Re: Long, light bullet in a 45-90
Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2023 9:53 pm
OK, I have been holding back to see where this was going to go and it seems to me we are allowing the Original Poster to maneuver himself down one of those endless rabbit holes. So here goes with a shot at some helpful information.
First of all there is no such thing as an ideal situation or rifle or caliber that fits all needs. Just like you can load a 45-70 up to 85+ grains you can also successfully load the 45-90 down to 57 grains of Swiss 1.5 and a 535 grain bullet to midrange and silhouette distances. BUT, you have to know what you are doing. The 45-90 1874 Shiloh I am talking about has a 32" 16 twist shiloh barrel, 535 grain money bullet.
Most silhouette shooters use 60 + grains of 1.5 Swiss and bullets ranging from 520-545 grains in their 45-70's, for silhouette & midrange.
BUT, you won't know what your rifle will do in your hands until you receive YOUR rifle and shoot it.
Your latent fear of recoil is palpable and counterproductive to successful results. No advice about obtaining maximum accuracy will overcome that.
Perhaps obtain a quality .22 liner for your yet to be built Shiloh and start there. You must put this recoil phobia behind you.
Then, when you whip that demon, look at what people that are winning matches are doing and learn from their successful loading techniques.
First of all there is no such thing as an ideal situation or rifle or caliber that fits all needs. Just like you can load a 45-70 up to 85+ grains you can also successfully load the 45-90 down to 57 grains of Swiss 1.5 and a 535 grain bullet to midrange and silhouette distances. BUT, you have to know what you are doing. The 45-90 1874 Shiloh I am talking about has a 32" 16 twist shiloh barrel, 535 grain money bullet.
Most silhouette shooters use 60 + grains of 1.5 Swiss and bullets ranging from 520-545 grains in their 45-70's, for silhouette & midrange.
BUT, you won't know what your rifle will do in your hands until you receive YOUR rifle and shoot it.
Your latent fear of recoil is palpable and counterproductive to successful results. No advice about obtaining maximum accuracy will overcome that.
Perhaps obtain a quality .22 liner for your yet to be built Shiloh and start there. You must put this recoil phobia behind you.
Then, when you whip that demon, look at what people that are winning matches are doing and learn from their successful loading techniques.