Trail Boss fdor 45/70

[peter nap]

Has anyone used Trail Boss for their 45/70 Marlin.

Where did you find the data.

[Freebore]

This is a good question. Maybe it's been asked before? I dunno.

[BoolitBill]

I do. My guide gun likes a 405 grain boolit with 12 grains of Trail Boss. A nice light load my 14 y.o. son loves to shoot. Use the Trapdoor data on Hogdons Cartridge Data center.

http://data.hodgdon.com/cartridge_load.asp

[redgum]

Trailboss data listed in the "Single Action" section at the ADI website:

http://www.thalesgroup.com.au/handloaders-guide/index.asp

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r49/redgum94/TRAILBOSS_45_70.jpg

[Chuck 100 yd]

I have shot a bunch of Trail Boss in the .45-70 , .444 and the .50-95 Win.


.45-70 - 14.0 gr under 325-350 cast bullets is very accurate and soft shooting load of around 1150 fps and will cut nice bugholes with 5 rounds at 50yd. and would knock a deer on his butt.

.444- 13 gr. under RD 300 gr bullets are just super accurate ans soft shooting.

.50-95 Win. 14.0 gr TB under the 350gr.bullet gives 1125 or so and will shoot 3 into 3/4" almost anytime at 50yd. Also very soft recoiling. Any kid could shoot the above loads all day long.

Hope you have a good supply of lead on hand!
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c356/chuckleininger/IMG_1336.jpg
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Have fun!!