Bruce if there is a greater recoil shooting the bottle necked case I cant tell. I use the same powder load with in two grains in the .45-70 as I do in the .44-77 Sharps. The .45-70 I use a 512 gr elliptical and the .44-77 I use a 485 to 507 gr bullet. I cant tell any difference in recoil between them but I will say this, the dust kicks up faster shooting the .44-77 then the .45-70 at 800 yards using the elliptical bullet in both rifles but the torque is noticeable more in the 18 twist .45-70 over the 19 twist 77 but this could be because the straight grip stock the .44-77 has over the pistol grip stock on the .45-70. The .44-77 weighs 10# and it has a narrow crescent buttplate and the .45-70 weighs 12# and it has a shotgun buttplate.
Now the 12# 44-1/2 CPA chambered in a .44/2-5/8 Bn with a 1/16 ROT and a 12# 44-1/2 CPA chambered in the .44/2.6 Rem straight both using the same bullet 1.465" long at 507 gr the .44/2-5/8 Bn get my attention more when I see the orange ball of fire
Kurt
Search
Member List
Calendar
Help
