Is it just the chambers that are different?
Is it just the chamber dimensions that are different on a Sharps 45/70, 45/90, 45/110, 45/120, 45/140?????
Or are there differences in the reciever/barrel.....ie more of it/bigger/stronger steel used etc etc?
If the answer to the above is that it is just the chamber dimensions, it must mean that the 45/70's are well over engineered and that the bigger stuff gets progressively closer to their mechanical limits.
Anybody know the answer?
Safe shooting
Limey
Thanks for the feedback boys.
Currently our local range is only a 200 metre facility......plans are approved to extend it to 300 metres.....we are now working on getting the money together to fulfill the planning permission!
So, with only 200 metres to fly and only paper to 'kill' I am not looking for any more power and in fact I have been down loading my 45/70 for over a year successfully now........I use cotton wool as my free space filler.......works a treat and the load is accurate......and much cheaper!....my question was just me wondering if the really long rounds needed any more gun to keep it all in safe and sound.
I use a filled and levelled Lee 3.1cc dipper to add the European made Nobel 2F B/P and one of those make-up removing cotton wool balls that women use....(these average out at 10 grains in weight)...... I buy a large bag these from the local super market for not a lot. I cast my own bullets from straight WW that are water quenched using a Lee 420 grain hollow base mould, sized to .459, lubed with homemade slippy stuff based around bee's wax and the overall cartridge length is 69mm so the bullet is just a gnats todger short of just touching the rifling.
I also use the same space filling technique and materials to make up smokeless rounds that replicate the same tragectory as my standard B/P load.
Safe shooting
Limey