Any one tried or thought of trying Reloader 7 for the 450b?
The reason I asked it that I was looking for some Reloader 15 for some 223 stuff and I saw that the Reloader 7 description said it was "Great in .45-70 and .450 Marlin."
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MudBug wrote:Any one tried or thought of trying Reloader 7 for the 450b?
The reason I asked it that I was looking for some Reloader 15 for some 223 stuff and I saw that the Reloader 7 description said it was "Great in .45-70 and .450 Marlin."
BD1 wrote:I'm not sure you could get enough RL7 in the case to make it efficient. My question on the slower powders is, "what happens with the unburned powder granules as they pass the gas port". Part of the issue with the adoption of the M-16 was the original loadings using deterent coated ball powders which led to a lot of reliability issues in the field due to crud build up in the gas system. I have some WC 680, (surplus 1680) on hand, and I'm hoping to try some this weekend. Quickload is telling me to expect about 87% combustion at best. For a "sporting" rifle, if I could get 30 rounds without issues, I'd call it usable.
I'll load it under some cast boolits which wil definately make any crud issues obvious.
BD
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