CB
posted this
23 November 2008
Alas. I am a resident of Ohio, where Shotguns are the modern weapon for deer hunting. I own property in West Virginia to go hunting on, but a gas drilling company is scaring off all the game. I'd rather have free gas than deer this season.
Back to the 336 in 35 Rem. I have two molds that work for this rifle. A Lyman RN two cavity #358315 35 Caliber 204 grain in weight and the Ranch Dog TLC359-190-RF, which is a RN 190grain weight, that generally is a tumble lube bullet. I took the Lyman mold and reamed it out to .359 and the Ranch Dog comes as a .359 mold, I run them through my Star Sizer with 50/50 lube. Both use GC's which in my case are Gator Checks. My alloy is generally WW plus, it just has a little extra Tin or I use Lyman #2 alloy. I don't push either of these fast enough to require Lino, maybe 1,600 fps
I also use a Lyman #358627, 214 Grain, Semi Wad Cutter, Lubed with my own lube, GC'd, I push this one up to 1,400 or so fps in my 336. This bullet does work very well, but it meant for the 357 Max cartridge that I shoot in T/C Super 14 Contender.
Since March, I have learn that the 35 Remington has just a few bullets that work well with it. The traditional 158 SWC does O.K. but you can only push it so fast due to the lack of a GC. The 35 Rem using many of the pistol bullets and jacketed bullets for me has only matched the performance of a 30/30 at lower speeds. But this is hard to define because I am either shooting 2 litre pop bottles full of water or I am shoot G' Hog or Coyotes.
Of course the next question is to roll crimp or taper crimp?
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Jerry