Name that cartridge...

by Slow Hand , Indiana, Sunday, September 02, 2012, 06:53 (4412 days ago)

Not as good as the ones we used to have but who can tell me the important difference in the two cartridges below?

Give up?

Yep, they are both .35 Remington, both have the same powder charge under the same 200gr bullet. The difference? About .122"! Indiana lengthened the max case length for a deer cartridge to 1.80" this year. I got to thinking about it and found the .35 Remington is nominally 1.92". So, a little trimming and here we are! Did some looking and found a discussion about the same idea. Main worry was not enough neck tension or length. Got to looking and it still has more neck than a 7.62x39 and who knows how many billions of those rounds have been fired full auto without a hitch! Hopefully I will get to test them out of my Model 8 carbine tomorrow. I plan on putting one short round in the bottom of the mag and firing 20 rounds of other ammo, keeping the short one in the mag to see if it gets pushed back due to recoil.

Anyone have any specific bullets or loads to reccomended out of the .35 Remongton for whitetail?