Seems to be a paucity of 45-70 loadings here abouts.
I've been playing with the Acme cast & coated .458 LFP 405 grain at 2.540" COAL & 3/4 crimp with a LFC die. I have yet to get any accuracy with 28-29 grains of BluDot. What are your favorite loadings, both cast and jacketed?
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45-70 loads
45-70 loads
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Rifletom
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Re: 45-70 loads
IMR 4198.
Re: 45-70 loads
3031 or 4198 for smokeless loads, and five grains of 4198 against the primer and 60 grains of Dupont FFg with a bullet lube of fifty fifty bees wax and Crisco and a 400 grain cast from a Lyman mould.
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Pitchman1968
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Re: 45-70 loads
Rifle - Marlin model 1895C with 26"barrel, Starline brass, gas checked 405 Grain Oregon Trail Lazer Cast bullet atop 35 grs of IMR 4198.
I bought the rifle new 2016, and for the first 2 years accuracy was not good, i.e., 5 - 6" groups at 100 yards. I broke down and had a Leupold VX2 4-12x scope mounted on the rifle and my 100-yard groups tightened up to 2" - 3". I have not chronyed this load but it is probably around 1,500 FPS. I add an additional step to the reloading process; after crimping with a Lee FCD, I polish the bullets with a very fine steel wood pad. This smooths out nicks and any other imperfection on the bullet which might affect its spin and trajectory.
I bought the rifle new 2016, and for the first 2 years accuracy was not good, i.e., 5 - 6" groups at 100 yards. I broke down and had a Leupold VX2 4-12x scope mounted on the rifle and my 100-yard groups tightened up to 2" - 3". I have not chronyed this load but it is probably around 1,500 FPS. I add an additional step to the reloading process; after crimping with a Lee FCD, I polish the bullets with a very fine steel wood pad. This smooths out nicks and any other imperfection on the bullet which might affect its spin and trajectory.