shooting the 45/70

Last month I went down to Crows Nest for work and I took the Remington Rolling Block down for a bit of fun over distances greater than 200M (the limit for our range here in Far North Queensland). We shot out to 500m and had a ball, except for the bloody wind, it never gives up.

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[danebrewer10]

that's a pretty big spitzer!! what's that? 450 500 grains? too bad it's not as strong as a ruger no 1- you could really load it up then.....though i bet it you wouldn't want to shoot it too much...

[russ4570]

The load is 480 gn Lyman #2 lead in 457658 design, SPG lube, 70 Gn Wano powder. The pressure of black powder is fine in the old action and I have plenty of fun with it. I intend to use it regularly for metalic silhouette competition. Regards Russ4570

[russ4570]

Thanks, I bought it cause I had too much spare time on my hands. Black powder reloading does take a while but the efforts are worth it.

[SharpeyeHodgey]

haha thats an awesome lookin rifle, and a big bullet as well.