I'm no expert on factory ammo, a lot of my guns have never ate anything but home
made. I have loaded 45/70 for many years, mostly cast for vintage guns. I ended up
with a couple boxes of 1st fire Hornady brass from their flex tip line. I am aware it is
a little shorter than spec. A buddy of mine says you can only reload them with these
bullets. I say he is full of it. I say they short stroked them for OAL of their bullets, and
that is only reason. Therefore I see no reason you can't reload them with any bullet
you want. This would not work out if you were loading a Hornady flex tip in a standard case, AOL might be excessive for lever actions. Am I right on this or is there
something I missed?