Author: DaveNo5
Subject: "THE LOAD"
Posted: January 26 2022 at 6:38pm
I shoot a TD 45-70 and 22 gr 4198 works well for me there. I am not aware of any data that supports using Red Dot or a pistol/shotgun powder in 45-70, even with cast bullets. I have a copy of the Ed Harris article for "military rifles," and that article is limited to 30 caliber only, of "modern construction." Your Sharps rifle may be modern, but the case design is very different from those of the cartridges described in the Ed Harris article.
Subject: "THE LOAD"
Posted: January 26 2022 at 6:38pm
I shoot a TD 45-70 and 22 gr 4198 works well for me there. I am not aware of any data that supports using Red Dot or a pistol/shotgun powder in 45-70, even with cast bullets. I have a copy of the Ed Harris article for "military rifles," and that article is limited to 30 caliber only, of "modern construction." Your Sharps rifle may be modern, but the case design is very different from those of the cartridges described in the Ed Harris article.
If Ed wrote a separate article on other (non-military) rifles, I would be happy to read it. Dragunov, do you have a link?