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I'm with Stetson on posting what the name of your ammo company is. Care to share, Reflex264?

I understand your position and havn't given alot of thought to the fact that many of you may not be familier with what is going on with this ammo and for that I apologize. Most of the Marlin Talk people have been following my posts since I started rounding up field testers last year. I have been loading the 45-70 since 1977. I have harvested numerous deer with this cartridge and loaded ammo for others taking a variety of game animals. As far as my goals my wholehearted intention is to provide the best ammo possible for cartridges such as the 45-70,.450 Marlin,.444 Marlin and most hunting handgun cartridges such as .41 mag,.44 mag,.44 special, .45 Colt and .454 Casull. I have lost count of deer harvested with my loads years ago. As you mentioned problems with Weatherby and Corbon ammo I will not purposefully slam any mfgs. products but I have looked at enough factory ammo to see plenty of room for improvement. I won't mention the brand but a friend recently brought a box of 7mm08 cartridges for me to look at that he had just pruchased at Wal-Mart. Every single bullet was seated at a differant depth. I consider that unacceptable. My ammo will be Marketed under the name "ELK Valley Ammo". Right now it looks like it will go on sale in June or July. I hope to have my Web Site up in April or May. I hope it is not problem mentioning the name on this post but hopefully the ammo not being for sale yet will smooth that over. I am making changes to my loading room at this time to further control temperature and humidity during actual loading. Every single empty case is examined. every crimp,every primer after seating and every bullet is looked at. The finished cartridge is checked for seating length and every cartridge weight checked. I will not leave out a single step to increase production speed. While I have had to shuffle a few things the present opening line up for the .45-70 will be as follows:
300jhp at 1550fps (low recoil load)
300jhp at 2100fps
350jfn at 2000fps
380jfn at 2000fps
460WFN at 1700fps
550 crater at 1550fps

All of the above velocities are subject to barrel length. The lab work is done by Hodgdon and I have copies of their lab sheets that I can make availible. I hate to try to retype all of the notes on nickel brass tests that I posted on Marlin Owners but they are getting that site back up as I type and if they restore all of the posts I invite you to visit and read the results. I hope this has answered your questions about my ammo. I'll let you know when my web-site is up. regards,reflex264

here is a whitetail doe taken with the 350jfn.reflex264

here is a whitetail buck with the 300jhp.reflex264

bison killed with the 460 WFN hard cast load. reflex264

Thanx for the info. Hopefully we will see you here as a sponsor with Rick in the future. Do you have any price point on your cartridges yet and will they all be hand loads ? While I no longer buy Corbons I still buy Weatherby ammo. I expect that all manufactures that mass produce have had a bad run or two. It simply falls in the category of $%^ happens. Best of luck with your venture. Currently I shoot Buffalo Bore ammo with my 1894 Malin 44 mag. Gotta have at least one good brush buster <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Hey Stetson. My prices will be competitive with Corbon, Buffalo bore and most other small mfgs. My loads are what I guess you would call hand loads but not like your used to. I am using Dillon equipment but I don't run the machines like you normally do when you are just reloading ammo. While I can't give away all of my tricks I can tell you that cases are not sized during the loading process. Cases that have to be sized are all done before hand. All cases that have to be sized are cleaned to be completely free of lube before they are ever loaded. There are other steps that are my little secret right now but I have I been told by the lab that my ammo is among the most consistent they have ever seen. That was my goal from the get go. Rising costs in metal products are playing havoc with my pricing. If I can get enough brass and bullets locked in I'll be alright but if not ammo costs will have to rise to meet the increases in material costs. As for as advertising I will most definantly seek sponsoring sites such as Ricks place. I really like 24 hour campfire. It is a nice site with plenty of good people.regards,reflex264

I agree, The campfire is a nice place. I hope to heat more about the 44 mag as thats what I am fiddelin with right now <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Hey again Stetson. If your .44 has a Microgroove barrel try H4227 with the 240XTP. By far the most accurate combo I've found for my .44 Mag Marlin. If I don't change my mind a load exactly like this is going to be in the line up just for the Marlin .44 Magnums. regards,reflex264