slugged my 45-70

[waynem34]

My 45-70 slugged out to .457 and the bullets I have on hand are .459 and a very hard commercial cast alloy.Should I leave them .459 or size them to .458?They will be use in a New England SB2 Handi rifle.I'm not sure of the twist rate.I'm kind of stumped on this one,so all help is greatly appreciated.

[No_1]

If a dummy round will chamber, I would try them as they are.

[white eagle]

Agreed they will probably shoot fine as is
no need to worry

[runfiverun]

with that rifle i'd think you have what you need in diameter.
especially at that hardness.
the alloy is most likely 2/6/92 and a bhn of 15-16.

[MtGun44]

Another vote for 'shoot them and see' - if you can chamber them.

Bill

[00buck]

Shoot em.. see how they fly

They will size when you pull the trigger.

[waynem34]

Ok I'm going to shoot as is.I did get carried away and down sized 15 to .458 and loaded them over 10 gn unique.I have a star that I just got and it came with a .458 die and could not stop myself.I will prolly pull them and cull the smaller boolits.It sure was fun useing the star for the first time:grin:.Live and learn.:wink:

[HangFireW8]

Ok I'm going to shoot as is.I did get carried away and down sized 15 to .458 and loaded them over 10 gn unique.I have a star that I just got and it came with a .458 die and could not stop myself.I will prolly pull them and cull the smaller boolits.It sure was fun useing the star for the first time:grin:.Live and learn.:wink:

Nah just shoot them too....

HF

[runfiverun]

yep, give them a try too.