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Is there anything wrong with the TC's in 35 Rem? A guy asked me why there was so many of them in p[awn shops and for sale in general.... | ||
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i have a tc barrel with a muzzel tamer in 35 rem. for my contender. for me it is great, factory loads do not lock up the gun like a 7-30 waters barrel i have. i do not know what effect the brake has on recoil but it is very comfortable to shoot. i enjoy loading reminton 200 gr. cor locks bought in bulk with aa 2015 br. i don't hunt yet so no info on hunting. years ago bob mileck did an article in "guns and ammo", on the 35 rem. contender, he considered it the best chambering for deer hunting for those who used factory loads. i have only used the 223 rem., 7-30 waters, and the 35 rem. so experience is limited, but it is my favorite barrel. | |||
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Some of the .35s are so over-spec that it takes very diligent reloading to get decent accuracy and even mediocre case life. To some, that's too much hassle, and I can certainly understand their thinking on the matter. But given a good barrel and some attention to detail, the .35 Rem is a fine performer in the Contender and can handle deer with ease out to 150 yards or so. | |||
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Ask if you could slug the barrels and determine which barrel is closest to spec. The 35 Rem is a great cartridge eventhough it is only loaded to 33,500 psi. You could easily have the barrel rechambered to another cartridge with more power if you felt the need. I personally would have no reservations of loading it about half way between the 35 Rem and 356 Win data staying with the slower burning powders. Also the purchase of a G-2 Contender frame would be a plus. I guess worse comes to worse you could buy a barrel at a cheep price and if you don't get good results, trade it for something else at a local gun show. | |||
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Quote: I think that is pretty much what is happening with most people. I don't think there is anything really wrong with that unless the barrel is damaged beyond redemption. I really like MY .35 Rem barrel. Is it somehow defective? I can't find a defect. Yes, I did buy it used. With all the TC made barrels I've seen the problems aren't in how the guns are bored (I think they are very consistent in that regard) but in how they are chambered, crowned or finished. Finishing is a minor problem that brings the price down for the astute buyer. Incorrect crowning can be corrected as well. However, guns that are improperly chambered are a big problem. Often, only rechambering to a larger cartridge can solve the problems with the chamber and/or throat. That can be expensive as sometimes that also requires a foray into the world of wildcats (i.e. .358 Bellm or .358 JDJ) and additional dies, etc. Sometimes, that won't work either as there have been reports of chambers so far out of kilter that they simply can't be repaired. Bobby has probably seen a lot more .35 Rem barrels than I have and TC doesn't have a great rep for quality control so there may be something to the idea that the .35 Rem barrels are more likely to have problems. IME, the .35 Rem and it's relatively small shoulder is a big problem for some reloaders who don't pay attention to detail or, perhaps, are somewhat lacadaisical in their approach to reloading. This even in perfectly set up barrels. When the dies are improperly set, there can be problems with proper functioning or case life. Many shooters will blame it on the barrel and move on. I personally think the reason there are so many .35 Rem. barrels out there is that the .35 Rem is too mundane for a lot of shooters. Sure, it was a good first barrel but later... There are a LOT of options, and most want to try them. Rather than simply accumulate barrels (HEY!, don't look at me  ), they sell them off and use the cash to buy new barrels, dies, etc. Contender shooters as a group seem to be more likely to do this than most shooters. We seem to love to buy, trade, accessorize, etc. However, it seems to me that there is a lot more of this activity among shooters than 30 years ago when many shooters only hauled out the guns to kill pests in the garden, go quail or dove hunting or for a couple of weekends of deer hunting. | |||
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I have a 35 Remington that has had some slight modifications. No big deal, just open the face of the barrel up for a rim and use 303 British brass or 30-40 Krag, You can still use standard 35 brass when this is done by swapping extractors. Now to how it shoots. Being this is a 35 Remington 14" and common belief is they won't shoot, I had a TC rail mount 2.5X scope that needed a home, they are "junk" also, I figured these two were meant for each other  .Long story short, it will group right around 2-3" at 100 and about a good 4" or so at 200. Why do you see them laying around in pawn shops? I just think the ammo is some what hard to find and a little expensive. And as Bobby said above they may take some tinkering to get them to shoot. But I think mine with the rimmed cases took a lot of the problems out of it. Also I have not shot anything lighter than a 180 in mine. I use a LOT of the 180 JHP bulk bullets. They seem to shoot as good as some of the SPT types, so I go the cheapest way out. A shall we say, an "associate" of mine has gotten me interested in cast bullets, so the 35 with it's hunger for heavy bullets is my victim of choice, still waiting on the mold and nice weather to try this stuff out. So if you try the 35, just jump right in there feet first. If you want to bust the dealers stones on the 35 and get the price down, give him some quotes from a few gun rags as to how bad they are and what a good tomato stake they would make.  Jeff | |||
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The problem I had with mine is it would not fire factory ammo. 5 out of 20 would go bang. There has to be some thing wronge if it will not fire factory ammo. Sure I could reload and reduce the problem,and did with good results most of the time. TC had to have a bad batch of barrels. If you were lucky you got a good one, if not you got a bad one. accuracy was always fine with my 35 Rem, even thow it had a chop saw barrel,no crown. Jeff | |||
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I have a 35 Remington barrel. I shoots great. I bought it the same time a friend bought a 35 rocket from Rock pistols. He paid well over $1000 for it and my lowly old factory gun shoots as good if not better than his. I have read were you can take a .375 expander ball and straighten the case out and reform it with the sizing die until it just closes in the chamber. That is supposed to remedy the misfires. | |||
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I'm with jeff on this one. I use 303 brass also, but have only shot 205gr. leadheads. I get 2" groups at 100yds, useing either 2015BR or H4895. I need to fine tune the loads a little yet. With rimmed brass no more missfires from the deep chamber. The once fired brass seems more accurate. Fireform loads group about 3 inches. Jim | |||
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