Thoughts on Lever evolution ammo?

[Chickencoop96]

I have found lots and lots of 35 rem ammo from Hornady in lever evolution. Is this a decent round? I will be shooting it out of my custom bolt action. So feeding shouldnt be an issue I would think

 

[Shag]

I tried some in my Marlin 30/30 and it didn't like it AT ALL. No problems feeding. But it wouldn't group for crap!

 

[Big Pop]

Same here with .35 REM. Have a friend who reloads for me and it groups very well.

 

[OakHillHunter]

I personally like it. i shoot it out of my 45-75. I have had the opportunity to take a couple of deer with it and I have been impressed with the results.

 

[Patrick H]

I have 2 friends with Marlin 35 Remingtons and they get good results with it. But every rifle is different.

 

[CHRIS WILSON]

My hunting buddy has shot them out of his Marlin 35 Remington with good results accuracy wise. They seem to run a little hotter than the typical 35 Remington rounds from other manufacturers. I've shot the 45-70 version out of my lever action Henry. It's one of the better shooting rounds I've put through it.

 

[Tenntrapper]

If you reload, try some 180g speer hotcors. They worked great in the several 35s I've had.

 

[Bell3wv]

My .35 Rem groups good out of a 1960s Marlin at 100 yards.Severe solutions. Better than I can see with a 2×7 Leupold. Shot a doe in the head at 137 yds a few years ago with Leverevolutions.

 

[tnanh]

Has not grouped well for me in 30-30 or .35. The 45-70 shoots pretty good in my sons rifle though. I had 4 inch groups in both my guns at 100 yards.

 

[Planking]

Of the 35 Rem rounds i've tried the Hornady is my favorite.

 

[Lost Lake]

The only experience I have with them is range experience. A guy next to me got really disgusted with them and as he was loading up to leave, he calmly walked over and said PLEASE take these as he handed me three new boxes and a partial fourth.

We were both shooting 30/30's that day, and he'd had enough of them. They grouped just fine out of my rifle. I see no reason why they wouldn't kill deer just fine, as lots of people do with them.

 

[kckndrgn]

Grouped well for me out of my .44mag rifle. No experience with .30-30

 

[44 mag]

I have found it to be very gun specific. I have one 30/30 that loves it and one that hates it. My 444 shoots pretty good and my 35 rem shoots ok but I like the performance of the core loks better.

 

[rstodd]

That was exactly my experience with my Marlin 30/30. I was getting over 8" spreads at 50 yards.

I got some for my .45-70 when I put a scope on it. I had the same results. $600 scope and lock tight on the scope. I haven't tried different ammo since then. I thought it was the scope job I done or just a bad scope.

 

[CATCHDAWG]

I have found it to be very gun specific.

That seems to be the case and apparently not hardly any 30/30's like them. In my Marlin guide gun (45/70), they are EXTREMELY accurate. Basically cloverleaf at 100. Excellent results on deer and hogs. It's the only ammo I'll shoot out of that rifle.

 

[Deerhunter]

I've shot it in 4 different 336s in 35 rem and all have shot it well. Picking up another tommorow that I won on Gunbroker. Hopefully it likes them as well.

 

[recurve60#]

I've heard from friends that the bullet doesn't perform well on deer out of a 30-30 and 35 rem.

 

[knightrider]

I've heard from friends that the bullet doesn't perform well on deer out of a 30-30 and 35 rem.

7 drt's in a roll out of a 80's 30-30 is good enough for me

 

[recurve60#]

7 drt's in a roll out of a 80's 30-30 is good enough for me

It's kept my shy from them, but it's their opinion.
What kind of entry holes have you had, and have you recovered and bullets? What'd they look like if so?

 

[knightrider]

All mine have been sub 100 yards closer to 50 , in one shoulder out the other about size if a fifty cent piece, have yet to recover one. Keep in mind these have all been sub 100 lb dressed does