I would like to be posting a picture of a deer taken with my round, but I have a 5 day old newborn at home. Needless to say I have not been hunting yet with my new load. I do want to share my experiences with you all. I am new to reloading so I had a lot of fun with this project. Please use caution as I have altered the case length of a standard cartridge. I did use published data from accurate's website.
I shortened brass roughly to 1.85 with a Dremel and cutoff wheel. Then took it down to 1.795-1.8" with a lee case trimmer for a 460 S&W. Full length resized with lee die. I did not use the expander die. Charged cases and seated bullet.
Crimping done with a 0.3" shortened lee factory crimp die.
Uncrimped with std 45-70 for reference:
Crimped!:
I have a Marlin GBL 45-70 with an 18.5" barrel. I am using Starline 1.8" cases. 30 grains of 5744 powder. Rem LRP. Cast bullet 450 grain round flat nose. OAL is 2.54. Heavy crimp. Velocity 1350-1380 fps.
Recoil is mild compared to my rifled 12 gauge auto slug gun. I was also able to hold a tighter group with the Marlin iron sight at 50 yards compared to my scoped gun!
I hope to be able to slip into the woods soon.
If anyone wants detail on any part of the process. I would be willing to help out.
Edit 12-1-2012
Stand hunting overlooking a 5 acre quail unlimited CRP field. Watched 4 does for about half hour. I waited until the largest gave me an easy shot.
Success. 40 yard shot. One shot ran about 10 yards. Complete pass through no noticeable expansion. After skinning there was no noticeable meat damage.
I shortened brass roughly to 1.85 with a Dremel and cutoff wheel. Then took it down to 1.795-1.8" with a lee case trimmer for a 460 S&W. Full length resized with lee die. I did not use the expander die. Charged cases and seated bullet.
Crimping done with a 0.3" shortened lee factory crimp die.
Uncrimped with std 45-70 for reference:
Crimped!:
I have a Marlin GBL 45-70 with an 18.5" barrel. I am using Starline 1.8" cases. 30 grains of 5744 powder. Rem LRP. Cast bullet 450 grain round flat nose. OAL is 2.54. Heavy crimp. Velocity 1350-1380 fps.
Recoil is mild compared to my rifled 12 gauge auto slug gun. I was also able to hold a tighter group with the Marlin iron sight at 50 yards compared to my scoped gun!
I hope to be able to slip into the woods soon.
If anyone wants detail on any part of the process. I would be willing to help out.
Edit 12-1-2012
Stand hunting overlooking a 5 acre quail unlimited CRP field. Watched 4 does for about half hour. I waited until the largest gave me an easy shot.
Success. 40 yard shot. One shot ran about 10 yards. Complete pass through no noticeable expansion. After skinning there was no noticeable meat damage.
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