G'day,
My new .35 Remington arrived yesterday. Thanks to Ranch Dog, I had some brass and was able to load up some rounds for it.
All I had on hand were some cast 158gr .357 Magnum semi wadcutters with gas checks. I loaded them up at about 1900fps with the appropriate ADI powder. I was surprised that this rifle being a new marlin, had a micro groove barrel. Thought they went to all ballard cut. Anyway i've never had problems shooting lead with micro groove barrels anyway, although the groups with this load were pretty uninspiring.
Didn't get any leading but my firend did warn me that these projectiles wouldn't shoot worth a **** in his .357 maximum either, so I'm not overly worried.
Until I can get a mold made I want to run 200gn jacketed projectiles, I tried to buy some Sierra's but the importer hasn't got any. Corelokts don't seem to be available in this calibre out here, so I ended up ordering some 200gn Hornady inter-locks.
Anybody used these in the .35? I have run interlocks in other calibres and always got a lot of copper fouling, but they were pretty effective on the game. I won't get them for at least another week, so I'd be interested to hear if anyone has any experience with them? I'll be shooting pigs and brumbies, which are probably about the size of an elk or a bit bigger.
My new .35 Remington arrived yesterday. Thanks to Ranch Dog, I had some brass and was able to load up some rounds for it.
All I had on hand were some cast 158gr .357 Magnum semi wadcutters with gas checks. I loaded them up at about 1900fps with the appropriate ADI powder. I was surprised that this rifle being a new marlin, had a micro groove barrel. Thought they went to all ballard cut. Anyway i've never had problems shooting lead with micro groove barrels anyway, although the groups with this load were pretty uninspiring.
Didn't get any leading but my firend did warn me that these projectiles wouldn't shoot worth a **** in his .357 maximum either, so I'm not overly worried.
Until I can get a mold made I want to run 200gn jacketed projectiles, I tried to buy some Sierra's but the importer hasn't got any. Corelokts don't seem to be available in this calibre out here, so I ended up ordering some 200gn Hornady inter-locks.
Anybody used these in the .35? I have run interlocks in other calibres and always got a lot of copper fouling, but they were pretty effective on the game. I won't get them for at least another week, so I'd be interested to hear if anyone has any experience with them? I'll be shooting pigs and brumbies, which are probably about the size of an elk or a bit bigger.