Website still shows the .30-30 in model 336 offering only.

 

I wouldn’t be surprised. Actually, I’d like to see it keep going. It’s a legendary deer caliber, we all know that. For something that came around in 1906 to still be in production today I think would be awesome. If it does hopefully ammunition will come back around as well.

 

I've heard and read that Ruger was going to bring back the 35rem possibly sometime in the future. I did read somewhere that right now they can't because the 336 in 30-30 is still in full production and can't keep up with the orders. Hope it's true so ammo would become more available. Some good looking levers coming out of there lately.

 

I've heard and read that Ruger was going to bring back the 35rem possibly sometime in the future.

I heard that almost 2 years ago and then radio silence, I suspect they have put that idea on ice while they contemplate 360.

 

Sure would be a welcome addition. A lot of guys have been saying, please build it in 35.. Get your money ready boys. Now lets keep praying for a 444 also.

 

Great if Marlin starts offering a 35 Rem 336. However, I think it makes good business sense for them to offer a 336 in 360 Buckhammer and I doubt they'd do both calibers.

Let's be honest, 35 Rem is following the path of the 300 and 250 Savage cartridges. Great cartridges all but newer, better, and/or more popular cartridges have displaced them. Henry and Rossi are giving Marlin stiff competition with their 336 knockoffs. Henry is flooding the market with 360 BH rifles. Rossi is on Henry's heels. Against that competition a new Marlin 35 Rem rifle would only appeal to a niche corner of a niche market.

Henry and Rossi are focusing on 360 BH rifles with 20" barrels. I think an 18" barrel Marlin Guide Gun in 360 would steal their thunder. I also think a stainless Marlin in 360 fitted with a 24" barrel would be the bee's knees. The extra four inches of barrel would give more thump to that thumper.

Okay, I'm ready to place a pre-order for a 24" stainless 360. Where do I sign up?

 

Guys you can still find mint/VG condition JM marlins in .35 for far less money than what a new Ruger made 30-30 will cost you.

 

Used Marlins in 35 Rem don't hang around in my LGS for long. People are still buying them, so the demand is there. A new Henry in 360 BH has been sitting in the new LGS gun racks for about 6 months now. It's the same thing for the new 360 BH ammo---it sits there gathering dust. No straight wall regs have been adopted in my state, so the 360 BH/350 Legend/400 Legend demand hasn't materialized yet.

 

The 350 Legend has appeal among the AR crowd. It's high pressurce and was introduced in bolt actions. Usually there are a few sales for something new by curious buyers. When the 35REMINGTON ammo became available the shelves dwindled pretty quick then it sat there. There's a new BLR at one store in 308 that less expensive than a Henry or new Marlin. We're I in the market I would get one of those.
Basically the shelves have rows of bolt actions and then a small section of levers. The market for lever actions in the big picture, seems to be a small one for dedicated users.

DEP

 

Ruger still has problems meeting demands with the current line up, much less adding a new caliber to the mix.

 

Sales in a local gunstore is only indicative of local interest. Believe me, 360 Buckhammer leverguns are selling.

A quick search of completed items in the big online gun broker/auction site (yeah, that one) reveals 284 Henry and 5 Rossi .360 Buckhammer rifles sold in the past 60 days. Just how many have sold through large retail chains, Davidsons, and other major online gun sellers is a guess. But it's got to be huge, probably several hundred to over a thousand per month.

Looks to me like 360 Buckhammer is here to stay.

 

https://www.marlinowners.com/threads/35-remington-vs-360-buckhammer-ballistics.655427/

I literally know nothing about the 360BH. So, I dug this thread up for reference.

I don’t have a dog in this fight. But I will say often times new calibers come out and if you look around you can find, fairly easily, an older cartridge that duplicates the same ballistics.
For guys in “straight wall only “ states, I can see the draw to the Buckhammer cartridge. It’s a no brainer. I don’t know what Ruger will do, but from a marketing standpoint, if Rossi and Henry are offering this newer cartridge, I can’t see a reason for them not to follow suit. Abut that doesn’t mean they can’t also offer a 35Rem either.

 

Lever actions are what's called in marketing a niche market. Personally think Ruger knows this and is in no hurry to up production. There are several cartridges that are good but flopped iin the lever market. 338 Marlin is a good example. 444 Marlin is popular here but was dropped. Supply and demand runs business. The cartridge has to prove itself.

DEP

 

I just did a little reading on the origin of 360BH. It was the result of a Remington Ammunition collaboration with Henry, not with Remington Firearms. So, perhaps Remington Firearms already considered 360BH at the concept level and decided not to go there. Too bad.

 

Marlin should full send it and release another 1895M

 

Ruger has been known to make limited runs of "offbeat" calibers in their Model 77 rifles, so maybe some .35 Rems and .444s aren't too much to hope for.

 

The hard part will be finding factory ammo. The 35 Rem is always tough to find. I reload.

 

Marlin kept the 35 Remington alive for decades, beyond where it might have fallen into obscurity. There are enough of those rifles 'out there' to insure at least some seasonal ammunition production. But new rifles being sold are what controls ammo production and if new 35's aren't being made--and sold--the ammo situation won't improve.

 

Yesterday, November 5, 2024, I was in one of our local Sportsman Warehouse stores and they had a stack of .35 Remington ammo. I didn't count the boxes but there were at least 20 boxes. Since I don't have a .35 Rem anymore I didn't note the price nor the bullet weight. If anyone is on this thread in the Tucson AZ area, it is the store near the Costco and Home Depot stores, west side of Tucson.

 

I'd love to know where you can find a jm stamped .35 for less than a new production marlin 336. Here in Pennsylvania you can't touch any used .35 that comes into the gun shops for under $1200 and that's for a banged up rifle. Last week I looked at two .35s at two different gun shops that were in really nice condition and they both were asking over $1700 and $1800 for them.

 

Check out gun broker, not the best option, but is an option.
The last 35 I bought was there but it was back in '15 or '16.
It was a like new '74 model and I stole it at $300.
No one else bid on it.
Good luck in your search. I've NEVER seen one locally except for the two I own and they both came from GB.

RP

 

I have been trying to bid on .35s on gun broker for over 6 months. Every single one ends up selling over $1000 I have 8 of them on my watch list now and all are close to $800 with days left to bid. Sooner or later I hope to get lucky and get one at a decent price

 

I got a 35 for $400 a while back. Sadly I couldn’t hit sky if I shot straight up with it so I let it go. I’m starting to think I’m the problem…

 

You go through rifles like I go through socks...

 

6ish years ago, i was trying to find a 35 Rem, but i could not find any brass to reload for, even factory loads. then to top it all off, every 35 Rem lever action rifle started out at $800. well, i had enuff.

i was given by my grandpappy a 1972 Winchester m94 in 30-30 when i was 13yo. the number of deer that rifle tagged falls just a short of amazing. i used her till i was 23yo or so, then i retired her and i put her in safe. there she sat until i couldn't get a 35 Rem. i sent her to JES Reboring and he did an awesome job in 35/30-30. i bought CH-4D dies ($115) and 500 pcs of 30-30 Starline brass. why did i buy that, when you have loads and loads of 30-30 brass. well, i bought the dies because i didn't have anything that says 35 caliber and i went to Starline for the brass and i had something else that would be great if i use 30-30 Starline brass (30 and 357 Herrett). i gave the 30-30 brass to my youngest son, who has a Savage m340 in 30-30.

well, anyways, i got the rifle back from JES and i fire formed the brass. but my eyes ain't what they once were. so i got a Williams FP aperture sight and well, i'll show you what it can do at 100 yards...

was sighting it in (2 shots, move the aperture, 2 shots...)

this was 50 or 100 yards with open sights and i think 25-30 fire form shots?

i have gotten 6 or 7 deer with it. i use a 200gr RCBS FN GC and 2400/tuft of Dacron going 1726fps. this year, i'll step up with H322 and her velocity will be 2000-2100fps.

 

If they do bring it back, expect the 20" barrel, full tube version. I prefer the half-tube models. A 336SC or a 336A.

 

If there was a chance for Ruglin to actually make a .35 Rem version, it's now. The new gun market is currently oversold and stagnating, and they now have an incentive to do anything to sell a new rifle. A popular nostalgia chambering in an existing rifle is an easy one for them.... they have probably been waiting for downmarket conditions.

 

A 336SC in .35 Rem just might sell well enough to justify its existence and probably wouldn’t be a great manufacturing departure from the current .30-30 336. A new 24” 336A is too much to even fantasize about.

 

Ron Spomer’s hints are usually legit - Ruger has been reviving classic Marlins (.444, .45-70), so .35 Rem makes sense. The cartridge’s cult following and lever-action nostalgia fit Ruger’s strategy. No official word yet, but I’d bet on a 2025 announcement. Fingers crossed for a threaded barrel version!