Author Topic: 35 Remington ? (Read 773 times)

fast*eddie · « **on:** January 15, 2004, 04:11:19 PM »

I have a Contender pistol that I bought in 1998. I also have 4 barrels for it. My son is thinking about getting a pistol permit and purchasing a Contender. I checked a few shops for used pistols. Most of what I see are 35 Remington cal. Why is this ? It is a bad cal ? Are they poor shooters ?
The primary usage would be for deer hunting .

KN · « **Reply #1 on:** January 15, 2004, 05:06:54 PM »

I have had one for years. It's a great calliber especially if you hand load. KN

Possum · « **Reply #2 on:** January 15, 2004, 05:33:18 PM »

Mine is as accurate as you want to be. It is a 14" armor alloy. I do handload for it, but factory ammo was "hunting accurate".

tipiguy · « **Reply #3 on:** January 16, 2004, 02:14:18 AM »

I love mine. I use 180 Hornady SSP bullets. Perform awesome on deer. Recoil is only slightly more than a 30-30. If I onl;y had one barrel for my contender and wanted it for deer hunting I would be very happy with the 35.

tipiguy

fast*eddie · « **Reply #4 on:** January 16, 2004, 03:31:35 AM »

The barrel I use for deer hunting is the 7-30 waters and I reload with the Sierra 130 gr single shot pistol bullets. I am curious as to why 75% of the used Contenders I see are 35 cal

Gregory · « **Reply #5 on:** January 16, 2004, 04:17:45 AM »

A lot of people experienced misfires with the 35 Remington with reloaded ammo. The problem is with incorrectly sizing the brass, not with the barrels. Rather than fixing the problem, some just sold off the barrel in frustration. I had a 16" 35 Remington barrel for quite some time, and never had a misfire with it. Consider those 35 Rem barrels as a bargain.

ghostZ · « **Reply #6 on:** January 16, 2004, 04:53:53 AM »

I have only fired ~80 factory rounds thru my .35 but I have never had a problem. The guys at my gun shop said it is a great round for deer sized game out to around +100 yards.

jhalcott · « **Reply #7 on:** January 16, 2004, 05:39:12 AM »

I had a 35 rem 14" bbl that would mis fire 20/25 % of the time. New factory,handloads and all ! Same ammo would go off EVERY time in a marlin rifle,AFTER MISFIREING IN THE t/c????Sent it back to the factory and was told it was" in specs". The barrel would put 5 into less thn an inch but you never knew how many tries it would take to get 5 rounds to go bang. It went to SSK and became a 358 jdj. I would buy another 35 rem barrel but only if I got to try it on my frame first. I know the recoil is less than the jdj and any deer inside of 150 yards won't know what hit it.
I'd use 150 to 180 grain slugs and practice LOTS before hunting with it.

Graybeard · « **Reply #8 on:** January 16, 2004, 05:47:43 AM »

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A lot of people experienced misfires with the 35 Remington with reloaded ammo. The problem is with incorrectly sizing the brass, not with the barrels. Rather than fixing the problem, some just sold off the barrel in frustration.

Gonna hafta disagree with ya on this. The two I had that exhibited this problem were at best 50% with factory ammo. Maybe a little better with reloads but not much. No I didn't bother to buy a larger sizer button to open it up and make a new shoulder. If the barrel was right you'd not have to do this. IF you do have to do this then there is a problem TC needs to correct. On the .35 Rem. barrels there was a factory problem and the majority of them I've seen had it. Sure there are work arounds a reloader can take. A factory ammo shooter cannot. It either works or it don't. Most with this tendency don't work with factory ammo.

My last one fired everything I fed it to include well over 100 of those that the other barrels didn't fire I had stacked up at the house. Neither of my Marlin lever guns in this caliber have had any such problem.

The problem is the barrels. It needs to be addressed and fixed by TC. If you reload you can work around it. If you aren't then don't buy a used barrel in the chambering unless you can first try it on your frame with factory ammo.

GB

cbagman · « **Reply #9 on:** January 28, 2004, 05:56:32 PM »

I must be lucky on the .35 Remington.. I have an older 14 inch one and a Custom shop 24 in barrel. I have yet to have a fail to fire with reloads or factory fodder in the past four years since I got them. I whack a couple deer a season with them..Who woulda thunk it! (says Kyode).... From Cbagman

Graybeard · « **Reply #10 on:** January 29, 2004, 04:54:15 AM »

cbagman, yes I'd say you are doubly lucky. First in that you got one of the good .35 barrels that go bang each time the trigger is pulled. Based on my personal experience with those I've owned (3) and comments by others it seems less than half will do that. And secondly you have a mighty fine chambering that really is one of my favorites. Very effective killer and pleasant to shoot.

GB

dakotashooter2 · « **Reply #11 on:** January 29, 2004, 09:01:28 AM »

I too, must have been one of the fortunate ones. I sold mine in order to step up to the 308 in the encore which in hindsite was a bad choice as the 35 would outshoot my current 308 barrel any day of the week. Fortunately the 35 barrel is in my brother's posession, unused. As soon as I get my hands on a G2 frame it will come back home.

C A Plater · « **Reply #12 on:** January 29, 2004, 10:50:57 AM »

I've heard of similar "issues" with Marlin rifles in .35. Having both a Marlin and a Contender barrel in .35 I guess I'm double lucky too. Neither has this problem. :grin: My T/C barrel is a 14 inch ArmAlloy I got on closeout for $120 new. I did have to have it converted to regular frame use but it still was the best deal I've made on a Contender barrel.

fast*eddie · « **Reply #13 on:** January 30, 2004, 04:18:15 PM »

I talked to a gun dealer in Rochester. He said the "old" 35 barrels had problems and there were misfires but the later barrels had been corrected. How do I tell a new barrel from an old barrel. The main reason I was questioning the Rem 35 is that most of the used Contenders I see for sale are 35's.