lawboy
12-04-2006, 12:21 AM
Hi,all. Lately I've been enjoying lobbing 517-grain cast lead boolits at the steel gong with my Marlin 1895 Cowboy with receiver sight added. I'd worked out a very easy shooting load using 25 grains of Re7. Well, damn if I didn't use up all the Re7! BUT, a look in the cabinet revealed:
WW 748 Ball powder (1lb), WW 760 ball powder (1lb), IMR 4198 (1/4lb) and Accurate No.7 (1lb).
Anyone used any of these powders in the 45-70 for reduced loads?
I am seating these long boolits to standard SAAMI OAL to function in the 1895 so they are seated very deeply, ie., not a lot of excess powder space when using light loads, which is a good thing, I think. I am looking for some direction here before I start working up from the bottom with the ball powders first. Regards.
WW 748 Ball powder (1lb), WW 760 ball powder (1lb), IMR 4198 (1/4lb) and Accurate No.7 (1lb).
Anyone used any of these powders in the 45-70 for reduced loads?
I am seating these long boolits to standard SAAMI OAL to function in the 1895 so they are seated very deeply, ie., not a lot of excess powder space when using light loads, which is a good thing, I think. I am looking for some direction here before I start working up from the bottom with the ball powders first. Regards.