![]() ![]() I could have made it half-octagonal, half-round, or swamped it down to reduce the weight. It was plenty oversized enough for anything I wanted to do. The barrel would have to be sized, threaded, chambered and crowned to the desired length. It carries Green Mountain black-powder cartridge barrel blanks in an octagonal stock. I went to the Brownell’s catalog and found about everything I needed. I needed a barrel, sights, a stock, a forearm and a. Getting Down to BusinessĪfter I decided on the caliber, I could start rounding up stuff. 45-90 will stay in the safe pressure zone at higher velocities, but accuracy suffers. I’ve never used that rifle and don’t have information about accuracy when pushing the. 45-70 can be loaded faster, but that’s only recommended in the Ruger No. Some of the new big-case powders will make the pill travel faster, but slowing them from 1,600 to 1,300 feet per second yields better results. The most accurate smokeless loads in either rifle travel at about the same speed. 45-90 case will increase the velocity a bit. I have found most of the time it’s better to shoot the. 45-90, and I figured I could easily get parts right at my loading bench. 45 Sharps, which is more commonly known today as the. 45-70 fit that description and is certainly a period-correct caliber. I also wanted something for which it was easy to find loading components for making cartridges. However, I wanted it in a more common buffalo caliber. ![]()
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