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Thread: 45-70 Trapdoor Springfield loads 5744 and card wad with filler

  1. 04-12-2015, 01:15 AM #1
    craig61a
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    45-70 Trapdoor Springfield loads 5744 and card wad with filler

    Ooops...
    Last edited by craig61a; 04-12-2015 at 01:53 AM.
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  2. 04-21-2015, 06:00 AM #2
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    Yes.,Why ooops?.
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  3. 04-22-2015, 08:50 PM #3
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    I dreamed about a Trapdoor Springfield last night..
    Never really though about owning one, but it must be in my subconscious mind.
    The dream was very vivid and real..
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  4. 04-22-2015, 10:17 PM #4
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    Not sure why Craig61a said "oops", but I can say that the first (and last) time I loaded 5744 with a wad in my Trapdoor, I got a ring in my chamber right at the base of the boolit... Now I'm looking at a new lining for my chamber... Not my favorite day of shooting...
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  5. 04-22-2015, 10:23 PM #5
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    Yes, a wad can do that. Especially when touching the powder. A shame.
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  6. 04-23-2015, 07:01 PM #6
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    The oops was because this ended up getting posted twice.
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  7. 04-24-2015, 11:04 AM #7
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    When you use any kind of wad and press it down on top of the powder it becomes the primary projectile and the bullet becomes a bore obstruction, when the primary projectile/wad hits the base of the bullet/bore obstruction it causes it to expand and ring the chamber right at the bullet base.
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  8. 04-25-2015, 07:40 AM #8
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    Is there a circumstance where a wad and/or filler would be necessary or beneficial with 5744 in the .45-70?
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  9. 04-25-2015, 05:26 PM #9
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    I have shot AA5744 in 38-55, 45-70, and 45-90 with out any fillers or wads.
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BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
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