well i gots to thinkin, and thought i had heard of using other cases to get a rimmed 35rem. i heard from a reliable source that 30-40krag or 303 british brass will work.

anyone out there doin that?.....is it a worthwhile adventure?

what i need?.....a rim counterbore.....a rimmed extractor

which case is strongest n bestest? 30-40krag or 303 british?

I had one in a Contender, I think I sold it to someone on this forum. It was great, used 30-40 brass, easy extraction, used 35 rem. dies and was 25% more accurate the the other T/C bbbl I had in 35 Rem. Why it was more accurate I don't know; maybe the rim, maybe the thicker brass, maybe the bbl??? It gave me honest 1 1/4: @ 100 yds. I hunt here in central and eastern OR. I felt limited by the cartridge. I bought a 30 Bower AK to replace it and never looked back. If I lived in the east or south I would have kept it. It would be a great 150 yd gun for whitetail and bear.

Bill in OR

Bill, that would be me. Still have it and am fooling with cast bullets in it right now. Yes it does shoot very well. I have made brass from the 30-40 and 303 Brit. The 30-40 seems easier to form but the 303 ends up a little better over all.
I do have to admit I was a little concerned with it, read bad reviews in the gun rags on it. Well, in a nut shell that is a load of crap. Another fellow I know locally has one and it shoots very well also. He was getting some misfires due to shoulder issues and went to the rimmed version, problem eliminated.
I did scope the 35 with a 2.5 tc scope with the rail mount. Did this because neither were supposed to be very good items. Well after better than 2K of pretty hefty jacketed loads and another 1K+ of cast loads, nary a problem.
Best I did with the 35 in a match was a 39x40+8, jacketed bullets.
Have not shot a match with cast as of yet.

I have not been over here much other than reading. Kyle asked me the other night about the 35R and saw it over here, so figured to add a little more to this thread.
Jeff

any particular 35rem load workin well fer sillywets? may get a chance to try it sometime soon.

i plan on tryin plain ol 35 rem brass to start off. we'll see how it goes. i may just have to pick up a 35rem trim die, have a rim counter bore cut, n modify the extractor so i can use a rimmed 30-40 or 303 british case.
it sounds pretty simple to end up with a great lil rimmed thumper. very excited about this lowly 35 rem barrel.

Kyle, only powder that comes to mind off the top of my head was AA2200, milsurp stuff I bought a few years back. LOL, thought 32 pounds of the stuff would last a lot longer than it did, down to my last 8 pound jug.
Like I told you before, ya don't have to throw the targets up on the berm, just knock them over. I had very good luck with the bulk 180JHP's, remington I think. Yes all the way to 200M they shot very nice. A SPT 180-200 grain should shot well also.
Jeff

well........havn't shot the 35rem as is so far, and may only shoot 20 factory rounds thru it period.
i picked up a 35rem trim die from "lock stock n barrel", and dropped the 14" 35 rem off at a local smith today to be cut for a rim counterbore with a 30-40 krag reamer. only $20 to have it done.

now all i gotta do is decide whether to use 30-40 krag brass or 303 british ....n then pick some of it up. there is a local shop that has some new 303's in stock, if that works just as well.

lookin forward to workin up a load in this 35 rem rimmed thing, and will as soon as everyting falls into place.

i like this barrel n setup for my newest deer THUMPER. it is reasonable in recoil although fairly stout fer a sissy. i can shoot it without much pain.............n thats what i was lookin for.

love it! prairie dogs at 100 with the 35rem made outta 303 british brass for a rimmed case and a better fit as far as headspace is concerned.

40.0gr of H322 with the hornady 180gr ssp(single shot bullet), doin 2191fps, oughta handle some big ol deer quite well.

Yeah thats starting to show promise.

DanB.........you see this post before? just wunderin you were kinnda scarce there fer a while.

n gary too

I was keeping up in that post but did not see the target. My target looked similar...but without that straggler! I'm not sure of the velocity but I'm positive it's fast enough to "bang-flop" a bambi!

try as i might...........i ALWAYS have a "stragler" shootin 5 shots........boooooooo...hooooooooo!

just trickled pink with this one so far. now i gotta cut n fireform 120 er so cases. blue dot powder n 158gr xtp's will gimme some plinkin fun fairly cheap

i fireformed about 50 more 35rem rimmed(made from 303 british) cases today. i used 18.0gr of blue dot with 158gr xtp's and 200gr hornady rn.
the 158's run 1800fps+
the 200's run 1600fps+

fireforming accuracy has been pretty ho hum with blue dot so far. only about 2" groups at 50yds.
but........thats ok! my established max load(40.0gr h322) in the finished/formed cases do great at 2191fps and will thump em good.

btt for jim257......and i'll add that this has continued to be one shootin barrel.....love it!
all ya gotta do is have a smith cut a rim counterbore in the chamber end of the barrel, so that you can use rimmed 303 british brass. then buy a 35remington trim die(bout 20bucks+) to go along with the regular 35 remington die set.

run the 303 case into the 35rem trim die and cut off the excess case above the trim die with a very fine tooth hacksaw. then simply run into the 35rem full length sizer and load as normal. you then proceed to fireform the cases to final shape.

my final deer load with the 180gr hornady ssp is 39.5gr of H322 and WLR primer for 2182fps. it ain't no big deal to have shots touchin at 100yds with a trophy 2x6 scope. i tend to think that having near perfect adjusted headspace has some to do with that.

the fireform loads, although not perfect accuracy were great fun plinkin out to 250yds er so. amazing what objects(rocks etc) you can hit even that far out with less than standard loads. i sure don't consider fireforming a waste. everyone can use the practice....n it's fun to boot.

i'd do it again in a heartbeat, and total $ spent is reasonable, plus i get varmint type accuracy from a 35 cal deer gun.

Just for giggles...I'm shooting the standard Super 14 .35 Remmy with 40gr H322 and the 180gr SSPB..getting the same exact fps as Kyle. I also get SUPER accuracy...from the standard vanilla plain jane .35 Rem.

that is good info dan. i would have wondered how it compared to using the standard 35rem case.

i think the 35remington is an overlooked underrated option for a good 200yd...maybe + deer rig. not many people would look at it for that kinnda use. it made a believer outta me, although i did have a trustworthy source tellin me that him n his buddies had used it for such chores with great succes.

there was a time that i thought.....man....the 7-30 waters is bout it for a standard contender chambering if ya want to shoot lil longer ranges.
now.......i wouldn't trade my 30-30AI n 35rem fer nuffin

If you are rechambering the 35 Rem, you should look at the 358JDJ from SSK industries. See my posting Contender in 358JDJ.