Thread: +p ammo

Originally Posted by Pommy

Yeah I've never heard of any such thing as 45/70 +P.

As akaroa1 says, there's already multiple tiers of 45/70 data. If trapdoor loads are the baseline, then lever action loads are already +P and Ruger No1 loads are +P+. There's overlap between those tiers too with reloading.

So what exactly are they on about saying "+P"? What kinda pressures are they generating and where does that fit in on the scale? Rather than making stuff up, why not stick with the commonly accepted nomenclature and say something much clearer like "only safe for Ruger No1 or equivalent strength modern actions"?

looking at the manual...a 350 at just over 2000fps is top of bottom teir so hot enough to cause issues in old weak action but should be fine in anything modern..but we all know each rifle is different...