45-70 Cast Boolit

[6pt-sika]

My choice would be in the following order ;

Ranch Dog 460-350GC
Ranch Dog 460-425GC
BRP 462-465GC
Ranch Dog 460-300GC
Ballisti-Cast 462-550GC

But since I have all of the above I don't need to choose

[Westwindmike]

I shoot the Lee 340 and it drops out of my mold at .459-460 with wheel weights. Plenty big for my Marlin.

[hicard]

I like both the Lyman 340 gr hp (Gould) and the RD 350 in my Marlins.

[TJF1]

Rd-350 in 5 dif. 45/70

[DLCTEX]

I cast and shoot RD 460-350, RD 460-420, and Lee 459-350. Best for me is the RD 460-350, but the others work well too. Prefer them over IMR SR 4759 powder.

[Al_sway]

My bullet of choice for deer hunting and paper is the Lee 405 grain HP. It is accurate and feeds well in my Marlin.

[zuke]

NOE 330 HP PP.
I cast up a 50 cal can last summer!

[pistolman44]

Those are some good look"n Boolits you have there. What type of lube you use and what size do you size them?

[monge]

WoW thats alot of pretty boolits make me happy just looking at them , Makes me want to cast?

[zuke]

I size them to 451 then paper patch them back up to 458/459

[Snapping Twig]

NOE 460350 & NOE 460420 for me.

I admit, I couldn't decide.

For each bullet I load a trapdoor and a modern Marlin load. 1400fps for the trapdoor and 1800fps for the Marlin load. I shoot them all in an 1895 GBL.

In either case, the trapdoor load is smooth and easy, the Marlin load is... stout.

I figure the 350 is slightly easier for the general duty load either light or HV version and probably best for deer.

The 420, well, that's a can of whoopa$$.

Good luck with your search.

[WinMike]

OK, I'll admit it....I'm lazy. I sold my Lee 45-70 die many years ago, then a couple of years ago, bought a Marlin guide gun. Was trying to decide if I should cast new bullets, but when I saw Oregon Trail's 430 gr. True Shot FN GC, I had to try them.

Holy cow (or dead buffalo, bear, whatever). Big medicine. I do believe they would knock down just about anything.

http://www.laser-cast.com/trueshot.html