45 70 lever question

[200Apples]

Hornady cautions handloaders on every page that lists date for cartridges that contain these bullet types.

And in my post above it should read, "a spitzer bullets' ogive is longer than a rnfp revolver bullet's ogive." A bullet ogive extends from the very tip of the bullet to the full-diameter driving band and/or bullet shank.

[Spyder]

I bought hundreds of rounds of the Leverevolution 45-70 a year and a half ago, as it was the cheapest thing around. Shot a bunch of it up out of my old JM Marlin, intending to reload the brass. Then I found out about the shorter cases. Annoying. I still haven't gotten around to deciding if I want to bother with the hassle of loading them or not, although I have so much I should just buy the die made for them and do it.

[Calif Hunter]

I bought hundreds of rounds of the Leverevolution 45-70 a year and a half ago, as it was the cheapest thing around. Shot a bunch of it up out of my old JM Marlin, intending to reload the brass. Then I found out about the shorter cases. Annoying. I still haven't gotten around to deciding if I want to bother with the hassle of loading them or not, although I have so much I should just buy the die made for them and do it.

Can't you adjust the regular die to seat and crimp the bullets in the shorter case? Like loading .44 SPL with .44 Mag dies? I just have 20 or so of the shorter cases for my .45-70, mostly as live factory rounds that I haven't shot yet.

[Spyder]

I haven't tried yet, but anecdotal stories from other reloaders online say that most brands of dies are too long for the top of the case to reach the crimp. Some people have milled off the bottom of the die so there are less threads and that works too.

[Calif Hunter]

I see that the info on the Lee factory crimp die states that it is not compatible with the Hornady Leverevolution cases. Lee will shorten your factory crimp die for $15.00 to make it work. They need a sample case.

[Spyder]

They're not doing any custom stuff right now. I've been trying to get a set of dies made for my .255 Dean, but no one will make them during covid.

[J.R.W.]

I use a lee hand loader to crimp my shortened hornady brass works well if you have one in your reloading stuff for 45-70

[Kappy]

Do share ..

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I'll also add that I've seen enough people screw up reloading, including people who don't have the excuse of "just starting." I've seen mags shoot out the bottom of 1911s, cracking a grip, people bulge their barrels after trying to shoot through squibs (on a nice Sig P238), and a barrel in a 1903 Springfield split like a banana peel, blowing up the stock. All ugly.

I'm not saying I'm any better. I've had my share of squibs when I first started reloading, plus one or two when learning how to use my Dillon. Of course, I never blew up a gun...

I agree: if you don't know the maker, don't shoot it.