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My best luck has been with the 40-82 and the 45-90.

I built my "Hawken" back in 1970 from a set of blueprints that were made off an original in the Kansas state museum for 10 bucks. It is a .54 caliber and the barrel is 34 inches and 1 1/8" across...

I use and have for 40years--58 grains of 3031 under a 300 grain jacketed hollow point in my '86.

45-90

My cousin has my old Sharps and it is a 45-90. We-I load it with a paper-patched 550 grain bullet that is pure lead. It has made meat on several occasions. Not a bad load to use. Paper-patching...

It is worth the effort but the dividends are great. I went the same route with our 45-90 but that was back in the early '60's when I got that rifle. Since then it has done very good on game. 58...

Yep! I know what you mean. My oldest boy got his first moose with his 40-82. He shot that bull in the chest and when we dressed it out we found the expanded slug about 20 inches down in the...

One thing that I found in my doings with this caliber was that it is very sensitive to bullet length with that slow twist. If a person wants to use a heavy bullet then it can tumble on you. I used...

The Model 71 custom uses a 0.403 bullet and the other two use 0.408 bullets. My oldest boy who is up in Alaska has a 40-82 that uses 0.408 bullets that are paper patched up to 0.410. Seem to work...

Now here is another one for you folks. I got three 40-82's. One I built up to use for some long range playing and it is on a Remington Rolling Block action and built to look like a "Gemmer Hawken"...

Thanks. I did go to that "Castpics" site and there are a couple of loads that I might try. Again, thanks for the info.

I totally agree with you. I don't load my loads way up there but rather like to try for that "One Hole" group and that is NOT with any "hot" loads. I do h ave good results with that load of 4831 but...

I got two molds. One by Rapine and the other one is a gas check by RCBS. The one load that I have that does work is using the old style 4831. I got a bunch of it back in the early 60's. I use 53...

Thanks for the information.

I got some loads that I have worked up for this rifle which is a "Takedown" circa 1910. It is a good little rifle and in about NRA 90% condition. Was a Game Warden's rifle out of Anaconda, MT and I...