45-70

[billfrombyron]

For seating I just use a small wooden dowel to load patch and ball.

Then put a light crimp on the shell to hold it together. I seat the ball all the way down on the charge.

For cycling the lever just be slow and smooth. Otherwise load them one at a time.

As to the accuracy its good enough to hit a squirrel in the head to about 30M or so. Seems to hit poa to 30m then fall drastically from there, but great fun.

Make sure you use dedicated brass for this. I like to use remington brass that I have for these as it lasts longer. I use starline for everything else.

Give it a try sometime for kicks.

I am going to try some of the heavies when I get back home, thanks for the info yall!


-Bill

 

[JustsayMo]

Thanks Bill, I'll have to give that a try sometime. I've used RB in 30 caliber and 45 caliber (.454") firearms with good results. Never tried a patched ball in a cartridge case.

 

[Franco]

You guys are dead on about Leatherwood scopes. I'm planning on installing one this summer. It's such a beautiful cowboy style rifle that I hate to put a modern looking scope on it. If that doesn't work, I'll revert to open sites.

 

[WYLD]

I have a 1895 I bought for a recoil-reducing project. The project is over. The rifle has been modified by installing a peep rear sight, and an AR-style glow-in-the dark front sight. It took a liking to Speer 400 Grain SP's at 1850 fps. All testing was with custom stocks, the original walnut stocks are still new. And I do not need it anymore. total rounds fired is 67. If anyone is interested, send E-mail to [email protected]