Thread: Cast bullet Varminting / Medium game Project

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

.45/70/405

.45 calibre
70grns black powder
405 grn projectile

this WAS it as a military cartridge,which incidentally held the longest recorded sniper/sharpshooter kill for many many years till beaten by canadian chap with a .50 BMG.....
I can get 60grn max of the bulky black stuff inside case behind projectile seated to lube groove....now when you put 5-6-7 grains of some modern smokeless inbehind 50grns of black smelly stuff..the velocity goes up slightly and the amount of cleaning needed goes down considerably....straight smokeless is good too,just not as much fun....keeping those loads as my for big game business meaning loads...easy to do /tell apart as use the Hornady cases for that,the flexitip factory offerings have case thats 1/4" shorter than normal...too easy.

so whats the story with the longest 45/70 sniper/sharpshooter incident ? i have never heard of it