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Are some of you confusing bumblebees with carpenter bees?

43 Spanish by Jameson has too thick rim for my Shiloh 44-77

Brass or steel receiver?

If you think you need more horsepower use a paper patch bullet seated out in the 50-70 That way you can stuff nearly 75 gr of powder in a modern case. I promise thats all you need. Secondly,...

It ain't rocket science! For ML use volume. For cartridge guns figure out the amount that fills the case to the base of the bullet, factor in your wad column and compression , if any. Then weight...

Don't waste ammo on male cowbirds! Take out the females!

Remington way back when put the hurt on the 40-70 as a bit light for Buffalo. All they had to do was up the bullet weight from 330 to 370. Worked for the 40-90/

Somewhere on a range up north they are going to wonder why all those careless weeds (Amaranth) appeared after Val showed up to shoot.

I imagine 12.17 is the bore diameter. Europeans tend to measure their rifles that way....Americans began using groove diameter about 1873 or so .

I'm with Don......somebody went wild with a reamer.

What NoBade said.

You could always dry brush the chamber to help in loading another round. Speaking of, if you shoot wet I'd think you'd at least want to dry that chamber.

Purported to slick barrels up and reduce leading/ copper fouling in needle blowers. I have a few SSR that aren't exactly pristine....salt and pepper pitting that are hard to clean sometimes after a...

Seems like John Boy did some testing on this very subject.

24 grains of that powder get you blackpowder velocities. 47 gr is in the realm of stout upper end Ruger #1 loads I'm thinking. Not even close to what Bodine used.

Get the 40/70 SBN! It got a bad rep from Remington as a buffalo killer despite a lot of peop using it. If it had more offerings using a heavier 370 gr bullet like its big brother then i suspect we...

Sorry you had a bad experience. Check your spam folders for messages. Anyway, John Walters is one of the best ive ever known....cant imagine whats happened

For those that wish for original rollers in 44-77. It just about has to be in the Sporting model. If its military its going to be something else. There are a few rare military trial types around...

In BPCR we use paper patch bullets patched to bore diameter. I was under the impression that for smokeless powder they were patched to groove.

Magnum or standard primer? Shootem and let the target tell you which one.

What Kootne said. 45ish is exactly what it should be for most originals. In those days before smokeless powder Remington referred to their calibers in terms of bore diameter and not groove. So...

Have never seen a C Sharps equal to the fit and finish of a Shiloh when all options are equal. My last was a C Sharps and there won't be anymore.

Perfectly normal! See, there were/aren't any SAAMI standards for this ole hoss. Besides that, Remington and Sharps chambers were different enough that the shoulder was necessarily set back on new...

I bet that load gets your attention. I loaded 85 gr behind a 520 ppb and it sure got mine even in a 12 lb gun.

Whole lot rather have quail than blue jays.