45/70 again

[starmac]

Two or three years ago I bought 6 or 8 hundred 350 grain berrys bullets from a member here and have not done anything with them yet.
I am thinking I should start running them through a couple of Marlins before they go bad.

Where would you start, think easy on the shoulder plinking loads that would be capable of taking a black bear if one happened to get in the way?
The box says to limit velocity to 1700 fps, but I don't think they need pushed that fast.

[thegatman]

It is possible with trailboss

[Scharfschuetze]

With 350 grain Hornady jacketed bullets from a Marlin 1985, my best loads were right at 1,500 fps with IMR 3031 powder. Remarkable accuracy with the Hornady brand and great ballistic uniformity with the IMR 3031 powder.

[starmac]

I do have 3031 among others. I do not have trailboss, and not a lot of unique.
I do have quite a bit of 4759, 2400, red dot even a few pounds of 4198.

[NSB]

I shoot all my 45-70 bullets at around 1400fps regardless of the weight. I simply like to shoot the gun without getting a beating in the process. There are a lot of good powders to get velocities in the range of 1300-1500fps and get very good accuracy while you're doing it. You're sitting on two of them right now, the 4759 and 2400. I use 2400 a lot and it gives outstanding accuracy in all of my guns in that caliber.