.50-70

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Eric Johanen
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Re: .50-70

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My rifles shot well with a Lyman 515141 450 grain bullet and 68-70 grains of 2fg GOEX. I'd try 68-70 grains of OE 1.5 fg. I loaded them as cast and pan lubed with DGL or My lube of beeswax and bear grease.
George Babits
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Re: .50-70

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I use Lyman's 515141 in a pair of 1870 USN Remington rifles, a New York militia rolling block carbine, an original Sharps conversion, a Shiloh infantry rifle, and a Peabody 56-50 rechambered and converted to 50-70. They all shoot just fine with that bullet and 65 to 70 grains of black powder. Nice easy cartridge to get shooting well. The .522 seems big for a 50-70 Springfield barrel. If I remember right, both my USN Remingtons are around .516 and those are three groove Springfield barrels.

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Re: .50-70

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I've been using the same Lyman 515141 bullet of 25-1 alloy in several original 50 cal rifles and carbines. Never bothered to measure the actual bore diameter of any of these weapons. They all shot this bullet very well.


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John Boy
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Re: .50-70

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Ideal 515141 Bullet ..This is the regular standard .50-70-450 bullet for the old .50-70 Government cartridge used in .50 caliber Springfield and Remington single shot rifles, and has an excellent reputation. See No. 6 tool or No. 3 special tool. (PB, FN, 450 - TP is 141)
With your large groove diameter I would contact Accurate mold to have them enlarge this mold to 522 which will also add the weight up to 450gr ... http://www.accuratemolds.com/bullet_det ... 440N-D.png



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Re: .50-70

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It’ their 52 420S opened up to .526.
That's only a 2 groove whereas the #50-440N is a clone of original Ideal bullet
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