I'm Going to Ruin this Marlin 336 in 35 Remington

[Ranch Dog]

Now I'm looking for another. Maybe a 30/30 to be bored to 35/30 or 375 Win.

My advice would be the 35-30 or a 38-55 Win. The 375 Win, though many think it is the same as the 38-55 Win, isn't. The 375 Win chamber has too much freebore cut in it, I think this was done to quickly get the high pressure off the chamber. Bottom-line is that it is tough to get a cast bullet to shoot as well as one chunked out of a 38-55 Win. The 38-55 Win cut into a 336 or Rio Grande is good to go at 36.0K to 42.0K PSI.

[klr]

Thanks for the heads up. If it won't shoot well I'm not interested. Likely I'll go for the 35/30 since I already have molds and 30/30 brass is readily available.

[7.62 Precision]

Since the .35 Rem is already available in the 336, I think the .35-30 would be a great project for a Winchester 94 instead. Or it would be neat in and older Marlin, like a '36 or '93.

One day I will do a Winchester 94 in .35-30 and one in 7-30 Waters.

First my wife has two Marlin 1893s that I need to rebore to .38-55 and line to .25-35.

[Ranch Dog]

Since the .35 Rem is already available in the 336, I think the .35-30 would be a great project for a Winchester 94 instead.

I think the beauty of the 35-30 over the 35 Rem would be the brass availability. The "seasonal" runs have not taken place for several years. There is no brass at the distributor level, what is out there to be found is sitting on a dusty shelf in the ma & pa gun stores (if any at this point). I've never liked buying once fired 35 Rem brass and you always must consider that it might have been fired more than once. If the 35 Rem cases are not treated with care, repetitive cycles on the brass are few before failure.

[7.62 Precision]

That's an important consideration. Definitely easier to find brass to use for a .35-30.

Another advantage is the .35-30 can support longer, heavier bullets, like heavy cast bullets, than the .35 Rem.

People make a big deal about the .35 Rem having more case capacity and the ability to load hotter, etc., but the the practical difference is very little. One is pretty much like the other as far as velocities go, if we are going to talk about practical effectiveness of the cartridges.

[Gaterskiner]

You are not ruining that rifle at all. My 336 SC shoots better after the cut to 16 1/4" I like shorty's.