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    Quote Originally Posted by Hamish View Post
    Fill the throat. Load the largest bullet you can chamber. I'd start with .460

    You're going to be very unhappy trying to PC pulled, lubricated bullets.
    Yes about powder coating the pulled bullets... now that I have found them to be 20 BHN I don't want to reuse them. From what people say, that hard lead tends to gas cut more easily. I think I will try to find someone to sell me some hand cast 12 bhn bullets for it. But I haven't decided what weight of bullet to go with yet.

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    If you know the diameter and weight you want I have over 100# of 45-70 boolits cast and powder-coated.

    Some people were having problems with accuracy with their 45-70 and wanted me to cast very specific weight boolits for them (that's why I have 100# of boolits the heavier the boolit the wider the range of weights I get )
    I have:
    457-340-F 2 LEE,
    45-385 F 1 OHAUS
    457-405-F 2 LEE
    .457 489 Gr RN 1 LYMAN
    459-500-3R 2 LEE

    PM me if you're interested in any of them

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    Quote Originally Posted by Conditor22 View Post
    If you know the diameter and weight you want I have over 100# of 45-70 boolits cast and powder-coated.

    Some people were having problems with accuracy with their 45-70 and wanted me to cast very specific weight boolits for them (that's why I have 100# of boolits the heavier the boolit the wider the range of weights I get )
    I have:
    457-340-F 2 LEE,
    45-385 F 1 OHAUS
    457-405-F 2 LEE
    .457 489 Gr RN 1 LYMAN
    459-500-3R 2 LEE

    PM me if you're interested in any of them
    I don't seem to be able to send pm's? hans.pcguy@gmail.com
    I figured it out...mail box was full....sorry.
    Last edited by Traffer; 06-23-2019 at 09:26 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Traffer View Post
    OK, just measured a pulled bullet with micrometer. .4588" and tested hardness with pencils...20 BHN. These are the same bullets that leaded up the barrel. I don't think a .4588" bullet in a .458" bore is too bad of a fit. BUT from what I have heard hard lead (20 BHN ) will gas cut at higher velocities. He was running these at about 1650 FPS. Single lube groove Flat round nose. So...I can powder coat and size them down to .459" or .460. I don't think that I should go over .460" for a .458" bore though. Going to try and make a sizing die at .4595" Does that sound logical? or is 20 bhn just too hard for this gun.
    459 works in mine,and 460 does too ,hardness is BHN 14/15 and both PB and GC every thing 15-1600 fps

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edward View Post
    459 works in mine,and 460 does too ,hardness is BHN 14/15 and both PB and GC every thing 15-1600 fps
    I don't have gas checks ...Planning on running about 1200 fps to 1400 fps. Do you think that I could get away with 14/15 bhn Powder Coated? I have those 20 bhn's that I could bump up to 460 with powder coat. Do you think the would work?

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    I shoot the same gun except 26" bbl, scoped. My favorite load is 405 gr cast sized .460 over 36.0 gr IMR 3031. Middle power load in the trapdoor load book. Groups great, plenty of power to kill anything in North America. Wallacem in Ga

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    I'd let my brother-in-law shoot them.

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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