,45/120 loads

MIKE WISKEY

March 07, 2010 04:07

anybody got a load for this beaste using trail boss and 500 gn. bullets?

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  Hawk Carse

  March 07, 2010 04:28

  Not a clue.
  Call Hodgdon and talk to a human. They have some rules of thumb for loading oddball cartridges with TB.
  There is a book or article around somewhere with guidelines to loading the monster but I cannot now locate it.

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  FrancF

  March 07, 2010 12:10

  All I have ever used for mine was accurate powder XMP5744
  http://www.accuratepowder.com/data/PerCaliber2Guide/Rifle/ObsoleteCartridges/45%20120%20Sharps%20Straight%20page%20365.pdf
  
  I have seen a few guys post BP duplex loads for it on here but that was some years back.

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  MIKE WISKEY

  March 07, 2010 12:32

  thanks, gives me a place to start

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  rhope

  June 11, 2010 16:47

  I am about to try some cast bullet loads in my 458 3.25" (a Ruger #1 45/70 with the chamber lengthened to 3.25" to chamber a 45/120 case).
  
  I found some 45/120 data on the net. For 500 gr. cast bullets the suggested load was 26 to 29 gr. Trail Boss.

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  MIKE WISKEY

  June 12, 2010 05:31

  thanks, I kind-of gave up on t.b., couldn't find a accurate load. I've settled on 56 gns. of BLACKHORN 209 (w/ c.o.w. filler), about 1600 fps with the 500 gn. bullets and 2" groups.

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