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My nephew recently purchased a rifle in ,45-60 caliber. He is looking for a source of brass with the proper rim thickness. While .45-70 brass can be used the rim is just a little bit to thick. Closing the bolt is difficult. Is there an inexpensive source for correct brass out there some where? What is the source. He wanted a unique rifle for his cowboy shooting activities and he got one. The problem now is feeding it. Thanks for any help you can give.
Tom
Properly headstamped brass in .45-60 Winchester is available from Quality Cartridge: http://www.qual-cart.com/exotic.htm
Scroll down to near the bottom of the page and you'll see it listed. Midway is selling some of their products, but I don't know if they're carrying that specific one.
Hope this helps.
Fred
Greetings
You might try a piece of cut down 45-70 as it may chamber.
My old Win 1876 does nicely with it.
Buffalo Arms has that brass. It is a little pricey no matter who you get it from. They have excellent customer service and could answer any questions you have on the dimensions of the brass. www.buffaloarms.comQuote:
Originally Posted by Tom308
According to Midway USA's website they no longer handle .45-60 brass.
I read somewhere that Starline was making .45-60 brass now, but can not confirm that looking through their website.
I had my Uberti 45 Colt highwall rechambered to 45-60 using cases with minimum headspace based on the Winchester 45-70 cases I had. Later, some lots of 45-70 cases were tight for rim thickness, some were not. Remington 45-70s usually work ok when shortened except for the odd case in my chamber.
BvT
I noticed the Remington cases have a thinner rim. I'll shoot a few of them next outing and save the cases for him to try. If these rims are acceptable all I'll need will be a case trimmer and he can start reloading. I just hope the Remington brass works. I have mostly WW and Rem. there are a few Federal cases as well. Whether it works or not. Thanks for ALL the good advise. It really helps.
Tom
You can always thin the rim a bit.
Just get you a file that has one side smooth so it does not cut, then spin the case and take a tiny bit off, just make sure you take it off the front side of the rim.
Michael Grace
Another option is to deepen the chamber for the thicker rims. I can't imagine you will need more than a couple thousandths removed from the rim cut and then any 45-70 brass would be usable.