Took my 45/70 to the range

[grubbylabs]

for some load development.
The gun is a Marlin 1895 45-70 that I had a longer mag tube put on.
The bullet is a 400 grain tumble lube with a gas check.
The mold is from Tom at Accurate.
I started at 35.5 grains of IMR 4198 and it did a little better than the 36 grains I shot today. I shot the 35.5 the other night and did not have a camera.

50 yards and supported.

 

[Googleplex]

It looks like you got two groups at one inch. Astounding out of a levergun. What year of manufacture?

 

[grubbylabs]

It is a new Remlen. I think that it will do just fine between 35.5 and 36.5 so I am going to get a different target and shoot at 100 yards and then run them through the chronograph and which ever does best and has the most consistent speed will get the nod.

 

[Eb1]

What happens @ 50 yards doesn't always equal double @ 100 yards. You need to shoot at 100 yards to verify.