2013年12月24日 · Ah yes, the good old 45-70. I'm a fan. Back when I first started shooting rifles and reloading and I thought the 308 was the end-all-be-all I saw a 45-70 cartridge in a shadow box display and was like "Wow! I want a rifle chambered in that crazy ass cartridge!" It made a big impression on me visually, and turned out to be quite effective.

2021年7月27日 · Have used N133 for 45-70 but never tried N130, yet. At around 50 grains per shot that's about 140 cartridges, loaded per pound of powder. At $65 bucks a pound, that works out to about a dime more per shot, than the $40 bucks a pound stuff. The accuracy of Reloader 7, seems worth that bit more money but, quite a few powders do well in a 45-70 case.

2019年6月10日 · Hearing that the Obsidian can be used on my 45-70 makes my day. Some 500 grain subsonic loads sound fun. I’m like 6 months in sounds like I should expect another 5-6

2018年9月22日 · The CVA scout in 45-70 is a hunting rifle not a shoot little bitty groups target rifle. If you are shooting 1 1/2" and under groups at 100 yards with factory ammo then I would hang on to it. Where you need to be concerned is learning how much drop you will experience.

2020年4月15日 · Lever actions can be fun, and the 44mag and 45-70 are both great rounds. If you reload, you can make light or hot loads. Most factory 44 mag loads are hot vs most 45-70 loads are light in fear and safety of them being shot in older weapons such as the Trapdoor Springfield that can't hold the new pressures.

2021年10月28日 · I’ve long thought about playing with a .45-70 w/325 flex tips at 2200 or so with a small mil/mil scope. Running the numbers, that combo will get out there quite a bit further than most realize. I’ve got a Ruger #1 .45-70 and love it. It’s a buffalo rifle that thinks it’s a quail gun. Just have an old vari x iii 1.5-5 on it.

2018年12月9日 · Either way, I'm avoiding light loads from here on out. Here are the loads that actually work for me, in my 45-70 BFR with a 7.5" barrel at 30F and 5800' elevation. (Low pressure plinking load) Starline brass Federal gold medal match magnum GM215M primers Oregon Trail 405 grain .458" hard cast bullets 45 grains of Varget (started at 40, worked up.

2019年4月28日 · When looking at the 45-70 data the data for that 400gr bullet is very very similar to the Lyman 405gr bullet. So, I figured it should also be very similar in in the 45-90. I measured out their starting charge today to see what case fill would look like and it's a pretty poor case fill with a large amount of space between powder and bullet.

2016年5月13日 · COBrad the 45-70 is accurate mine shot that group of .381 better than some of my more ezpensive rifles with better scopes. I used Hornady 325 flex tip bullets and imr 4198 powder with rem9and half primers. My down side is my Marlin only has the 18 inch barrel so I lose a lot of velocity.

2024年10月27日 · Friend of mine (not a member here) bought a CVA Scout 45-70 smokeless muzzleloader conversion from Hankins Precision. We think we have a load dialed in for it after shooting the other day but he wanted me to jump in here and ask if anyone else has one and what they have found for powder choices...