My son uses a 35 rem marlin for almost all his hunting and even for silhouette matches. I load a rcbs homemade bullet for it , a 35-200-fp, It will knock over the rams at 250 yards easily and it's only a 2150 fps load. Last year he got a deer and a turkey with it. The turkey was 150 yards and the deer was exactly 100 yards at a feeder. It laid down right on the spot when that bullet hit. The 35 is an awsome gun and should get a lot more credit than t does. My boy is gonna use it in a CAS shoot next weekend. I know it's not a true CAS gun but it's the action type they are more concerned with here from what I'm told. They bend the rules a little for my m-14 in the military matches too. I leave my scope mount on and it has a heavy target barrel. In a non bedded stock with iron sights it's no better than most of the other guns out there.
If any of you reading this have never tried a 35 rem then go out and do it. They are a game getter!
Oh if anybody wants to try those cast bullets let me know.
