HSM 45-70 430gr Bear Loads

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Ok I am new here and I tried searching for this in this site.:confused:
I would like to know if I can buy this in Canada and where:cool:
I would like to try this load before I start reloading 400 gr hard cast or jacketed bullets, just to see if I can handle them, lol

Thanks from the 45:cheers:
 
FWIW, you would be way ahead loading your own, thus you could choose a bullet that appealed to you, and load it to your comfort level. If you purchase high performance ammo is beyond your comfort level, what do you do then? Continue to shoot until it hurts you . . . then try to get past the flinch? Its not expensive to break into handloading, and once you have some basic tools and a loading manual or two, say $300, you can expand on that over time. A loading bench can be as simple as the kitchen table or a WorkMate. A pound of powder that will load 140 rounds of hot .45/70 will set you back $35, primers $4/100, and bullets can be inexpensive cast or stupid expensive Swift A-Frames if you prefer, but the pointed bullet limits a tube feed rifle to being a two-shooter. .45/70 velocities don't require a complicated bullet to produce good terminal performance. If you get 10 reloads out of each brass case, that reduces the cost of the brass to about 10 cents each.
 
FWIW, you would be way ahead loading your own, thus you could choose a bullet that appealed to you, and load it to your comfort level. If you purchase high performance ammo is beyond your comfort level, what do you do then? Continue to shoot until it hurts you . . . then try to get past the flinch? Its not expensive to break into handloading, and once you have some basic tools and a loading manual or two, say $300, you can expand on that over time. A loading bench can be as simple as the kitchen table or a WorkMate. A pound of powder that will load 140 rounds of hot .45/70 will set you back $35, primers $4/100, and bullets can be inexpensive cast or stupid expensive Swift A-Frames if you prefer, but the pointed bullet limits a tube feed rifle to being a two-shooter. .45/70 velocities don't require a complicated bullet to produce good terminal performance. If you get 10 reloads out of each brass case, that reduces the cost of the brass to about 10 cents each.
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Good advice, get yourself some brass, a selection of bullets, and load up some test loads. Start with light loads that have minimum recoil, then work up from there. You can shoot light cast loads for plinking, and make up some heavier loads for hunting or protection from bears. I recommend Starline brass for the straight walled cases, as they are much more reasonably priced than most other brands, and the quality has been comparable in my experience.
 
This is a GREAT GUN...I have the 1895GS model that I have bought 1 year ago, and I have no complants. I have bought 300gr Barnes Or. bullets to load up. I think they will be a tough
bullet and shuold have no problem downing a white tail or moose this year.. I don't have all the tools to start right now to reload, but will soon. I can tell you this, I will not be selling this gun anytime soon or ever for that matter. Just way to handy. I will have pics up when I shoot moose or white tail this coming year.
 
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