45-70 Cast Bullet weight Advice & Light Loads

[W.R.Buchanan]

You can order boolits from Beartooth Bullets in any size you want. http://www.beartoothbullets.com/index.htm

For your .45-70 try 300 gr plain based boolits sized .459-.460. They come ready to load.

For those boolits ( Boolits are cast from lead, Bullets have Copper Jackets on them thus the different spelling)

Try 25 gr of XMR5744 powder. This will yield about 1200 fps which should produce a relatively light recoil.

Your gun is light and thus won't attenuate recoil very much. Having a decent Pachmayer Recoil Pad installed will help a lot.

Randy

[smokepolehall]

Had my 1st set back. The Lee hand loader i ordered was back ordered n shipping date of Sept. 25th, so i cancelled my order. I ordered a set of dies from Natchez, Redding, FL of which i will adjust to neck size. I received my 350gr cast boolits. I hope to work up some decent loads next week. All of my hunting is less than 100 yds for tick toters

[W.R.Buchanan]

please note: I manufacture the best Hand Press ever made, and they are in stock ready to ship.

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Randy