I recently acquired this fine Ruger No. 1 S 45-70. Since I tend to be a reckless individual, I ordered some plain base aluminum gas checks from Sage’s Outdoors for the 405 grain mold I already have; since this should get me to max velocity without stripping the rifling with Ruger loads. I ended up loading half a dozen rounds with a max Marlin charge with 55 grains of 3031 since I didn’t have any h4831 on hand. I plan on shooting it tomorrow.. videos will follow.
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Purty bullets for sho
What's the scope for? Surely your eyes are fine for the max accuracy range of 3" groups at 90yds
But seriously, watching to learn more and what results are proven. I had a O/U paired with a 12g back in college. We all had fun with that gun. Good Luck.Last edited by tigerscowboy; 02-08-2019, 10:13 PM.
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Originally posted by tigerscowboy View PostPurty bullets for sho
What's the scope for? Surely your eyes are fine for the max accuracy range of 3" groups at 90yds
But seriously, watching to learn more and what results are proven. I had a O/U paired with a 12g back in college. We all had fun with that gun. Good Luck.
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H4831 is too slow a powder for that big of a bore. 3031 is going to give you top velocities, I've been able to push the Hornady 350gr to 2300fps with it out of a 28" barrel.
I'd be interested in your results on the AL plain base gas checks. I tried them recently and accuracy was worse than plain PC but that was with trailboss loads.
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Originally posted by WhiplashTX View PostH4831 is too slow a powder for that big of a bore. 3031 is going to give you top velocities, I've been able to push the Hornady 350gr to 2300fps with it out of a 28" barrel.
I'd be interested in your results on the AL plain base gas checks. I tried them recently and accuracy was worse than plain PC but that was with trailboss loads.
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