badkarmamib
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I have exhausted the search function here, and the rest of the internet. Other threads are close to what I am struggling with, but not close enough for my comfort, since I am dealing with someone else's rifle. I am sure everyone reading this is rolling their eyes at my stupidity, but here it goes:
My father just bought a Henry steel-frame lever-action in .45-70. I offered to help him pick out components and teach him to load on my press. I checked Hodgdon's site, as I am partial to their powder offerings. I found a load using 300 gr Sierra HP and IMR 4198. Perfect. Then, it got complicated...
I had been using the data for Modern Rifles. Hey, it is a modern rifle, and I blinked while scrolling. So, found there was data for the same components in a lever-action. But, I wanted to verify. So, I grabbed my trusty Lyman 49. While Lyman used a different bullet, they are way off (old news, I know). Hodgdon's Trap Door data starts where Lyman's Modern leaves off.
Dad wants to hunt with this rifle. Should it be safe to use Hodgdon's Trap Door data, since it uses the same components, in the Henry, even though it is over Lyman's data, albeit with a different bullet but a much lower pressure threshold? And, if he isn't satisfied, should I be able to venture into Hodgdon's Lever-Action territory? Thanks for reading this far, and indulging my trepidation with helping someone with a project that is in uncharted waters for me.
My father just bought a Henry steel-frame lever-action in .45-70. I offered to help him pick out components and teach him to load on my press. I checked Hodgdon's site, as I am partial to their powder offerings. I found a load using 300 gr Sierra HP and IMR 4198. Perfect. Then, it got complicated...
I had been using the data for Modern Rifles. Hey, it is a modern rifle, and I blinked while scrolling. So, found there was data for the same components in a lever-action. But, I wanted to verify. So, I grabbed my trusty Lyman 49. While Lyman used a different bullet, they are way off (old news, I know). Hodgdon's Trap Door data starts where Lyman's Modern leaves off.
Dad wants to hunt with this rifle. Should it be safe to use Hodgdon's Trap Door data, since it uses the same components, in the Henry, even though it is over Lyman's data, albeit with a different bullet but a much lower pressure threshold? And, if he isn't satisfied, should I be able to venture into Hodgdon's Lever-Action territory? Thanks for reading this far, and indulging my trepidation with helping someone with a project that is in uncharted waters for me.