huntincowboy
11-15-2014, 05:48 PM
Hey everyone, I've been busy all year and haven't gotten my deer season reloads started :shock: I went ahead and ordered the bullets here (http://www.midwayusa.com/product/1988712697/cast-performance-bullets-45-caliber-459-diameter-420-grain-lead-flat-nose-gas-check?cm_vc=ProductFinding) since I won't have time to cast my own this fall. I swore I had seen a load using Varget in one of my manuals, but when everything came in, I didn't find a single load for 420 gr period in any of my manuals, including the Lyman Cast Handbook. I'm wondering if anybody has any data for this bullet with Varget in a Marlin 1895.
The Lyman Cast bullet handbook has a starting charge of Varget for the Lee 450 gr bullet at 43.2 grains (for Springfield type rifles). I'm thinking about starting there if no one has any info to share, would this be sound logic, that any load for the heavier bullet would also be safe for a lighter bullet if they are both lead and not a powder that shouldn't be reduced?
The Lyman Cast bullet handbook has a starting charge of Varget for the Lee 450 gr bullet at 43.2 grains (for Springfield type rifles). I'm thinking about starting there if no one has any info to share, would this be sound logic, that any load for the heavier bullet would also be safe for a lighter bullet if they are both lead and not a powder that shouldn't be reduced?