Marlin .35 Rem. Bore Dimensions

[lgm270]

I've been doing a lot of  on line reading about the Marlin 336  .35 Remington and  people are slugging their bores and finding them oversized.  Has anyone on this site had that experience.

On another note, is it possibble to re-barrel a 30-30 Marlin to .35 Remington?   If I'm going to have to re-barrel to .35 Remington because of an oversized bore, I would prefer to buy a Marlin 336 30=30 "beater" and have it re-barreled. 

 

[Rick Teal]

I believe the problem in doing that conversion is the bolt head size.  The rimless .35 Rem has a much smaller rim than the rimmed 30/30.  You may be able to get a bolt from a .35 rem, and replace the one currently in your gun.

I believe there is a cartridge that's essentially a .35-30/30 that might work, also, the .32 special is a cartridge that is just a 30/30 shooting a .321 bullet.  If you have access to re-boring, that might be the easiest conversion.

The .356 Win is a semi-rimmed cartridge that has the same rim diameter as the 30/30, but has ballistics very close to the .358 Win.  Converting to the .356 or .35 Rem. might involve other modifications to the magazine and feed systems.

[victorcharlie]

Why don't you buy the .35, shoot it, and see if you think anything will be gained by rebarreling.
I haven't measured the bore, but my .35 shoots the 200 grain remington corelokt very well.

[7-30 Waters]

Eventhough, I have never slugged the barrel on my Marlin 35 Rem it seems to shoot lead bullets that are cast and sized at .360.  As for jacketed bullets, the gun has no trouble producing excellent groups at 100 and 200 yards.  If I can hit a six inch pie plate at 200 yards that is good enough for me.

[Keith L]

One problem with the internet is that one person posts and it is repeated by 50 others as fact.  An example I have used before is the critique of a car I used to have for a defective option that was never offered on that model.  Once it showed up on the site the dittos started.

[papajohn428]

I know a lot of 35 shooters, and I've never heard ANYTHING about an oversize bore on a 35 Marlin.  The 44 Mag in the 1894 is notorious for oversize bores, but not the 336.  I think I'd buy one and measure it, and shoot it a lot, before deciding whether it needed re-barreling!  Mine is a 336C, and will shoot sub-MOA with good ammo.  Try one!

Papajohn

[lgm270]

I know a lot of 35 shooters, and I've never heard ANYTHING about an oversize bore on a 35 Marlin.  The 44 Mag in the 1894 is notorious for oversize bores, but not the 336.  I think I'd buy one and measure it, and shoot it a lot, before deciding whether it needed re-barreling!  Mine is a 336C, and will shoot sub-MOA with good ammo.  Try one!

Papajohn

Very sensible advice Papajohn.