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Thread: Your Favorite 45-70 Load

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    with black powder and lead/tin boolits, the load data depends on many factors starting and ending with the rifle, and nothing about anyone else's load will or should matter.

    my current main rifle load (pedi rolling block) is a 459525m3 523 grain boolit that's gato dip lubed, 66.20 grains of swiss 1-1/2, one .025" milk carton wad, two .002" news wads, ,035" compression (with milk wad), fed 210 primer, thumbed-in boollit (zero neck tension of a fire formed case). but that shouldn't matter much to anyone but my rifle and me.

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    Gents, I have a 22" barrel 1895 and a bunch of Lee 457-340-RF cast up. I would like to get a consistent 1500 fps and decent accuracy. Powders I have include SR4759, Reloader 7, Hodgdon 4198, IMR 8208XBR, and IMR 4895. Any suggested loads out there?
    Currently casting and loading: .32 Auto, .380 Auto, .38 Special, 9X19, .357 Magnum, .257 Roberts, 6.5 Creedmoor, .30 WCF, .308 WCF, .45-70.

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    Post your favorite 45-70 load!
    !4 out of 25 bullets in the ragged hole ... 70gr Goex Ctg - Lyman 457132, COWW + 0.5% Tin - Br 2 primer & 1/8"felt wad

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    Regards
    John

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check