BFR 45-70, strange gun!

[44man]

I shot 250 to 300 cast boolits from my revolver and found I had a bunch of Hornady 300 gr hollow points left in the box. I figured to work loads with 4759 to see what they would do so I cleaned the revolver first. I did not find a single speck of lead in the bore.
I loaded the jacketed--spit, spit and found groups tightening, then opening slowly as usual and 32.5 Gr's gave me a 9/16" 50 yd group. The other loads were not bad, just a little larger with each decrease or increase around 32.5. I didn't have the chrono but estimate around 1650 to 1700 fps.
Now the strange part. I gave it a quick cleaning with Hoppe's Elite to remove the carbon. I then soaked the bore with Sweet's for 20 minutes to get out the copper. A patch came out pure white, zero copper and I can't see any in the bore. I have never had ANY gun do this. I shot about 40 of the condom bullets without a trace of copper.
The Hoppe's Elite works OK but I think M-Pro 7 cuts the carbon faster. I only soaked the bore for a minute though.
By the way, I used Federal LP magnum primers.

[357maximum]

Must be all them antimony rich hard alloy cast boolits polished her up so well that copper cannot gain a foothold...

nice shooting by the way...that sure is one beast of a revolver...they say BFR stands for big fine revolver, but we all know what the middle word is.....

[Four Fingers of Death]

yeah I thought that they were Big, F word, and Ridiculous, but look at one up close and see how you react! They look neat. I'm torn between a 30-30 and a 45/70.

[357maximum]

yeah I thought that they were Big, F word, and Ridiculous, but look at one up close and see how you react! They look neat. I'm torn between a 30-30 and a 45/70.

Oh, I know how I reacted...I wanted one...still do...of course I basically want one of everything...whatcha gonna do?

[44man]

Yup, same here. I had to sell silhouette guns to get my BFR's. If I had the money, I would buy one of each that they make.
I have yet to see a Feedom gun shoot 50 yd groups as good as I get. Funny thing is that I have done it with several Rugers too.

[Bubba w/a 45/70]

A friend has a BFR in 45/70 also, and he loves it. For us it is mostly a toy, not something that we shoot too seriously. But the looks on the peoples faces when they first see it, and then see it being shot....priceless!!

What that gun gets used mostly for is to rid us of screwup loads....anything from 300grainers on up to 550s. And it doesn't really matter too much to the gun, or the accustomed shooter when the lead gets heavier.

[44man]

This gun is nothing but FUN! I have shot it at 500 meters better then my BPCR by far. I have gotten groups that far that make a lot of rifles look sick. It is tricky to load for but is super accurate with the right powder===4759!

[Four Fingers of Death]

I really fancy a 444! A 38/55 would be neat as well!