Press Question: Reloading Rifle Cartridges

[Mark_Mark]

I used a RCBS Rockchucker for probably 20 years before I got my .45-110 Sharps. As soon as I started handloading those 2 & 7/8" long cases, I got myself a Rockchucker "Supreme" - it has a larger loading window, and that makes loading for my big BPCR a little easier for me.
My wife has sized, decapped and flared thousands of 44 Mag and 9mm cases with a little RCBS "Partner" press that we have mounted on a portable bench. She and I sort of work as a "team" when we're loading a lot of handgun ammo.

45-110! man, that sounds like PAIN

 

[The Glockodile]

Your 50ae dies aren't the standard die size and threads?

No.

I got the very last Carbide .50AE die set made by RCBS.

They’re an odd size... 1” x 14, if I remember correctly.

I ordered some custom Lock Rings from Hornady, and got a Redding press bushing to size down the hole from 1 1/4” x 12.

 

[.308 Norma]

45-110! man, that sounds like PAIN

Yeah, it kinda is. Even though it weighs over 12 lbs, it packs a wallop on both ends. The truth is, if I had it to do over again, it would be a .45-70. However, I got it (that is my wife ordered it for me for our 25th Anniversary) shortly after Quigley, and I wanted a rifle just like his.
BTW, I didn't actually get my "Quigley" rifle until my wife's and my 27th Anniversary because Shiloh Rifle Company was two years behind back then. And from what I've heard, they might still have a fairly long backlog.

 

[MEHavey]

The Exotic/Big Cartridge Sharps are an absolute an absolute PITA to load
....a la Longfellow...

There was a little girl,
And she had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead.
When she was good
She was very, very good,
And when she was bad... she was horrid.
https://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=603795


But even that 45-3¼ fits the RockChucker with ease.

 

[GBExpat]

It has a zerk !

 

[Mark_Mark]

Yeah, it kinda is. Even though it weighs over 12 lbs, it packs a wallop on both ends. The truth is, if I had it to do over again, it would be a .45-70. However, I got it (that is my wife ordered it for me for our 25th Anniversary) shortly after Quigley, and I wanted a rifle just like his.
BTW, I didn't actually get my "Quigley" rifle until my wife's and my 27th Anniversary because Shiloh Rifle Company was two years behind back then. And from what I've heard, they might still have a fairly long backlog.

So many guns not enough anniversaries

 

[Chuck R.]

Yeah, it kinda is. Even though it weighs over 12 lbs, it packs a wallop on both ends. The truth is, if I had it to do over again, it would be a .45-70. However, I got it (that is my wife ordered it for me for our 25th Anniversary) shortly after Quigley, and I wanted a rifle just like his.
BTW, I didn't actually get my "Quigley" rifle until my wife's and my 27th Anniversary because Shiloh Rifle Company was two years behind back then. And from what I've heard, they might still have a fairly long backlog.

Curved or shotgun butt?

All of mine: .45-100, .45-90 and .40-70 I had built with shotgun butt stocks. The .45-100 is a Shiloh 74 SS with a 32" #1 barrel at 13lbs, the .45-90 is a Ballard R&C 1885 with a 32" barrel at just under NRA Silhouette weight at 12LBs due to the lighter action.

Neither is bad with 540s for 40 shots prone of sticks with Swiss. I've seen guys "try" to shoot the rifle (curved) buttstocks in matches and it hurt me just watching them.

 

[.308 Norma]

Neither is bad with 540s for 40 shots prone of sticks with Swiss. I've seen guys "try" to shoot the rifle (curved) buttstocks in matches and it hurt me just watching them.

Yep, it's curved, and has the metal butt plate to match.
I never did fully understand why my .45-110 kicks as hard as it does. I have a 50 caliber Hawkins (muzzle loader) that I've loaded with minnie balls and about 90 grs of black powder or Pyrodex for elk hunting, and it doesn't seem to kick nearly as hard as my Shiloh Sharps. I guess it might have something to do with bottling all of that black powder up in a cartridge case.
It doesn't matter anyway. All I use my Shiloh-Sharps for is show-and-tell. That, and our grandsons like to shoot it once in a while.
I've considered getting into BPCR silhouette shooting a time or two, and we've attended a few matches. If I ever do get into it though, I'll get a more "reasonable" rifle to use.