Coltdriver
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I just started reloading a year ago January and as much as anything it gives you a new perspective on what different cartridges are all about.
One of the cartridges that is real impressive is the 45/70. It has been around since the late 1800's and there are many good reasons that it is so popular today.
The .450 Marlin is essentially a belted cartridge version of the 45/70. There is a very small amount of difference in the capacity of the two cases resulting is slightly higher pressures for the 450 Marlin for the same load, but other than that the reloading tables are very close to the same. Since I only intend to work with loads in the "middle" range of the 45/70 loads data the 450 Marlin on an Encore is a good platform for what I want to do.
There is only a single factory loading that I know of the 450 Marlin. It is the Hornady 350 Grain bullet. According to everything I have read it will come out the end of this 18" barrel right at 2000 FPS. That also makes it pretty close to a 200 yard point blank range combination.
The cool part is that this bullet hits with just under 2 tons of energy! Everyone that I have talked to that has shot an elk with one says they don't run with a good hit from one of these. I am going Elk hunting this fall.
This combination is relatively light and its really short. So it should be easy to carry and quick to handle. Hopefully it is not so light that the round is unbearable to shoot! The barrel is ported, Thompson calls it their muzzle tamer porting.
So heres what mine looks like with a 1X4 20 Leupold scout scope. I also mounted a kick eez pad to the stock. Tomorrow I will go shoot it and I will let you know what its like!
One of the cartridges that is real impressive is the 45/70. It has been around since the late 1800's and there are many good reasons that it is so popular today.
The .450 Marlin is essentially a belted cartridge version of the 45/70. There is a very small amount of difference in the capacity of the two cases resulting is slightly higher pressures for the 450 Marlin for the same load, but other than that the reloading tables are very close to the same. Since I only intend to work with loads in the "middle" range of the 45/70 loads data the 450 Marlin on an Encore is a good platform for what I want to do.
There is only a single factory loading that I know of the 450 Marlin. It is the Hornady 350 Grain bullet. According to everything I have read it will come out the end of this 18" barrel right at 2000 FPS. That also makes it pretty close to a 200 yard point blank range combination.
The cool part is that this bullet hits with just under 2 tons of energy! Everyone that I have talked to that has shot an elk with one says they don't run with a good hit from one of these. I am going Elk hunting this fall.
This combination is relatively light and its really short. So it should be easy to carry and quick to handle. Hopefully it is not so light that the round is unbearable to shoot! The barrel is ported, Thompson calls it their muzzle tamer porting.
So heres what mine looks like with a 1X4 20 Leupold scout scope. I also mounted a kick eez pad to the stock. Tomorrow I will go shoot it and I will let you know what its like!