In a Marlin 1895GS

[S.B.]

45/70 with 450 grain gc cast bullet,
What powders are you having the most success with and how much?
Steve

[Ole]

What are you looking for: Mild--------> Wild?

[Michael J. Spangler]

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[runfiverun]

i'm using 22.5 grs of 2400 and a filler of dacron.
under a 435 gr g/c boolit.
dunno the speed i just treat it like a real heavy 44 mag.

[crabo]

40 grains of 3031, WLR primer, a tuft of dacron, 420 grain boolit. 1500 fps out of a guide gun. Pleasant to shoot.

[pdawg_shooter]

From an old post of mine:

The next rifle is my “fun gun” It is a Marlin 1895G. This short, handy, thumper is just fun to shoot. It is stock except for a Lyman 66 rear sight. After five years of trying I have finally found THE load for it. Does everything I want done and is still shootable. I started with new Remington brass, annealed the first ¾ inch using the melted lead method, belled with a Lee expander and primed with CCI 200. The powder charge is 52gr AA 2495. I started with 48 and worked up with no signs of pressure. This is a compressed load, even using a 16 inch drop tube. The magic bullet is cast in a Lyman 451114 mould. The alloy is 17 parts pure lead, 2 ½ parts linotype, and ½ part tin. The bullet drops from the mould .451 and is ready for patching. I make my patches from 16lb green bar computer paper, cut 2.750 long on a 60* angle 1.500 high. I dip in water and wrap twice around the bullet. They are left to dry overnight, then lubed with BAC from White Label Lube. The next day the tails are clipped and the bullet is run through a .459 Lee sizing die. I seat them to an OCL of 2.580. These shoot clover leaf groups at 25 yards and into 1.75 at 100. This is with a Lyman 66 rear sight and factory front sight. Not bad for 57 year old eyes. Bullet performance on game is all one could ask for. I’ll not quit experimenting, but how does one improve on perfection? I have taken two deer, and half a dozen or so coyotes with this gun. Maybe someday I will have a chance to go hog hunting.

[44man]

Very fun caliber! Just about any powder will work and it only depends on how far you want to rock back on your heels! [smilie=l:
3031 is great, maybe the softest recoil of the slow powders. 4198 is good but seems to recoil more.
You will soon have a thousand loads. I don't have much for the rifle, I prefer my revolver but I use 4759 in it.
I still use BP in my rifle.
After reading Pdawg, I have to print out his stuff.

[btroj]

I use lots of 24 gr 2400 with no filler and a 420 gr cast plain base. Moves around 1300 fps. Shoots very well, recoil is very manageable.

Have shot same bullet using 46 or H322, shoots well but no longer fun to shoot.

That rifle will have many loads it likes, I just prefer to,burn less powder and endure less recoil.