I have had great results with my 35 Remington Rimmed 1.8 this season as well. I have taken 3 does and a little buck. I unfortunately did not take any field shots due to them being meat does and a little fork horn. The shots have been from 40 yards to 220 yards. I am using a 180gr Hornady SP-SSP over a book load of Leverevolution in a 30/40 Krag case reformed. A shots have been broadside to slightly quartering and all have been complete pass throughs. I am shooting a T/C Contender as well with an MGM 16" SS barrel and a Choate folding stock.
To touch on the T/C conversion issue as well, the old model Contenders have been given approval to be converted in either direction, rifle to pistol or pistol to rifle, but the approval does not extend to the G2 Contender or the Encore models. The ruling was made prior to the existence of either and attempts by T/C to get the same flexibility were denied. As Broom_jm said though, nobody really gets too concerned with it though because it is a single shot. If you have somebody questioning if your receiver started as a pistol or a rifle you have messed up somewhere anyway.
Let's get this thread back on track.
35 rem shortened to 1.79" out if a marlin 336.
So... I don't reload (yet), but I do have a lever action .35Rem and I do hunt. Is there anywhere online or local that sells already trimmed .35Rem ammo? I would love to try some out and then be able to hunt with that next year.