Fisher I got to ask, how did you come by that load? According to my reloading manuals, your only 10 Grains over the listed MAX LOAD for an 1895 Marlin in 45/70 caliber. Yeah, I think you must be misreading or your typing is like mine perhaps......Bad to the bone.
Perhaps you best check your Chrony too!!! I just grabbed onto the new Hornady reloading manual and it has the 45/70 (1895 Model) at MAX LOAD of 48.7 grains of IMR4198 powder and a velocity at 2100fps MAX. Even the Ruger #1 is listed at 2200fps with 53.3 grains of IMR-4831.
Nosler lists it's load MAX Load for the 45/70 (1895) at 51.5 grns. powder and velocity at 2228. How do you get 2400fps? Please let me in on your secret because I would love to get that kind of velocity out of my 45/70 Marlin.
I shoot mostly the Hornady 350 grn. bullet out of my Marlin 45/70 1895 model, at a velocity of a pleasing 1500fps (very accurate) using H-4198 powder at 40 grains of powder. The hunting version of a load is a 400 grain bullet loaded with H-4895 at 53 grns powder, giving 1860fps in velocity.
Last edited by Tonk; 04/26/10.
