I too shed my Max barrel in favor for the 35 Rem. Like yours the Rem was no dog. In fact it has an interesting history relative to this thread. Back in the day, that is to say the VVCG era, I was on the phone with Steve looking for a barrel. He mentioned having a Max barrel lying around which had its' chamber buggered up with a burr while reaming. Steve offered to have a 35 Rem cut for me with a counterbore for Krag brass and shipped with two extractors all for a sweet deal. When I received it it checked out well and had that mirror finish of the Shilen blanks they were using as standard at the time. While I could use 35 Rem brass, 20 years later the rimmed extractor has never been out while using both 30-40 Krag & 303 Brit brass and it has become one of those "never to sell or trade" barrels. What started as a Max for some customer became my 35 Rem. I've thought of going back to the Max but haven't yet.
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