.45\70 Sharps loads

by Slow Hand , Indiana, Tuesday, August 22, 2023, 04:26 (395 days ago)

Well, I finally was able to get a long term dream gun of mine, an 1874 Sharps. It’s a Pedersoli made For Cabela’s. 30” barrel, double set triggers, with Pedersoli’s tall tang sight and a globe front ( only have one insert for now). Wood is fairly plain but looks good. Has a matte finish on the barrel that I’m not super excited about but it still looks good.

I picked it up on the far side of my rifle range, so of course I had to swing by and shoot it some on the way home. I was short on time and didn’t have anyone to spot misses for me, and it had rained recently so not a lot of dust kicked up to help either. Still had fun! I’m guessing it was sighted in for 100 yards, because I was able to connect on steel with both my 300 and 425gr loads I had on hand. I also had some black powder loaded ammo with the 425. That was a lot of fun!

Now, with my range being limited to 300 yards and my intended purpose of this rifle is nothing but paper and steel out ot that max of 300, is thee any benefit to either the lighter or heavier bullet weight? I cast both so have an unlimited supply. Will the 300 shoot appreciably flatter at 300? I know the 45-70 has a rainbow trajectory so ‘flatter’ is a relative term. I cast up some of each bullet and should be able to get back down there in a couple of weeks, so o have time to load up some ammo for a more serious range session.

Any load suggestions would be appreciated. I know we have several Sharps shooters here and plenty of fans of the 45/70 too…

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