Has anyone tried PP the Lyman 439186 370 gr. bullet up tp .458-460 diameter for use in a 45/70 ? Have a Ruger number 1 in 45/70 and was wondering if it might work.
Has anyone tried PP the Lyman 439186 370 gr. bullet up tp .458-460 diameter for use in a 45/70 ? Have a Ruger number 1 in 45/70 and was wondering if it might work.
I have taken that bullet up to .447 to use in a .43 Mauser, but never thought about going any bigger. I won't cost much to find out, just two more wraps of paper! Perhaps you could wet wrap the first patch then when dry add a second dry patch to bring it too .460? There is a thread by HABCAN about patching a 309 up to 338 that is very interesting, so I'll be watching that one also. Let us know how it works for you.
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 |