VZ, have .35 Rem carbine. Been thinking of 'practice loads' with 158 SWC's at the same velocity range you mention. Quiet bigbores are nice here in NW Ohio farmland.They don't scare the megahouse yuppies who now live in the woods, in which you used to hunt. sick Paco Kelly and Jim Taylor have developed .32-20 'garden gun' loads which they label as "cat sneeze". About the loudest thing is the fall of the hammer.

The heavy bullet you have is from where, if I may ask? Sounds like an authoritative round for multiple purposes.

My concern in all the mini-powder charges is a possible detonation, I may be dating my era, but is this still considered a concern in loading this type round?

In any event,I'd sure like to use OTC bulk cast bullets as plinkers in the handy little .35. I have a couple thou that I bought for .38Spec, so it'd be a two-fur convenience. Any loading suggestions?

thanks,

John