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I have been loading a hot 400-grain load for my No. 1 for years using the Barnes Original semispitzer and RE7 for a MV of 2270 FPS.
This load is accurate, but the recoil is so heavy I have to loop my left forefinger over the barrel to keep the rifle from jumping off the sandbag when I shoot it from the bench. However, I suspect this would make a helluv an elk killer! This load was worked up starting at 58 grains of RE7, and is based on RUGER NO. 1 load data from the 3rd Edition Hornady Manual. Rugers will stand up to such loads, Browning S.S.'s and Siamese Mausers MAY!! NO OTHERS!! I suspect this develops in the neighborhood of 50,000 PSI! It also shoots as flat as a 170-grain .30/30 load.
My all-time favorite .45/70 load is the Elmer Keith 1886 Winchester load, of a 400 -405 grain bullet and 53 grains of IMR 3031. Plenty powerful enough, and safe in most lever actions.
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"It seems very difficult to impress most reloaders with the fact that every rifle is an individual, and what proves to be a maximum load in one may be quite mild in another, and vice versa." Bob Hagel, GAME LOADS AND "PRACTICAL BALLISTICS FOR THE AMERICAN HUNTER, 1977
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Last edited by eldeguello; 02-15-2005 at 04:03 PM.
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