Cast bullets and the .35 Remington?

[PJgunner]

Originally Posted by skeet

I tried cast bullets in my 35 Rem..a 141 pump... and couldn't get them to shoot well. They also leaded the bore when I used rifle powder. Been a long time and I don't remember the powder off hand..have to go back in my records. I do use unique in my 14 in Contender bbl with heavier cast180 gr and even a 200 gr bullet. I've even loaded 158 gr bullets but if I'm gonna do that I'll use my 357 Mag or 357 Max bbl. To be really honest I like the 357 Max better than the 35 Rem anyway. Much easier to load for....and accurate.

I wonder? What were your bullets sized to and what was your alloy. I would have thought that a bullet sized to at least .359" or posibbly .360" and at least as hard as plain wheel weight metal would have worked nicely in your rifle up to and including full power loads.
Paul B.