40 sbn

[bobw]

At the SCA show in Denver this last May I found an original Winchester 40-70 SBN round and bought it. It was loaded with a 330 gr ppb and grease wad. At the front of the patch it's .397 dia. at the heel .4025" .It has a nice ogive with a typical meplat, swaged of course. Looking at pictures in the recent Heritage Auction at the old factory ammo the UMC and Sharps stuff looked about the same, There were NO pictures of factory ammo from the 1870's to 1880's loaded with greasers, this tells you all you need to know. A few years back I had the use of an original Sharps 330 gr ppb mold and made some bullets with it. It wasn't in the best shape but they were also tapered like that factory Winchester slug and feature the deep cup base with thin skirts just like that 520 gr 44-90 factory slug I bought at Denver also. Don you send me your regular e-mail address and I'll try to send you some pics to post. bobw