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Most of my reloading is geared towards light loads that I can't buy commercially. I have some Trail Boss for this purpose. In the past I used Bullseye with Dacron on top of the powder to take up space.
Reading about the .45-70 and .45-90 I came across the .45-60 and some mention of a few people who loaded .45-60 for use in a .45-70 rifle.
BTW, not interested in going to .45-90 in the Marlin, I am not going to hot load the Marlin so I don't need the larger case to keep the pressure within safe limits on the Marlin (which is not the rifle to be loading hot .45-70 ammo in). I am interested in smaller cases to load light pressure loads using Trail Boss - I think there might be a benefit to using a smaller case, both with regards to using less powder and lower pressure/etc.
I know (or have read) it is possible to cut down a .45-70 case to .45-60 length to use for reloading, and I know it would be a good idea to clean the chamber after shooting such a cartridge, but I have not read about how such a shorter case would feed in a lever action, specifically a Marlin 1895. I have read about converting the 1895 to .45-90 (including work on feeding mechanisms?) and that it would still shoot .45-70.
But I am interested in experience with the rifle with regards to feeding the shorter cases when it is setup to feed the longer cases. I know you can get too short and have problems - does anyone have experience with this issue? E.G., the Big Horn Armory .460 mag lever actions feeding .45 Colt?
Reading about the .45-70 and .45-90 I came across the .45-60 and some mention of a few people who loaded .45-60 for use in a .45-70 rifle.
BTW, not interested in going to .45-90 in the Marlin, I am not going to hot load the Marlin so I don't need the larger case to keep the pressure within safe limits on the Marlin (which is not the rifle to be loading hot .45-70 ammo in). I am interested in smaller cases to load light pressure loads using Trail Boss - I think there might be a benefit to using a smaller case, both with regards to using less powder and lower pressure/etc.
I know (or have read) it is possible to cut down a .45-70 case to .45-60 length to use for reloading, and I know it would be a good idea to clean the chamber after shooting such a cartridge, but I have not read about how such a shorter case would feed in a lever action, specifically a Marlin 1895. I have read about converting the 1895 to .45-90 (including work on feeding mechanisms?) and that it would still shoot .45-70.
But I am interested in experience with the rifle with regards to feeding the shorter cases when it is setup to feed the longer cases. I know you can get too short and have problems - does anyone have experience with this issue? E.G., the Big Horn Armory .460 mag lever actions feeding .45 Colt?