Joined
·
16,335 Posts
OK to begin with I'm new to reloading rifle and pistol ammo. Only have done shotgun shells up to now...so I'm asking *beginner's questions* so don't laugh too hard....:biggrin:
After buying a few boxes of 45/70 ammo in different brands, I notice the powder can be heard shaking around in the cartridge. And over the years I have noticed this with other caliber rifle cartridges too...although never reloaded any of them.
I am wondering if some brands of "store bought ammo" contains more or less grains of powder than other brands. I'm thinking that's "proprietary info" most likely though....
I'm also wondering how many grains of powder charge some of you are using to reload the 45/70 ammo with.
And if the empty space between the powder and projectile is designed to be used that way/OK as is on the modern 45/70 ammo, or if it would do better if the "empty space" was filled up with another 'filler substance".
Read on one forum some use corn meal and other somewhat unusual 'fillers" but that this was done with black powder cartridges only.
What say ye? (without laughing to hard)
After buying a few boxes of 45/70 ammo in different brands, I notice the powder can be heard shaking around in the cartridge. And over the years I have noticed this with other caliber rifle cartridges too...although never reloaded any of them.
I am wondering if some brands of "store bought ammo" contains more or less grains of powder than other brands. I'm thinking that's "proprietary info" most likely though....
I'm also wondering how many grains of powder charge some of you are using to reload the 45/70 ammo with.
And if the empty space between the powder and projectile is designed to be used that way/OK as is on the modern 45/70 ammo, or if it would do better if the "empty space" was filled up with another 'filler substance".
Read on one forum some use corn meal and other somewhat unusual 'fillers" but that this was done with black powder cartridges only.
What say ye? (without laughing to hard)