Reloading 45-70 Marlin

[4fifty8]

• 400gr Buster, Starline brass, CCI 200 & A2015 - good results
• also 300gr Sierra JHP & IMR4198

 

[lpel]

Nice group with that Barnes Buster. How’s the recoil?

 

[4fifty8]

Light recoil compared to my 458 Lott 500gr@2300 fps mv.

 

[alpining]

Light recoil compared to my 458 Lott 500gr@2300 fps mv.

I would pay someone else to sight in my rifle with those!

 

[ipscgraz]

Light recoil compared to my 458 Lott 500gr@2300 fps mv.

500 grains at 2300 FPS...Any idea what the pressure is on that load??? I have loaded 500 grain JRN (with nose filed flat so ~ 490 grain) at much lesser velocity and it is pretty convincing that you don't want to shoot those all day. If memory serves, it was a compression load, even with that big case volume.

 

[4fifty8]

458 Lott factory ammo 500gr@2300 fps 62,500 psi MAP per SAAMI / ANSI Z299.4 (p. 34) https://saami.org/wp-content/upload...99.4-CFR-Approved-2015-12-14-Posting-Copy.pdf

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1001977559?pid=488747

 

[4fifty8]

Light target load CamPro 458 405gr copper plated bullets (seat to cannelure) & Blue Dot works pretty good.

 

[Bubba Yugga]

Light target load CamPro 458 405gr copper plated bullets (seat to cannelure) & Blue Dot works pretty good.

How many grains of the Blue Dot?

 

[nowarningshot]

Other than 700x, the next most poundage of a single powder is 3031. So that's my 45-70 powder. Years ago I had a H&R single shot, didn't much care for it. It went down the road while I was still in Langley, but I recently found forgotten reloading, about 250 projectile and 100 cases, digging in the storage semi. It's like Christmas, every time I go there.

 

[buck knife]

I've had awesome results reloading 45/70 using a remington brass case,cci large rifle primer,h322 powder and 300 grain Hornady interlock bullets.im not overly experienced in reloading but range results were beyond expectations,maybe I just got lucky.