Just got my dies and started to reload 45/70 for the first time. Could Not find carbide for some reason and settled for steel, blechh.
The sizing die needs to be polished as its a bit rough inside, had to use prodigious quantities of lube.
Have to figure out how Im going to polish that , open to suggestions.
Got brand new starline brass which has a sturdy thick wall, but is not all that uniform in diameter, compounding the rough die problem. Should last a good long while, especially since I load the majority of my rounds in the center of the charging chart.
Am using speer 300 grain HP FN. I like speer, as they have good quality control in my experience. Weighing the projectiles, most weighed at or just under 300 grains. And by just under I mean 299.xx .
Diameter at the base was very good as well.
Made up some test rounds, only 4 of each as this round is a good shoulder adjuster, of H335 and Benchmark.
For primers I went with large rifle magnums from CCI. Those babys will light off.
Started above the minimum charges but well below the max , and kept the lengths conservative as well.
Range test in my hopefully near future.
The sizing die needs to be polished as its a bit rough inside, had to use prodigious quantities of lube.
Have to figure out how Im going to polish that , open to suggestions.
Got brand new starline brass which has a sturdy thick wall, but is not all that uniform in diameter, compounding the rough die problem. Should last a good long while, especially since I load the majority of my rounds in the center of the charging chart.
Am using speer 300 grain HP FN. I like speer, as they have good quality control in my experience. Weighing the projectiles, most weighed at or just under 300 grains. And by just under I mean 299.xx .
Diameter at the base was very good as well.
Made up some test rounds, only 4 of each as this round is a good shoulder adjuster, of H335 and Benchmark.
For primers I went with large rifle magnums from CCI. Those babys will light off.
Started above the minimum charges but well below the max , and kept the lengths conservative as well.
Range test in my hopefully near future.