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Introduced in 1906 in the Remington Model 8 autoloading rifle, the .35 Remington is one of the few pure woods cartridges that can be considered successful. Even today the .35 Remington is second only to the .30-30 in popularity among those who prefer to head for the woods with a short lever action carbine hanging from their shoulders. Many years ago the .35 Remington was used on bigger game, but it is seen at its best when used on deer, black bear, and wild boar at ranges not exceeding 150 yards or so. At greater distances, the little .35 is handicapped by its moderate velocity and moderate accuracy from most of the rifles in which it has been available. However, when fired in a bolt action rifles such as the Winchester Model 70, Remington Model 600, and Remington Model Seven FS, the .35 Remington is as accurate a cartridge of similar caliber. Possibly the most outstanding whitetail load for the .35 Remington, one that rivals the .300 Savagein performance is the Speer180 grain flatnose bullet pushed to 2300 fps by H335or Bl-C(2). For black bear and boar, the 200 grain roundnose bullets available from Remington, Sierra, and Hornadyand the 220 grain flatnose bullet made by Speerare excellent choices. This text is based on information from “Cartridges of the
World”, Hodgdon reloading manual, the cartridge designer and/or
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