500 grain 45/70

[windwalker]

I have been helping a friend get started with loading for a 45/70. He has a H&R and a new bullet mold for 500 grains. Big bullet. Problem is we can't find any data for smokeless powder and this big bullet. Any help out there. Thanks.

good shooting

i use 39 grn of adi 2207 which is h4198 with a lee cast 500 3r w pill that load gives me in my buffalo classic 1525 fps,i have droped camels at 500 yards with that load the bullet is a 20 to 1 lead tin mix i also fit a gas check to the bullet it comes out at 515grn and gives a me of 2660.1298 fpe,it is a very accurate load in my buff classic and does not loose at lot of energy as the lee bullet has a BC of .443.
bernie

[Nardoo]

Wicky,
Bench Mark 2 is available in the US as Hodgdon Benchmark. As Buckshot said 3031 (AR 2206) is the go for powerful loads and I use up to 56 gns behind a 500 gn bullet in my Ruger #1. That load really gets your attention. 2206H is just about as good.

For BP equivilent loads around 1250 fps I use what Windwalker advocates and that is 2207. Around 28 gns is enough and shoots with top accuracy in every one of my 45/70's.

My all time favourite load is 59 gns of Wano PP with .200" compression, a couple of milk carton wads, the Saeco 645 weighing 480 gns in 25:1 and some home made lanolin based lube. That will outshoot any other load I have tried in my Sharps.

Nardoo

[windwalker]

Wicky,
Bench Mark 2 is available in the US as Hodgdon Benchmark. As Buckshot said 3031 (AR 2206) is the go for powerful loads and I use up to 56 gns behind a 500 gn bullet in my Ruger #1. That load really gets your attention. 2206H is just about as good.

For BP equivilent loads around 1250 fps I use what Windwalker advocates and that is 2207. Around 28 gns is enough and shoots with top accuracy in every one of my 45/70's.

My all time favourite load is 59 gns of Wano PP with .200" compression, a couple of milk carton wads, the Saeco 645 weighing 480 gns in 25:1 and some home made lanolin based lube. That will outshoot any other load I have tried in my Sharps.

Nardoo

Nardoo i use ozy lanotec lanolin grease and bees wax 50/50 that a good lube with my black powder loads.
bernie

[brad925]

Speer reloading manual #13 has cowboy action shooting data loads for both a 325 gr and 500gr cast boolits. 42grs of IMR3031 gets you 1446fps with a 500gr cast bullet and thats a max. load in that manual. It might kick a little but not as much as my H&R Ultra in .450 Marlin it lets you know you pulled the trigger.

[Frank46]

Wicky, besides vegamite and what ever that other goop (marmite?) you aussie seem to love. Don't hell me you eat camels and 'roos?. I had some dog, and monkey and no it did not taste like chicken. Frank

[Seafarer12]

I have used 2015 with my 500 grain boomers in my Encore. I can't remember the charge but it was in the springfield section of the speer book. Even though they are suppose to be low pressure they will rattle your teeth loose. A lot more recoil than 350 grain +p+ rounds out of a guide gun