SHARPS 45-120 CARTRIDGE LOADS ???

[8389MARINER]

I JUST PURCHASED A C. SHARPS 45-120 ,32" NO.1 HEAVY BARREL. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY LOAD DATA ON THIS CARTRIDGE? I WILL BE USIND GOEX FG POWDER, THANKS.

[Bad Ass Wallace]

I load mine with 112gn Goex, grease cookie and 535gn Lyman 457132 Postell, compression 1/10th inch. This load cronographs 1360fps in my scoped rifle and while not a max load, is very practical for hunting as I can fire 25-30rounds without cleaning.

[8389MARINER]

for my 45-120 ,I've tryed spg, dlg, and some others for grease cookies. I've found many fliers, but tryed a veg wad on top of powder then grease cookie then a wad to keep grease off of base of bullet stopped all fliers. I also melt lub in pan to up to .200" thick ,this really cleaned up the barrel from fouling. Have you ever went with this thick of grease cookie to stop fouling? I also use 1F goex, it's the only BP available around here, with federal 215 mag match primers, winchester primers work pretty well also.

[Ray Newman]

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