Marlin 1895 with 520 grain bullets......

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303carbine

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Accuracy is very good and with the "mild" loads are very easy to shoot.
The local range here is closed due to fire hazard so I had to shoot in an old gravel pit near my place. The target was set up at 125 yards with a 2 inch black square in the middle. The shots were taken off the hood of the truck and not a very steady rest,but after my sighting in shots I made two quick shots inside the black square before it got too hot. The heat mirage coming off the bottom of the gravel pit kept moving my black spot from left to right so I shot at the square that wasn't moving.:D
I mounted a compact 1.5 to 4.5 scope and it will stay on till it lets go.:cool:
 
I was under the impression that one had to be pretty careful with the OAL of the .45/70 when loaded with heavy bullets or the round might be too long to cycle from the magazine to the chamber. Did you do anything special to keep your COL short? What was your bullet and load? Any hiccups? I seem to recall having some 500 gr cast bullets with long noses that ran into this problem, but a WFN might be short enough to work.
 
The overall length of the 500 gr. bullet for the Marlin is just as important as if it were any other bullet weight. Several different makers of bullets you can "buy in the 500 grain + weights are made for use in lever 45/70's. and have been for many years now.

The "long nosed" bullets that the rest of us use for non-lever guns as you know are not ideal for Marlins etc. ...however if thats all you have and want to try them just for fun you can still do a load work up by seating them to proper length...not crimping and single feeding them into the chamber.

Did up a lot of loads like this... progressively seating the bullet further and further into the case on very small amounts of pistol powder to get better accuracy with less air space than haveing the bullet seated out properly in the 500-800 fps range with 500 grainers for "quiet loads". This works for regular power loads too..but is a singleshot proposition.

I'm familiar with 303 carbines bullet and load and will leave the particulars to him...
 
Boomer said:
I was under the impression that one had to be pretty careful with the OAL of the .45/70 when loaded with heavy bullets or the round might be too long to cycle from the magazine to the chamber. Did you do anything special to keep your COL short? What was your bullet and load? Any hiccups? I seem to recall having some 500 gr cast bullets with long noses that ran into this problem, but a WFN might be short enough to work.
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The good thing about the RCBS 405 mould is that it takes the overall length into consideration and the crimp groove is high enough on the the bullet to function perfectly through the Marlin action.
RCBS really did their homework on this design. Contact the RCBS website and request a catalog.
 
I have loaded Beartooth 525gr PileDrivers and Jae-Bok Young 550gr Craters for years now in my Marlin 1895GS these bullets are designed specifically for the Marlin rifle and function perfectly.

I have gotten amazing accuracy from both of these bullets.
 
rcbs 500 gr flatnose has the same nose to crimp groove length as their 405 gr, as does their 300. All work excellent in the 1895. In my 1895ss, a 500 gr bullet at 1600 fps is VERY uncomfortable recoil wise. 1200 fps loads are fun.
 
buckbrush said:
rcbs 500 gr flatnose has the same nose to crimp groove length as their 405 gr, as does their 300. All work excellent in the 1895. In my 1895ss, a 500 gr bullet at 1600 fps is VERY uncomfortable recoil wise. 1200 fps loads are fun.
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What is your load for the 500 grainers for the 1600 fps as well as the 1200 fps.??
 
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