Over the years, the .35 Remington has been chambered in a variety of rifles by most firearms manufacturers, and continues in popularity today in the Marlin Model 336 lever-action and Henry Side Gate Lever Action. It is also a popular cartridge for single-shot hunting pistols like the Thompson/Center Contender and the Remington XP-100. For hunters looking for a medium-power rifle with moderate recoil, for short to medium ranges, the .35 Remington is popular alongside the .30-30 Winchester. It has a small but loyal following in the northeast and areas of the southern United States.
The cartridge uses a medium to heavy bullet and has moderate recoil based on a moderate pressure level of 33,500 CUP as set by SAAMI. The normal factory load consists of a 200 grain round-nosed bullet with a muzzle velocity of 2080 feet per second. This 200 grain bullet is nearly 18% heavier than the .30-30's 170 grain bullet, and has a 16% larger frontal area. This gives it a substantial increase in power over the .30-30, especially when used on larger game species.
Remington helped promote the advantage in power that the .35 Remington had over the .30-30 through a series of advertising campaigns in the early 1900s. One of their advertisements even publicized the ability of the .35 Remington to penetrate a 5/16″ steel plate, which the .30-30 Winchester could not do.
The .35 Remington is considered a fine round for deer, elk, black bear, and other medium and large game as long as ranges are reasonable. Hornady currently produces a .35 Remington load in their LEVERevolution line that features a rubber-tipped spitzer bullet which is safe to use in lever action or pump guns with tubular magazines.
Remington introduced the .35 Remington in 1906 and is the only commercially available Remington medium power, rimless cartridges still available today. It was originally introduced for Remington’s Model 8 semi-automatic rifle but is offered in several firearms today, most notably the Marlin 336 lever-action.
.35 Remington History
.35 Remington Usage
.35 Remington Usage
The .35 Remington is a successful cartridge for hunting medium and large game like deer, elk, and black bear in short to medium ranges. Chambered in light-weight, ergonomic, fast handling rifles, it is popular in thickly wooded areas of the Northeast and Southeast US.
.35 Remington Trivia
Remington demonstrated the power of the .35 Remington over its main competition, the 30-30 Winchester by shooting through a 5/16” steel plate, something the 30-30 Winchester could not do.
.35 Remington Trivia
.35 Remington Design
.35 Remington Design
The .35 Remington is a rimless, bottleneck cartridge with an overall length of 2.525”. It fires a .358” diameter bullet using large rifle primers with a maximum pressure of 39,900 PSI.
.35 Remington Types
Ammunition options for the .35 Remington are available in full metal jacket, cast lead, hard cast, jacketed soft point, and polymer tipped hollow point with weights ranging from 150 grains to 220 grains. Bullets need to be flat nosed or polymer tipped like Hornady’s LeveRevolution to safely operate in tubular magazines.
