I hate you all

[Retumbo]

Now look what you have made me do!!!

Picking up my 45/70 tomorrow. So you know what that means. 《sigh》

Now I have to get dies and now I'll have to get a mold or two.

It also means I have to step up my lead finding.

I really do hate all of you.

Why did you guys make this casting/reloading thing so easy for me to learn.

:(

[Bookworm]

You're welcome. :drinks:

[tazman]

Another one bites the dust, or in this case, the boolit.[smilie=w::Fire:

[Smoke4320]

I am more than willing to help a future addict out. Just box up the 45-70 and ship it to me. You will feel better in a few days :) :)

[Joby]

And once you have the dies
And molds, then I just makes sense to get another piece in 45/70.

[Victor N TN]

Congratulations...!

[Finster101]

It's definitely a love, hate relationship.

[buckshotshoey]

And now we will perform more of our voodoo on you. You will have the unbreakable urge to make your own boolit lube! :evil:

[Gtek]

Oh yea! Wait till you have a couple molds and one or two do not work so well in your now rifle, then you will go buy another rifle to try those boolits in.
Bwahahaha, Bwahahaha!

[country gent]

Wait wait wait. 45-70 rifle is a pretty generic term there. What rifle????? Then after the rifle dies moulds and sizers comes what powder smokeless of BP, what lube, what load level ( there are 3 for the 45-70). Start reading up on the data from several manuals and go from there

[lwknight]

Ahh, another satisfied customer.

[ascast]

ha ha

[randyrat]

45-70 you better hop up the lead search and get ready for some fun. Great thing is the 45-70 is a meat gatherer even at 11,00 ft/sec

[trails4u]

Yeah.......I get ya. Since being blessed by the fine folks of this forum, I've had a 43 Spanish Roller, a 45-70 Trapdoor, and a 43 Spanish Peabody Military Rifle somehow follow me home. You can't fathom the confused state I exist in everytime I sit at my bench. .439 for the Roller....... .448 for the Peabody, and yeah, THEN a Trapdoor.

I'm with you. Damn you all!!!!!

[Retumbo]

Wait wait wait. 45-70 rifle is a pretty generic term there. What rifle????? Then after the rifle dies moulds and sizers comes what powder smokeless of BP, what lube, what load level ( there are 3 for the 45-70). Start reading up on the data from several manuals and go from there

Marlin GBL

I really hate it when you buy a gun just so you can reload something different.

This is the first caliber I own > .308 :)

https://image.sportsmansguide.com/adimgs/l/6/634509_ts.jpg

[rick benjamin]

I confess, I revel in your angst.
Still, you have a long way to even try to catch-up

[Retumbo]

And now we will perform more of our voodoo on you. You will have the unbreakable urge to make your own boolit lube! :evil:

Had the urge just not the time.

Deer tallow waiting in fridge ;)

[pworley1]

It is just a vicious cycle.

[thegatman]

Your going to love it.

[Tom W.]

Those boolits that start with a 4 use a lot of lead..... time to start scrounging if you haven't already!

[wistlepig1]

Just think of all the money you will save by casting your own. HaHaHa

[kungfustyle]

only thing that suck about a 45-70 is every time you shoot you could have shot a 30 cal three times. Lead goes fast. Just for fun you should get a 223 and start casting for that. An hour and a half later you could fit all the leads into a coffee mug.

[samari46]

Prepare to be assimilated. All kidding aside cast boolits is like a slippery slope. Once you get started it's all downhill. And welcome to the club. Frank

[Digital Dan]

5 starters are worse, trust me on that.

[bigolsmokebomb]

I know the pain (who am I kidding I love it) I just built a 300blk AR and I reload pretty much everything I shoot. only cast for 2 calibers right now and my lead pile is already getting too small.

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[woodbutcher]

:grin: Ohhhhhhhhh Myyyyyyyyyyyyyy.NOW you`ve done it.
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

[murf205]

Now look what you have made me do!!!

Picking up my 45/70 tomorrow. So you know what that means. 《sigh》

Now I have to get dies and now I'll have to get a mold or two.

It also means I have to step up my lead finding.

I really do hate all of you.

Why did you guys make this casting/reloading thing so easy for me to learn.

:(

OH we're not done with you yet. Wait till you start powder coating those newly cast boolits, with every color in the rainbow---and the custom made sizer dies.

[triggerhappy243]

if it makes you feel any better, i have a brand new 45-70 die set I can spare. Now , see you did not even have to start searching for em..... they just jumped out of the bushes

[Motor]

I actually just recently started to cast for my 45-70. I also powder coat so I wanted a non-gas check design. The idea was to make a load that kicked less than a top end 300gr JHP (this is a Marlin 1895) but still had some punch.

The Lee 340gr got good reviews so I bought that mould. I couldn't be happier. Since it's heavier and slower it actually shoots the same POI at 50 yards as the 300gr JHP. Accuracy is all anyone could ask for.

The powder coating prevents base edge pressure cutting which is important because this is a ported model Guide Gun.

This is a light load at about 1450 fps but light only to what the Marlin is capable of. It's perfect for what I wanted it for. Besides 340gr flat nose at 1450 fps is going to put some serious hurt on deer or whatever in that size range.

Motor

[barrabruce]

For best results you will also require a paper patch mould and then there is the paper selection/collecting to deal with as well.
Then black and smokeless powders.
Not much info on the 45/70 and proven methods over the years.
HaaaHaaHa
Man is your lead pile gunna shrink real fast.

[trapper9260]

Welcome to the fun. It looks like you still new at this.In time you will move to something else to add to it all like other stated.

[HanaHH]

Congratulations :D

[Digital Dan]

only thing that suck about a 45-70 is every time you shoot you could have shot a 30 cal three times. Lead goes fast. Just for fun you should get a 223 and start casting for that. An hour and a half later you could fit all the leads into a coffee mug.

I object to those thoughts.
1) If you shoot something with a .45-70 you won't need to shoot it three times with a .30 caliber something or other.
2) .45-70 lead doesn't really go all that fast. Ballpark 1100-1300 fps if you use Lord Black instead of that passing fad called smokeless.
3) There is no rational reason to cast .22 bullets if you have a .45-70. No need to shoot something over and over again with a .22 when one shot from a .45-70 will solve the problem, be it gophers in the back yard or indians on a distant hill. Or buffalo. Whatever.
4) Why spend an hour and a half trying to fill a coffee cup when it can be done in 4-5 minutes?

[Motor]

Talk about watching your lead pile shrink. Try feeding a 45-70 and a 500 S&W !!!!:groner:

Motor

[3leggedturtle]

But think how much you'll be saving by reloading for it. Hard to go wrong with 45/70 tho.. Todd/3leg

[swamp]

I am trying to resist a #1 in 7x57 for the same readon. It is the cost of setting up for a new caliber. So far so good. But I am weakening.
swamp

[SSGOldfart]

There is only one thing you can do.buy a T C Contender or Encore,then rebuild your bench your going need more space for all the barrels you'll have to have.

[JMax]

I maxed bench space w/2 Dillon 550s, eight Dillon tool heads with powder measures, a Redding T7 with three tool heads, a one ton press for making gas checks and about 2 feet of bench space left over. I got a rock docker from PatMarlins and have 3 lube sizers and my Lyman case trimmer with enough room for a small power drill to trim lots of 5.56 brass. Now with rock docker plates I can add additional tools in my last two feet of bench space.

[Anschutz]

I am trying to resist a #1 in 7x57 for the same readon. It is the cost of setting up for a new caliber. So far so good. But I am weakening.
swampPlease don't send me your lead on that #1 or I'll have an ex-wife.

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[Tom W.]

How badly do you want a #1B?

[Jack Stanley]

You guys should work your spells on the locals at the gun show here . It seems they want someone to pay them to take a 45/70 :roll: The dies , mold and brass was easy enough to sell though so I know the shooters are there .

Congrats on your new rifle and lead quest .

Jack

[swheeler]

All at Castboolits like to spread the love, enjoy!:drinks:

[rintinglen]

Thanks to Obama and Pelosi, I now cast for every gun I own except the 22's and a 25. If I shot the 25 much, I'd probably be loading and casting for that. On the plus side, I don't have money for drugs and booze any more.

[brass410]

na na de boo boo . I'll rub a535 on my shoulder for you. your gonna love that thing like its a mistress only a lot cheaper in the long run

[Digital Dan]

I guess I shouldn't say anything about my .50 bullet gun with the hammer swage die that's for sale.

https://i.imgur.com/SFQITT8.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Td0SA47.jpg

Best I could do in a 20 MPH crosswind. 100 yards. Think 1850 build date.

https://i.imgur.com/GlVyt4B.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/tHD9Ibm.jpg

[largom]

What? Only one 45-70?

[Retumbo]

What? Only one 45-70?

Everyone's got to start somewhere ;)