.45-90 Loading Data
-
- Posts: 2133
- Joined: Wed Mar 03, 2004 12:01 pm
- Location: Somewhere in the Cariboo ....
.45-90 Loading Data
The current issue of "Handloader" magazine has an article on reloading for the .45-90 by Mike Venturino.
Smokeless as well as BP loads.
Todd
Smokeless as well as BP loads.
Todd
"From birth to the packing house, we travel between the two eternities ....." Robert Duvall in "Broken Trail"
- Matthew_Q
- Posts: 235
- Joined: Tue Jul 20, 2004 7:49 am
- Location: Austin, TX
- Contact:
-
- Posts: 2133
- Joined: Wed Mar 03, 2004 12:01 pm
- Location: Somewhere in the Cariboo ....
.45-90 loading data
You might want to read it for some of the historical information.
Then again, maybe not.....
Todd
Then again, maybe not.....
Todd
"From birth to the packing house, we travel between the two eternities ....." Robert Duvall in "Broken Trail"
- omgb
- Posts: 170
- Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 11:21 am
- Location: SoCal, Santa Clarita
-
- Posts: 2133
- Joined: Wed Mar 03, 2004 12:01 pm
- Location: Somewhere in the Cariboo ....
XMP-5744 in .45-90
You guys oughta get a copy of the current "Handloader" and read Venturino's article on the topic.
Very enlightening. Same issue has another artcle by Venturino on rifles with pitted bores and how they perform.
Todd
Very enlightening. Same issue has another artcle by Venturino on rifles with pitted bores and how they perform.
Todd
"From birth to the packing house, we travel between the two eternities ....." Robert Duvall in "Broken Trail"
-
- Posts: 1518
- Joined: Sun Dec 05, 2004 7:44 pm
- Location: froid, montana
-
- Posts: 2133
- Joined: Wed Mar 03, 2004 12:01 pm
- Location: Somewhere in the Cariboo ....
.45-90 loads
Montanasharps
Yes, I'm referring to the Feb. 2005 issue. That mag just got better with the addition of Venturino's column.
I kinda wonder how some are getting 85+grs of BP into a .45-90 case when all the data I have uses 73-78 grs. The old cases were balloon head and could eat all that powder.
I was surprised to read the loads recommended with XMP-5744 in such a large volume case, but apparently they work. The only smokeless loads I use are in my .45-70 Browning '86 and there I use 3031 and Varget. Both give good case volume.
Off topic, but over the weekend while I was playing with my .50-70, a local GOB told me he had a Sharps for sale - a Farmingdale .45-120! I asked him why it was for sale, and he asked me if I'd ever sat behind one.
'Nuff said.
Todd
Yes, I'm referring to the Feb. 2005 issue. That mag just got better with the addition of Venturino's column.
I kinda wonder how some are getting 85+grs of BP into a .45-90 case when all the data I have uses 73-78 grs. The old cases were balloon head and could eat all that powder.
I was surprised to read the loads recommended with XMP-5744 in such a large volume case, but apparently they work. The only smokeless loads I use are in my .45-70 Browning '86 and there I use 3031 and Varget. Both give good case volume.
Off topic, but over the weekend while I was playing with my .50-70, a local GOB told me he had a Sharps for sale - a Farmingdale .45-120! I asked him why it was for sale, and he asked me if I'd ever sat behind one.
'Nuff said.
Todd
"From birth to the packing house, we travel between the two eternities ....." Robert Duvall in "Broken Trail"
-
- Posts: 1364
- Joined: Tue Aug 05, 2003 1:12 pm
- Location: Dakota Territory
omgb,
I am looking for an LFN design bullet for hunting, and I would like it to weight 500-540 gr. or so. I will be shooting it in a Shiloh .45/110 with Goex Fg powder. I currently have 3 LBT-LFN moulds for other rifles, and they are all excellent. Premium bullets to be sure; they all perform well on paper and live targets.
A few questions if I may. How do the bullets from your mould perform on paper? Do the lube grooves hold a lot of lube so that the bullets can be used with black powder or are they a narrow style groove more for use with smokeless powder? Is the bullet a bore-ride nose bullet or more like the Keith designs that LBT is known for?
Regards,
Ironramrod
________________
CEO Subarctic chapter
Sodbuster division
FES
I am looking for an LFN design bullet for hunting, and I would like it to weight 500-540 gr. or so. I will be shooting it in a Shiloh .45/110 with Goex Fg powder. I currently have 3 LBT-LFN moulds for other rifles, and they are all excellent. Premium bullets to be sure; they all perform well on paper and live targets.
A few questions if I may. How do the bullets from your mould perform on paper? Do the lube grooves hold a lot of lube so that the bullets can be used with black powder or are they a narrow style groove more for use with smokeless powder? Is the bullet a bore-ride nose bullet or more like the Keith designs that LBT is known for?
Regards,
Ironramrod
________________
CEO Subarctic chapter
Sodbuster division
FES
-
- Posts: 184
- Joined: Mon Sep 15, 2003 10:00 am
- Location: Iowa City, IA.
Ironramrod, You need a bullet that is designed for BPRC and made by a reputable mold maker. Contact Steve Brooks. He makes these bullets exactly to your specifications. Buying a bullet mold from him, you get it right the first time and the experiments are over. His hunting bullets shot very well. Good Luck.
Everything I know about BPRC I have forgotten at least three times, Now I write it down. Have you seen my note book?
- omgb
- Posts: 170
- Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 11:21 am
- Location: SoCal, Santa Clarita
Never had a Brooks mould but I've heard lots of good stuff about him. My LBT mould works OK with BP and shoots into 1.5 inches at 100 yards. If is the basic LFN Super-Keith style. Recently, I ordered a new mould from LBT that has deeper and wider grooves and is a bore-riding bullet with a Postel type ogive. Veral knows what BP shooters need and will make one to order at no additional cost. I like his work and am eager to get my new mould.
- RMulhern
- Posts: 7682
- Joined: Thu Nov 28, 2002 9:41 pm
- Location: North Louisiana
.45/90 Load Data
Personally I can think of nothing more sacrilegious than stuffing SP into a case designed for BLACK POWDER! Yeah...I went a two year route testing duplex loads against straight BLACK and I finally beat it into my head that the accuracy and readings through the chrono (when I used it) were much better with the straight Goex! I think those that wish to use SP are suffering from the nightmares of muzzle loader shooting using BLACK POWDER because of the difficulty of cleaning this mode of firearm where the breech plug must be pulled and the soapy water method! Well...a Sharps "ain't" a muzzle loader...THANK GOD...and cleaning isn't difficult due to it's design. In conclusion...I guess some...myself included...had/have to find out the hard way!
-
- Posts: 215
- Joined: Thu Nov 14, 2002 11:13 pm
- Location: Kalispell, Mt
Re: .45-90 loads
Todd - I'm getting 88.0 gr of FFg Goex in my Starline cases no problem using a 24" drop tube. I would be interested in reading that data your refering to that calls for 73 - 78 grs charges.Todd Birch wrote: I kinda wonder how some are getting 85+grs of BP into a .45-90 case when all the data I have uses 73-78 grs. The old cases were balloon head and could eat all that powder. Todd
The Montanan
"I don't care what a person shoots, as long as he shoots it well"
"I don't care what a person shoots, as long as he shoots it well"
-
- Posts: 2133
- Joined: Wed Mar 03, 2004 12:01 pm
- Location: Somewhere in the Cariboo ....
.45-90 loads
Check Venturino's "Shooting Buffalo Rifles of the Old West" and the current issue of "Handloader" magazine.
Todd
Todd
"From birth to the packing house, we travel between the two eternities ....." Robert Duvall in "Broken Trail"