Revisitting the .40-70

[Kurt]

JB.

I shoot both the GG and PP, makes no difference to me. I dont get locked into one way of loading or doing something to make these rifles shoot the best they will.
I have two moulds for the snover GG bullet. One is a Brooks 4 groove that casts a 408" at 405 gr and a NIE that Walt made that is a 4 cavity that has two different .458 bullets and 2 of the snover design that has a 5 groove and it casts .410" diameter at 410 gr. Both shoot very well in my Shiloh .40-2.5 and the BPCR .40-65. Both rifles shoot the .410" the best. The .40-2.5 out shoots the .40-65 hands down and both rifles have the same 4 degree into a 1.5 degree compound leads.
The brass will last a long time if you take care of it and the caliber is worth the little time it takes to fit the cases. We wast more time on this one eyed monster during the week than working cases over

Kurt