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Lyman manual cast and smokeless data for 45-70/45-90
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<blockquote data-quote="Tac-O" data-source="post: 2158747" data-attributes="member: 109994"><p>I have the Lyman 50th manual and have been planning to load some smokeless cast rounds for my new Winchester 1886 in 45-90. </p><p></p><p>I am wondering if the cast and smokeless load data that is in the Lyman for this cartridge would require fillers in the case for safe use? Surely not... I think I read earlier in the book a statement about never doing that.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I have a 405gr cast bullet that is very similar to the Lyman 457193 pattern. It might actually be the same. It's MBC's buffalo#1 bullet. I was planning to use some 4198 that I have. Even though they don't have this bullet listed for the 45-90, they have data for a similar 400gr bullet. 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. I would expect poor velocity spreads with so much space, but it is of course a safe load without using a filler for the exact bullet, powder, etc listed, correct?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tac-O, post: 2158747, member: 109994"] I have the Lyman 50th manual and have been planning to load some smokeless cast rounds for my new Winchester 1886 in 45-90. I am wondering if the cast and smokeless load data that is in the Lyman for this cartridge would require fillers in the case for safe use? Surely not... I think I read earlier in the book a statement about never doing that. Anyway, I have a 405gr cast bullet that is very similar to the Lyman 457193 pattern. It might actually be the same. It's MBC's buffalo#1 bullet. I was planning to use some 4198 that I have. Even though they don't have this bullet listed for the 45-90, they have data for a similar 400gr bullet. 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. I would expect poor velocity spreads with so much space, but it is of course a safe load without using a filler for the exact bullet, powder, etc listed, correct? [/QUOTE]
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