I am new to the .45-70 and have a new 1895GS but it appears to have a short throat.
Factory Hornady 325gr LeverEvolutions and Remington 300gr HP’s seem to feed and shoot fine.
I bought some of JBY’s 550gr Craters and would really like to use the bullet. Its reviews have been great and I am extremely interested in trying it in developing a load for moose. There is nothing wrong with these bullets.
Using new Winchester brass trimmed to 2.100”, I seated and crimped to the groove for a COAL of 2.55” – which should be perfect.
Problem #1 is the initial dummy rounds won’t chamber. I have to seat them to 2.48”, and have to squeeze the lever closed at that. Seating them to 2.45” seems to be the max OAL that will work, but leaves very little room still.
This leads to Problem #2: all the H322 load data I’ve seen for the 550gr Craters indicates a OAL of 2.55” (with the general concensus being 38 to 40gr of H322) and I am very leery of using those same loads & seating deeper given the reduced case volume.
How would you go about working up a load with the shorter OAL?
Am I correct in thinking the safest way is to back off the 38gr 10% plus the 4% for the reduction in case volume, for a total of 14% = approximately 32 to 33 gr starting and work up?
Anyone else have short throat/reloading problems with their 1895s?
Factory Hornady 325gr LeverEvolutions and Remington 300gr HP’s seem to feed and shoot fine.
I bought some of JBY’s 550gr Craters and would really like to use the bullet. Its reviews have been great and I am extremely interested in trying it in developing a load for moose. There is nothing wrong with these bullets.
Using new Winchester brass trimmed to 2.100”, I seated and crimped to the groove for a COAL of 2.55” – which should be perfect.
Problem #1 is the initial dummy rounds won’t chamber. I have to seat them to 2.48”, and have to squeeze the lever closed at that. Seating them to 2.45” seems to be the max OAL that will work, but leaves very little room still.
This leads to Problem #2: all the H322 load data I’ve seen for the 550gr Craters indicates a OAL of 2.55” (with the general concensus being 38 to 40gr of H322) and I am very leery of using those same loads & seating deeper given the reduced case volume.
How would you go about working up a load with the shorter OAL?
Am I correct in thinking the safest way is to back off the 38gr 10% plus the 4% for the reduction in case volume, for a total of 14% = approximately 32 to 33 gr starting and work up?
Anyone else have short throat/reloading problems with their 1895s?