Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New Trophy's
New trophy room comments
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Classifieds
Trophy Room
New items
New comments
Latest content
Latest updates
Latest reviews
Author list
Series list
Search showcase
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Tennessee Gun Owners Forums
Reloading
45-70 help!
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="rifle02" data-source="post: 5193066" data-attributes="member: 20050"><p>I have reloaded high-intensity bottleneck cartridges for years but have recently made my first Venture into the world of 45-70! I put together a bolt action rifle. I've had to invent a spring and follower to fit. Remington Factory ammo did not feed at all. I did find that Hornady leverevolution actually fed well and was pretty darn accurate. Federal ammo with a 300 grain bullet fed well enough to be usable. Now I'm trying to reload the brass and ran into a problem. It seems the only bullets I can buy are the 325 grain FTX from Hornady the ones I would prefer to use anyway. I loaded some in the federal brass they went together beautifully. Federal brass measured 2.095" about right. I ran into a problem trying to reload the Hornady leverevolution brass. It seems that brass is.060" shorter than SAAMI standard. Using h322 from the Hoghdon website results and a compressed load at the minimum load. I'm sure their load data is based on the full-length case. I could probably hunt around for more data or try different powders Etc but I was hoping someone on here has run into this and has discovered a better way. Thanks for any and all help!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rifle02, post: 5193066, member: 20050"] I have reloaded high-intensity bottleneck cartridges for years but have recently made my first Venture into the world of 45-70! I put together a bolt action rifle. I've had to invent a spring and follower to fit. Remington Factory ammo did not feed at all. I did find that Hornady leverevolution actually fed well and was pretty darn accurate. Federal ammo with a 300 grain bullet fed well enough to be usable. Now I'm trying to reload the brass and ran into a problem. It seems the only bullets I can buy are the 325 grain FTX from Hornady the ones I would prefer to use anyway. I loaded some in the federal brass they went together beautifully. Federal brass measured 2.095" about right. I ran into a problem trying to reload the Hornady leverevolution brass. It seems that brass is.060" shorter than SAAMI standard. Using h322 from the Hoghdon website results and a compressed load at the minimum load. I'm sure their load data is based on the full-length case. I could probably hunt around for more data or try different powders Etc but I was hoping someone on here has run into this and has discovered a better way. Thanks for any and all help! [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Tennessee Gun Owners Forums
Reloading
45-70 help!
Top