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45/70 long range
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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 1465032" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>1874 Sharps Copy in 45-70 is what I shoot. My rifle likes the RCBS 500 gr BPS bullet cast from my mix weight is 518 grs. I make my own bullet lube 50% bees wax 40% olive oil 10% STP oil treatment by volume melted and mixed in a double bowler. I designed a mold out of PCV pipe to mold lube sticks that will work through my lube sizer. It depends on the propellent I can get these days. Black powder Goex Cartridge, or FFG of a couple makers and I have a really good load with Pyrodex Select. Black powder is getting harder to come by these days unless I get a pretty large order together with other folks. No one in my area carries black powder due to the restrictions these days. I use proper black powder loading procedures, full case compressed 1/10th inch with over powder card or wad between bullet base and powder. I mostly use Winchester cases because they have the greatest volume and I use Fed 215 primers because they are the hottest. One little tip I will also pass on for cleaning is if you have a Dollar Tree store around get you some of their Awesome Orange cleaner. That stuff makes cleaning BP fouling a snap and it only cost $1 and comes in a spray bottle. It takes a lot of time to cast bullets and prepare BP loads and clean cases and everything up afterward but it's fun shooting. When you get everything worked out with BP it shoots much more accurate at long range than smokeless powders. At least in my experience. I got to do some 1000 yard shooting one time at an old strip mine with a bunch of friends. I shot prone over cross sticks with Vernier open sight at 4 foot square steel plate. Once I got the sight set it was no problem to drop one on the steel as it was about a zero wind day. I could shoot then lay the rifle aside and lean over and look through my spotting scope and see the bullet drop and hit the plate. About 3 seconds latter you hear the clang.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 1465032, member: 10178"] 1874 Sharps Copy in 45-70 is what I shoot. My rifle likes the RCBS 500 gr BPS bullet cast from my mix weight is 518 grs. I make my own bullet lube 50% bees wax 40% olive oil 10% STP oil treatment by volume melted and mixed in a double bowler. I designed a mold out of PCV pipe to mold lube sticks that will work through my lube sizer. It depends on the propellent I can get these days. Black powder Goex Cartridge, or FFG of a couple makers and I have a really good load with Pyrodex Select. Black powder is getting harder to come by these days unless I get a pretty large order together with other folks. No one in my area carries black powder due to the restrictions these days. I use proper black powder loading procedures, full case compressed 1/10th inch with over powder card or wad between bullet base and powder. I mostly use Winchester cases because they have the greatest volume and I use Fed 215 primers because they are the hottest. One little tip I will also pass on for cleaning is if you have a Dollar Tree store around get you some of their Awesome Orange cleaner. That stuff makes cleaning BP fouling a snap and it only cost $1 and comes in a spray bottle. It takes a lot of time to cast bullets and prepare BP loads and clean cases and everything up afterward but it's fun shooting. When you get everything worked out with BP it shoots much more accurate at long range than smokeless powders. At least in my experience. I got to do some 1000 yard shooting one time at an old strip mine with a bunch of friends. I shot prone over cross sticks with Vernier open sight at 4 foot square steel plate. Once I got the sight set it was no problem to drop one on the steel as it was about a zero wind day. I could shoot then lay the rifle aside and lean over and look through my spotting scope and see the bullet drop and hit the plate. About 3 seconds latter you hear the clang. [/QUOTE]
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