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Thanks everyone for your advice. I think this year I'll stick with the 45-70 Marlin and buy a new mold with a more suitable bullet profile for next year.

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Elk season is upon us now and I am thinking of hunting with my C Sharps 1875 .45-70. The only bullet mold I have is a Lyman 457125 405 gr. Roundnose design. I would load it over a...

I'm loading for a .40-65 RB and its going well. The part I hate is lubing the bullets. I came up with this concoction that I read somewhere on some forum: equal measures bees wax, olive oil and...

Thanks everyone for your replies. Your knowledge and experience have given me confidence in those old rifles. I'll post pictures when I go ahead with the sale.

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I'm looking at buying a Remington Rolling Block rifle in .45-70. It is a Number 1 receiver with a last patent date on the tang of 1874, which to my understanding dates it from...

Thank you everyone for the advice. I've been using an RCBS 3 die set for my .45-70 loading. So I'm not sure if its an expanding die or flaring die. I have tried removing the decapper pin off the...

Reloading .45-70 with 405 grain lead bullet over FFG. After doing all the other necessary stuff I belled the case mouth. The bullets fit in nicely by hand but when I went to test chamber my dummy...

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Just picked up a next to new C Sharps 1875. This will be my new elk rifle. Wondering which mold would produce a 400-500 grain bullet with a nice flat meplat in .45-70. Blackpowder load.
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I just wave my open mold in front of my burner for a few minutes. it seems to work.

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I have a Pedersoli 1859 Sharps in .54 cal and I'm thinking about getting a Pedersoli Sharps in .45-70. I would mostly use it for elk hunting out here in Colorado and would like...

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I'm new also. I second Trey 45: a good outdoors area with a sturdy workbench is essential.

Thanks everybody for your suggestions I will give them a try and stay away from the pipe wrench.

Hello everbody,
I have a Pedersoli 1859 infantry paper cartridge Sharps rifle. Real beautiful rifle.
Anyway I picked it up used for a good price. So who knows how it was maintained in the past....

Hello all, I have been lurking here for a while and decided to jump in. My question: I just casted my first bullets. 54 cal Pedersoli mold , 504 g conical using 30:1 lead
The bullets are coming out...