Revisitting the .40-70

[J.B.]

Amen to that Kurt ! No regrets here with our choosing the round and it's proving a great performer now. I'm running the standard Shiloh lead in our rifle and been running 20/1 or 18/1 with the Lyman Snover. Always getting a few larger bits of lead out usually in the last portion of the barrel. May well be a fouling control issue but it's so far disappeared with the Accurate bullet I had a go at designing. It's bore riding with the first driving band engaging the lands and has deeper lube grooves than the Lyman mold. Its also allowing me to load 72-74 grns of Swiss 2fg and 66 was about the limit using the Lyman bullet. Was compressing the Swiss but in that narrow case it seemed to be turning into a solid block. Goex/Olde Eynsforde and KIK are non existent down here. It's Wano or Swiss when we can get it. .