Nice doe David! Good to see one of us took one this year with that big bullet. Congratulations!
Im using 400gr pulled bullets for mine. next to 300gr hornady hp for comparison
David. I don't want to cause any problems, but in Indiana the max case length is 1.625 inches. You might check the rules and your case length.
Lol. Good. I just grabbed an old book. 2009-2010. Had me scared for him for a minute. Thanks for clearing that up.The case rule is 1.8" changed it a year or so ago.
Just finished shortening cases and working up powder charges for my 45/70-1.8. Using cases shortened to 1.80" with 39.0 grains of IMR 4198 behind a Remington 405 grain FN and Fed 210 primer. Pressure looks good and recoil is medium. I loaded the bullets to original factory 45/70 overall length. I am estimating 1450-1500 fps out of my 18.5 inch Guide Gun. Should be a good deer hammer. So far accuracy seems good too but want to shoot more before I am totally confident. I may try the Speer 400 grain FN loaded the same way. Wish I had done this last year!
Just finished shortening cases and working up powder charges for my 45/70-1.8. Using cases shortened to 1.80" with 39.0 grains of IMR 4198 behind a Remington 405 grain FN and Fed 210 primer. Pressure looks good and recoil is medium. I loaded the bullets to original factory 45/70 overall length. I am estimating 1450-1500 fps out of my 18.5 inch Guide Gun. Should be a good deer hammer. So far accuracy seems good too but want to shoot more before I am totally confident. I may try the Speer 400 grain FN loaded the same way. Wish I had done this last year!