45-70 PILE DRIVER

I weight the charge correctly and used the correct powder and it couldn't even seat fully. Here is a picture of the bullet. Remember with hard cast to aim for bone where you will get the most damage and incapacitation. A reduced load will be fine for most work with hard cast bullets as most factory loads are moving about fps and do well on deer. Measure your bore dimensions and use the Cartridge Data window click on the button with the case and caliper icon and in the middle of it use the bore cross-sectional area button to insert your actual bore dimensions and calculate your bore's cross-sectional area. I have posted it on 2 forums and over 70 people have read it so far. I am a long-time QuickLoad user.

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As long as there is no gap between the powder and base of the bullet there's nothing to worry about. JLANov 5, Nov 5, 6. AngelDevillePlle 5, It affects them with a lot shorter barrel than it does a high speed bottleneck case.

Originally Posted by dsv I just received my first box of pile drivers. MistaSpakuru, I wish I has spotted your posts earlier. If you keep extras in 4570 tube the recoil of the fired round may push the bullet deeper into the case resulting in higher pressures. I weighed them and the average weight was Measure your bore dimensions and use the Cartridge Data window click on the button with the case and caliper icon and in the middle of it use the bore cross-sectional area button to insert your actual bore dimensions and calculate your bore's cross-sectional pilee.

Since passing the board on to others, Marshall spends extremely little time on it and therefore you have no response to your rant. JLANov 7, User Name Remember Me?

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What is your favorite "hot". They are easy to load, but they don't show significant signs of high pressure.

Tweet this thread Share on Facebook Reddit! Jan 11, Messages: I don't know where you're going to find specific data for that heavy of a bullet in a lever gun but you could take the Trapdoor data and work up or use the data for the heaviest modern 45-07 and start a few grains lower and work up watching your pressure signs.

455-70 Since I rarely hunt with smokeless anymore, I'd really like to see these offered in a flat base made from They have some excellent testing and data on their website for heavy lead bullets in.

Blackpowder Cartridge Shooting and Loading. The folks at Beartooth were up front about how long it would take to get the bullets and actually delivered them a couple of weeks before the anticipated date.

I have posted it on 2 forums and over 70 people have read it so far. I didnt like 38 grains of reloader 7 under a grain pill in the.

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I was wondering if anyone has used this in the. As in interesting note of information, one of our longtime customers Mr. Thanks for your patience. I decided to use H powder for my first batch but have run into a problem I have pike encountered before.

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Your name lile email address: I've been pleased with the initial performance of this bullet, both in the field, and on the range. I most definitely give it a heavy crimp in the groove.

Best advice would be to look into a new recoil pad if the kick is bugging you. This explains why loads that look pjle too high in QuickLOAD turn out to be within tolerance in actual lever guns. Beartooth Pile-Driver bullets A responder suggested calling Beartooth.

45-70 Rifle Load Help?

The QL estimates are pil only a few percent off of the Lyman data, which is good enough for me to get some ballpark figures. I had some help and have a starting load for Beartooth's grain in. I have most of a can of in the basement.