Hello all,
I have long liked the idea of a T/C Encore carbine in a 16" barrel, to lob heavy chunks of lead, under the speed of sound, through a can, but have always put it off as something to do later. I was perusing YouTube yesterday and came across a few of FullLeadTaco's videos. The videos of casting, powder coating, and loading 45-70 and 458 SOCOM ammo were very enjoyable, and reignited the desire. I have never done any casting or reloading, but am interested in getting into it.
I came here looking for advice on caliber, barrel makers and twist rates, and suppressors to consider for this project. I would mostly be shooting at targets, but would like deer/pig hunting to be a viable option.
45-70 seems like a good starting point. Something like a 405 Win or 375 Win could be an interesting idea, but I am guessing there is not nearly as much info for subsonic loads as there are for 45-70. Another thing I saw recently was a 44 magnum load by IQ munitions shooting a 400 grain bullet at 1000fps. So the 44 mag is capable of lobbing a nice chunk of lead, and it would have the added bonus of being able to find normal ammo much easier than 45-70 (in normal circumstances at least). But I am guessing there are not many molds to be found for the 44 mag around that weight of bullet.
I guess that is a lot already, no sense in writing a novel for my first post.
Regards,
pg