hello every one
im new to this forum but have been reading alot of the posts in here.i have been reloading for awhile mostly pistols all smokeless powder i do alot shooting with my 50 cal muzzle loader.i purchased 45-70 pedisoli billy dixon sharps.i have every thing to reload drop tube compression die etc.i want to load 500 grain round nose i told to start out with 58 grains of fffg goex weighed i will be using .030 veg wad. the 500 grain bullet OAL is 1335 can any one give me a OAL that is safe {case and bullet}one of the guys told me at my gun club i can bell the case
and seat the bullet by hand into a empty case and then put it into the chamber and close the receiver and then the bullet will be touching the lands and groves and then back the bullet 8 to 10 thousands for a OAL i have never heard of pushing a bullet in a case by hand in a chamber is this possible can any one give me some info on powder weights using goex fffg powder or swiss 3f powder and load data for 405 grain bullets i know i need to tinker with these loads im just worried about air space and the OAL of the case and bullet if someone give me some load data with fffg or 3f swiss any help would be greatly appreciated
thanks bob
im new to this forum but have been reading alot of the posts in here.i have been reloading for awhile mostly pistols all smokeless powder i do alot shooting with my 50 cal muzzle loader.i purchased 45-70 pedisoli billy dixon sharps.i have every thing to reload drop tube compression die etc.i want to load 500 grain round nose i told to start out with 58 grains of fffg goex weighed i will be using .030 veg wad. the 500 grain bullet OAL is 1335 can any one give me a OAL that is safe {case and bullet}one of the guys told me at my gun club i can bell the case
and seat the bullet by hand into a empty case and then put it into the chamber and close the receiver and then the bullet will be touching the lands and groves and then back the bullet 8 to 10 thousands for a OAL i have never heard of pushing a bullet in a case by hand in a chamber is this possible can any one give me some info on powder weights using goex fffg powder or swiss 3f powder and load data for 405 grain bullets i know i need to tinker with these loads im just worried about air space and the OAL of the case and bullet if someone give me some load data with fffg or 3f swiss any help would be greatly appreciated
thanks bob