call.
I bought some RNFP 200gr bullets from them for the .358 Win and they load just fine in my .35 Rem model 336. Sorry, but I don't remember wich ones I bought and they have about a dozen choices.

http://www.montanabulletworks.com/wst_page5.html

Jack

[Tycer]

If they cycle well, I'd think about opening the throat until they chamber. But that's me. I like a WFN cast bullet for just about everything. IIRC, many 35 Rems don't like the WFNs without reaming the throats a little.

[Charles]

You are trying to use pistol bullets in a rifle they were not designed to fit. Check with the Cast Boolit boys, some of them have extensive experience with the 35 Remington round and leverguns. They can tell you which bullet/mold will work. I certainly would not start modifying your rifle as a first line of attack. There will be a molde out there which will work for you.

[dave in maine]

i bought into a six gang 180 gr lee mold that has to be loaded well into the 35 rem case,and the results were four holes in one inch at 50 yards,and if i might throw a little brag in here it was done off hand.well make that a lot of brag.the bullets are gas checked w/w air cooled and i fired some out of my 1894c into a snow bank and they only show rifling marks. it seems to be a viable bullet for both rifle and pistol.

[Chuck 100 yd]

I had the same problem with the Lyman 200 gr. RN in my Marlin .35 when cast of wheel weights. When cast of 30:1 lead /tin they chamber and shoot just fine.

Marlins have little or no throat(chamber ends,rifling begins).


Your hard bullets wont engrave the rifling without heavy pressure on the lever and undue wear to related parts.

Note: 50yd target,glued the check on for test. Gas check shank in mold was opened up after test with 30:1.

[fordwannabe]

Not exactly what you asked but I use the rcbs 180gr rnfp mould for my marlin 336 and it closes well and is very accurate with a little 3031 in the case. Tom

[O.S.O.K.]

Keith style swc bullets won't work unless seated down into the case and then you're going to have cycling issues and possible bullet submarining to boot. The problem is that the initial driving band is full diameter and as already mentioned the Marlins don't have a lead to speak of.

So just use standard 200 grain bullets/mold meant for the 35 Rem - problem solved.

[C. Cash]

The RCBS 200 Gr. FNGC is a very accurate bullet. I shoot it in the Big Bore 356 Win., but from all accounts works great in the Marlin. Montana bullet works can cast you up some that are a little larger than .358 diameter.....I use theirs at .359 diameter.

[1886]

I have not tried Montana's offering but I am sure they are great. I shoot a Mt.Baldy 230gr WFNGC sized .359 over a case full of H-4895. They shoot great and make a big hole. They must be seated rather deeply due to the no throatis disease my Marlin suffers from. No throatis probably contributes to greater accuracy though. The RCBS 200gr RNGC(#82028)is a proven .35 Rem. bullet and has shot well in several Marlin .35s that I have owned. 1886.

[jlchucker]

The RCBS 200 Gr. FNGC is a very accurate bullet. I shoot it in the Big Bore 356 Win., but from all accounts works great in the Marlin. Montana bullet works can cast you up some that are a little larger than .358 diameter.....I use theirs at .359 diameter.

I mold the same bullet myself in my Marlins, and my friends use the same in theirs. I'm convinced that the Good Lord himself designed this mold for cast bullets to be used by St Peter during heaven's annual Devil Hunt. How did RCBS ever acquire the blueprints, is anybody's guess. I had been using a Lyman RN cast bullet, but when I got this RCBS mold and tried it, I realized on the first shot out of my Marlin 35 that there's no need to search for a better cast bullet for 35 Remington than this one.

[C. Cash]

1886 and jlchucker.....

Yep it's a good one indeed. This is an old photo but is pretty typical of what my 356 Win. does if I do my part. This is the RCBS 200 gr. FNGC over 41.0 gr. H4895(note not 35 rem. loads). It should be doing well over 2000 fps but I don't have a chrony. No leading problems. About .75" at 55 yards, but I know the rifle/load will shoot nuch better than the operator.

[1886]

1886 and jlchucker.....

Yep it's a good one indeed. This is an old photo but is pretty typical of what the rifle does if I do my part. This is the RCBS 200 gr. FNGC over 41.0 gr. H4895. It should be doing well over 2000 fps but I don't have a chrony. No leading problems. About .75" at 55 yards, but I know the rifle/load will shoot nuch better than the operator.

I do not want to take this thread in a different direction but H-4895 is my fav. .35 rem. powder. 1886.