Old Shatterhand
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Hi, I am a bit reluctant to open a new thread but I was not able to find the right answer during my search on the forum .(or did not do the right search)
I own a Marlin 1895 in 45-70 and do reload .But I have never reloaded a BP cartridge.
However I do shoot BP out of muzzleloader rifle and revolver.
My biggest problem right now is to understand how to correctly load a cartridge .
To explain :
My Lyman black powder handbook tells me the load should be 70 gr Pyrodex RS with 300gr bullets
I filled a 45-70 cartridge with 70gr out of my flask.
Then I tapped the cartridge and naturally the powder compacted.
To my surprise my 300gr bullet would not seat deep enough to touch or even compress the powder !
From what I understand of the matter this is not a good thing .
So I am confused. Do I have to put wads under the bullet like in my Walker revolver?
The handbook does not mention it .
Or am I just too over cautious ? Can I just fill in the 70gr and shove the bullet on top of it ?
Is this compressing the powder enough?
Or maybe I am too green on BP cartridges and have not done my homework correct :-(
Please give me a shove in the right direction
I own a Marlin 1895 in 45-70 and do reload .But I have never reloaded a BP cartridge.
However I do shoot BP out of muzzleloader rifle and revolver.
My biggest problem right now is to understand how to correctly load a cartridge .
To explain :
My Lyman black powder handbook tells me the load should be 70 gr Pyrodex RS with 300gr bullets
I filled a 45-70 cartridge with 70gr out of my flask.
Then I tapped the cartridge and naturally the powder compacted.
To my surprise my 300gr bullet would not seat deep enough to touch or even compress the powder !
From what I understand of the matter this is not a good thing .
So I am confused. Do I have to put wads under the bullet like in my Walker revolver?
The handbook does not mention it .
Or am I just too over cautious ? Can I just fill in the 70gr and shove the bullet on top of it ?
Is this compressing the powder enough?
Or maybe I am too green on BP cartridges and have not done my homework correct :-(
Please give me a shove in the right direction