Thread: Improving 45-70 ammo with a mandrel

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

these definately need to be tried out......ASAP.... they look the ducks nuts,what weight does it bring them down too???? reading up the 330grn gould projectiles were the ducks nuts,Im guessing the hollow point and extra speed made all the difference,it seems that getting above 1600fps is key to getting extra quick kills..so lighter weights allow faster speeds keeping pressure below the limits for older/weaker actions...if yo uhave made up a gig to ream them, one would guess you could ream them deeper still and reduce more weight???
I would be VERY keen to try some out...must go and rezero rifles ASAP....

@Micky Duck I must go and stuff them in some brass and try them
Maybe tomorrow when @Marty Henry is supposed to visit

It's a tang sight only in the 1885 45-70 so I doubt I will see much difference in the accuracy

And I haven't weighed them yet but will do

Sorry I would have done all this but I was finishing another rifle re build and now have my 12.7x42R ready for proper hunting