.35 rem question

[Lloyd Smale]

ive killed a few hogs with big handguns but have made a deal on a gun swap for a buffalo hunt and two hogs. Id like to let the litttle lady shoot one of the hogs. shes no good with a handgun so the little .35 marlin will be her gun. Has anyone actually shot a pig with a 200 grain rcbs flat nose cast bullet? How did it do how far did the pig go with a good hit. I sure like her to use one of my cast bullets but have a bunch of jacketed 200s i could use too. But I know it would kill me to have to use a condom bullet on one.

[howie1968]

hello   i  had  a  marlin  in  35  Remington  and  loved  it  i shot  the  remiton 200  jsp   i b elieve  i  shot  5  hogs  with  that  2  dropped  in  there  tracks  all  ranges  were  within 50 yards  i  hit  one  a  little  high   they  ran  no  more  than  50  yards  with a  decent entrance  wound   there  was  no  exit  wound   then  again  unless  the  weight  is  heavier  most  bullets  do  not  penetrate  hogs  all  the  way

[shooter444002]

I have shot a good many deer and hogs with the 200 rnsp and it works great on them. I dont think you will have any problem with the cast bullet if it has a good meplat on it. Would shoot to break bone with it like you probably already do with your handguns. Shoulder, head, or neck shot would work great, or the quartering away shot taking out the far shoulder. Have used cast in the 375win and 45/70 on hogs and it flattens them.

[howie1968]

did  ya  see  the  pics   of  2  more  hogs  with  the  7400???  a  total  of  5  so far

[shooter444002]

Yeah I seen those, good deal. I have to get back to chasing them myself, been busy the last couple of weeks getting my loggers back to work and trying to buy a new house which we ended up backing out of last night. We will have to get together and go some night, been wanting to run the dogs, but it is just to hot. Will kill dogs and hogs running in this heat, even at night. I missed out back in june when the river was out again as I was looking for dry ground for my loggers, but the guys I dog hunt with went and caught 50 more in 2 days.

[bigbore442001]

I had a TC barrel in 35 Remington. It shot accurately but I sold it because it misfired on a nice doe. The break open action can be touchy with reloads and that short neck.

I can relate a story of a black bear in northern Vermont that was killed with the 35 Remington when I was a kid. I want to say that man who told me the story said the bear was walking/loping towards the hunter and had been shot twice with the 35 to drop dead. The bear is a state record. So, I think that the 35 should be plenty of gun for her to hunt.