I have always heard that .35 Rem is very popular in Pennsylvania too...I agree it is a solid caliber and very accurate. Yeah, it would be a great defense round if ammo was more readily available.
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I have always heard that .35 Rem is very popular in Pennsylvania too...I agree it is a solid caliber and very accurate. Yeah, it would be a great defense round if ammo was more readily available.
Has been hard to find for years and years, that is the reason I don't own one.
My dad has been searching for .35 Rem for a while now with no luck at local shops or even online. It's a great round IMO but I guess just not popular enough to produce right now 
35's used to be all over the place until the last couple of years, i got 3 of them. Well 2 now just traded my 336 to my brother for a AMT 22 auto mag and still got the 141 and 760 Rem. pumps. Other then using a Bow my second choice was my 336 in the marches of Louisiana. Glad i still have a good number of boxes because it is near impossible to find or very expensive.
I've never had trouble finding 35rem up until this year and if anything that's a sign of it's popularity growing not dying. Sure it ain't a popular round for the cool hunters who do all their shopping at cabellas and only trophy hunt. But get into the back county where the woods are full of white tail, 600 pound hogs and black bear and you'll find it's a very popular caliber that ain't going nowhere no time soon.
I think it is an awesome round. If I had a suppressor that could handle it I would have used a 35 for my suppressed lever gun instead of the 3030
But.....that's the reason for this post. It seems that it is "going somwhere"..............going out of stock everywhere.
I would say that with certain crowds that put deer in the freezer every year, the 35 is popular. not 3030 popular but a solid round that just works for most shooting situations. If you like long range hunting it's probably not your thing but for the most part it just gets the job done. Not fancy, not a good "hey look at the specs on this thing" round but it's good. My first deer rifle that I still shoot is my grandfathers rem141. old and heavy and not pretty but when it counts it gets the job done. I added a contender 35 barrel and scope a few years ago but that's mostly for fun when folks pull out a 44 mag at the range or when it's time to get rid of the pumpkins after halloween. 
Over the years I stocked up on brass so I have a good selection that will keep me in supply for a long time, and a decent amount of 150-200gr pills for them. Now I need to find the RCBS 200gr RN mold just in case.
someone mentioned 32WS. If anyone has any leads on brass or dies, let me know. I love my odd caliber rifles- 35rem, 348win, 218bee, 32WS, 280, 22hornet, 32-20. If you don't reload you need to. it'll pay for itself quickly with any "non standard" calibers. I choke when I see what a box of 348, hornet or bee goes for these days. I even have a sweet 16 so I can look for expensive loads for shotguns too.
lastly, I checked out that "top ten list" of deer calibers- 6.5 creedmore first on the list? seriously? WTF?
Over the years I stocked up on brass so I have a good selection that will keep me in supply for a long time, and a decent amount of 150-200gr pills for them. Now I need to find the RCBS 200gr RN mold just in case. someone mentioned 32WS. If anyone has any leads on brass or dies, let me know. I love my odd caliber rifles- 35rem, 348win, 218bee, 32WS, 280, 22hornet, 32-20. If you don't reload you need to. it'll pay for itself quickly with any "non standard" calibers. I choke when I see what a box of 348, hornet or bee goes for these days. I even have a sweet 16 so I can look for expensive loads for shotguns too.
lastly, I checked out that "top ten list" of deer calibers- 6.5 creedmore first on the list? seriously? WTF?
