russ4570
07-22-2020, 03:04 AM
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Evening Gents
a Close friend just acquired the Accurate Mould 46-555VG as pictured. and I must say it casts a beautiful bullet.
He intends to hunt with it and wants a load that can maximize the potential of the bullet and Marlin 1895 rifle
Here is the question.
Given the immense size of the pill there is not alot of case capacity left when loaded to the crimp grove for the Marlin 1895 (also his new gun). Whilst I have extensive reloading experience and many years with the 45/70 I just wanted to see if any others have used this Pill in Smokless loads.
Where you started and maybe the velocities you ended up with when you finished your development.
Did you start with a faster powder (4198 or similar) or slow for caliber powder (4895 or similar)? Did you run into any issues with either?
I know some people get finicky about sharing load data so I'm not asking for anything other than a safe starting load with this enormous bullet. We will safely work up using all necessary precautions.
By my measurement there is only Approx 1.050 inches of powder capacity left in a full 2.100 case. I had a friend run some data through Quick load but it he doesnt really understand Cast bullets and 45/70's that much.
Thats not much and I can see we may run out of capacity long before we gain satisfactory velocity (maybe 1400-1500.)
So over to you, please let me know you thoughts on starting out with this beast to get the best out of it.
Regards Russ4570
Evening Gents
a Close friend just acquired the Accurate Mould 46-555VG as pictured. and I must say it casts a beautiful bullet.
He intends to hunt with it and wants a load that can maximize the potential of the bullet and Marlin 1895 rifle
Here is the question.
Given the immense size of the pill there is not alot of case capacity left when loaded to the crimp grove for the Marlin 1895 (also his new gun). Whilst I have extensive reloading experience and many years with the 45/70 I just wanted to see if any others have used this Pill in Smokless loads.
Where you started and maybe the velocities you ended up with when you finished your development.
Did you start with a faster powder (4198 or similar) or slow for caliber powder (4895 or similar)? Did you run into any issues with either?
I know some people get finicky about sharing load data so I'm not asking for anything other than a safe starting load with this enormous bullet. We will safely work up using all necessary precautions.
By my measurement there is only Approx 1.050 inches of powder capacity left in a full 2.100 case. I had a friend run some data through Quick load but it he doesnt really understand Cast bullets and 45/70's that much.
Thats not much and I can see we may run out of capacity long before we gain satisfactory velocity (maybe 1400-1500.)
So over to you, please let me know you thoughts on starting out with this beast to get the best out of it.
Regards Russ4570