Yep it is rare but you do find a great deal once in awhile. I wouldn’t bid though. I just got 100 Remington cases for 50 bucks.30-06.I’ve had pretty good luck finding odd ball brass at a reasonable price on gunbroker. Patience is needed. Happened to see some new Remington, 50 pices with a current bid of 16 bucks. Also some once fired. FYI. Not suggesting your. 35 is an odd ball.
Making 35 Remington brass
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I’m not saying the OP is a newb. Bad advice to new handloaders, who read and not comment , to bump shoulders on this cartridge, it really is, ESPECIALLY with a pump or lever rifle !
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wvbuckbuster
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Well, I certainly didn't mean to raise a stink about 35 Rem brass. My experiences is that I have no problems with neck or case failure afer several loadings. Primer pockets do loosen same as other calibers. Nothing different because it's a 35 Rem. One of the best pieces of information requarding the 35 Rem is what Ken Waters wrote in his Pet Loads article. He stated and I have done it is to neck size only or at least as much as possible so as not to push the shoulder back. This works in my Rem 760 and the Marlin I just traded up the other day. I even used the same loads for the 760 in the Marlin 336 with no problems whatsoever and got just over an inch group. The 35 Rem is a low-pressure round, compared to others and the shoving back of the shoulder can cause headspace problems involving the case with the primers backing out from the case moving forward in the chamber when hit by the firing pin then rebounding back against the bolt face. In my shooting, Winchester Factory rounds have been more problematic than others. Maybe a bad lot but saw it more than once. The 35 Rem is not a problem cartridge to load for and has been very enjoyable for me. Just wish and hope it doesn't get killed off. Dan.
. My experiences is that I have no problems with neck or case failure afer several loadings. Primer pockets do loosen same as other calibers. Nothing different because it's a 35 Rem. One of the best pieces of information requarding the 35 Rem is what Ken Waters wrote in his Pet Loads article. He stated and I have done it is to neck size only or at least as much as possible so as not to push the shoulder back. This works in my Rem 760 and the Marlin I just traded up the other day. I even used the same loads for the 760 in the Marlin 336 with no problems whatsoever and got just over an inch group. The 35 Rem is a low-pressure round, compared to others and the shoving back of the shoulder can cause headspace problems involving the case with the primers backing out from the case moving forward in the chamber when hit by the firing pin then rebounding back against the bolt face. In my shooting, Winchester Factory rounds have been more problematic than others. Maybe a bad lot but saw it more than once. The 35 Rem is not a problem cartridge to load for and has been very enjoyable for me. Just wish and hope it doesn't get killed off. Dan.- Thread starter
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wvbuckbuster
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Speer 180gr FN. Not 170
You don't need to "see" anything. On a 760 if it goes off, the bolt is fully rotated and locked up.
If you've ever had them apart and looked at how they work, it is mechanically impossible to be otherwise. The design is both simple and foolproof.
In that respect they are safer than some bolt gun designs which in theory could go off without the bolt being fully rotated and completely locked.
Well..... that's fine and dandy for you and that's true, however........... it may feel like it's locked and if it doesn't fire that's the point. It's not something I would want to risk on this cartridge, but that's me, nor would I encourage anyone to do ! You can respond and argue the point, but I feel I'm done here.
No stink here Dan. Ha. I'm gonna keep on doing what works in my 760.Well, I certainly didn't mean to raise a stink about 35 Rem brass
I hear ya on that low pressure shoving back the shoulder. My understanding of how that works is it gets bumped back on the initial slam forward from the firing pin, then doesn't have enough pressure to fully expand the brass to chamber size, including stretched back to the bolt face. So on the next loading you are starting with a shorter case, and it just keeps getting compounded.
I'm loading enough over book pressure that I believe I'm able to avoid that. At least no signs of it I can see.
There's no "feeling" like the bolt is locked. If the action bar is locked, that means the bolt is locked and it will fire. It also means that each and every time it fires the bolt is indeed locked up.
Neither can happen without the other.
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some folks way over complicate things.
And if your out hunting, and you fire a shot, miss, and go to chamber a new round, and it doesn’t fire, then what? I take it your completely on top of your game all the time correct and don’t doubt you check all your rounds ahead of time. You’re above everyone else and everyone should be like you. Did you happen to read Fotis thread “pay attention !!!” ??
My father law lent me his m88 being hell bent on using FF loads. Stupid. I went to go rechamber a round having a rather stiff lever extracting the case and loading another round to finish a nice spine clipped buck. Yeah Ridgerunner some folks over complicate things all the time.
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Ridge_Runner
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Fire a shot and miss, it happens, but the next round, loaded with the same die settings won't fire? do you really load your own? 2 weeks ago you struggled fireforming, now you know all things rifles and reloading? Sorry to the board but man!
The same 20 cases fired over 100 times now total in both hunting scenarios and on the bench. Sure, one could not chamber, but why would I expect anything to change just out of the blue until it's time to throw the cases away.
I could also pull out of my driveway tomorrow and the front wheel could come off of my truck and I could get run over by a semi. Why worry about what isn't likely? The most uncomplicated things in life is just to roll with what works and not worry about all the what ifs when you've already done your homework and checking.
you didn't engineer your lug nuts but you are in control to making a mistake at any time.. precaution is the best safeguard.
whos to say I'm struggling? You are.... ?? Considering that all bras behaves differently, tells all. You can have factory ammo that can fireform with no problem, and other times it takes more to get it.
Do most guys bump shoulders and and ALWAYS have case after case chamber correctly? Do you or shadetree prevent excessive spring back by holding the case in the die for a bit to get consistent setback ?
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TackDriver284
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LMAO, good point there Ridge_Runner.
which is it ? Your 5th loading or this ?
which is it ? hmmm dying to hear this answer
RL338
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You did
Lee Collet Dies
My dilemma with the LCD Over the years adjusting the LCD has been fruitless, until recently. I read from another forum what to do about it. Place a washer over the case on the sell holder to prevent the mandrel from making contact with the base of the case preventing the collet from closing...
forum.nosler.com
The same 20 cases fired over 100 times now in total, which is exactly what I said.. 20 X ? = 100. I'll clue you in, it's 5.
My point was and is, that none of those cases fired all those times have remotely failed to chamber or extract when randomly grabbing anyone of them and doing so. I see no reason that will change until the brass has reached the end of its useable life.
And plenty of other people do too, and struggle to get the case to get sized, at least l figured it out with a tip and figured out a better way since then. Can’t say that for other people who gave up on them. Isn’t this hobby more trial and error more than anything? Why else would small base dies be available if trending the tight rope was the way to go ?
Oh now you clarify ok..
carry on.
