Originally Posted by
bigbulls
Defender the 35 Remington is easily a 200 yard deer cartridge. Granted some of the anemic ammo that is out there wouldn't make it but the Hornady leverevolution ammo isn't one of them.
Sighted in 3 inches high at 100 yards will put you back to zero at about 180 yards and about 1.5-2 inches low at 200 yards and about 7-9 inches low at 250 yards. and still have about 1150 foot pounds of kinetic energy at 250 yards.
I really don't know where you guys are coming up with the 35 Remington not being a good 200 yard cartridge but the 30-30 is????????
The 35 remington is a totally adequate 200 yard gun, but as you can see from your numbers between 180 and 200 yards the bullet drops 2 inches in 20 yards. In my opinion the average hunter should stop here. The bullet has enough energy and accuracy to kill out to 300 yards in the hands of someone who practices these shots and uses a rangefinder in the field. The 30-30 is by no meens a long range cartridge, but in my opinion it shoots just flat enough for the average guy to reach out an extra 25 to 50 yards before he has to start worrying about compensating for bullet drop.