Mike Williams
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Jeff, I agree with Ranch 13 about his suggestions on reloading. I would add that you just make your own droptube using copper tubing for the droptube. You will also need to compress the bp in the cartridge after using the droptube so you need a compression die. I use a .030 wad, 65 grains of 2F Goex, Lg winchester rifle primers and starline 45-70 brass. I weigh my powder charge for more consistanly. I very slightly bell the brass to seat the lubed bullet and set the bullet on the wad leaving no air space. I iron out the bell in the cartridge with a full length resizer die after removing the primer punch. You need to experiment with the OAL of cartridge, powder charge, and possibley bullet weight. I use the Lyman 520 gr govt bullet. I get acceptable accuracy at 100 yd and 200 yd 's. Not BP silouette accuracy but hunting accuracy. You may want to check out Mike Venturino's web site for his reloading the 45-70 rifle. Great infor. Have fun shooting the 45-70 with BP. Reloading with the BP is interesting and traditional. Good shooting, Mike
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