In a carbine.. it would be like a light .45-70 govmt..

Personaly i will stay with pistol ..non.magnum or +p loads...
Not a lot of.."meat" to that old action..
The new Lyman cast bullet book..says it can be pushed to 921 fps.. in loads fer older guns..
Plenty fer me..
N perfect fer a suppressor if i ever go that route..

I am hoping the regs on them wil get ..nixed in the future..

900 might not look like much on paper, but you will be amazed by the raw power and terminal performance.
This is unlike most most of the performance normally observed, it’s another realm.
For example, if you were in the unenviable situation that a large grizzly was charging head on, you hit him right, you won’t need to shoot twice. (Although I would recommend it)
Depending on what the bullet encountered, I truly believe it has the potential to penetrate clean through and leave an exit hole out of the back side.
This sounds very hard to believe, but you will see.
I came on this from an article written by Ross Seyfried in the early 90’s. I think I got the exact bullet he described.
Using magnum loads, I have read it has been used on elephant. I don’t recall the source, but I do remember reading this.

Latest projects..
Now..a quest fer..parts..
1885 falling block..
N...a..
No.5 Rolling block..
Also ..not pictured..a 219 savage single shot in 22 hornet..parts rifle..
Turns out i had all the parts it needed on the shelf.. :0)
Test fired it today..:0)

Chronographed the 45 lc n 22 hornet..
45 lc 1050 fps 255 gr cast boolit..
Hits the 3" gong at 50 yards :0)

22 hornet 1650 fps 55 gr cast boolit..
Min'ett.. of field mouse at 50 yards.. ;0)

Kinda cold informal shootin today..

Funny thing happened..
Got the graph all set up n the target..sat down picked up the 45 lc carbine..
N..a deer ran right in front of the target..
Full tilt... :0)
Kinda fun to have happened.. :0)

I used Lee powder dippers..
Fer powder measuring..
Really suprised just how well they did..
As i mostly weigh each charge on a scale..
Ammo was really consistant on the chronograph..
Both rounds.. :0)

Christmas eve day...!
I gots a package...
What could it be..?!
....IT's...Boolits...! :0)

Thankyou Leslie..!

Les...
What was yer go to powders fer thos boolits..?

H110
It’s my understanding this powder is absolutely not safe for reduced loads. Can create excessive pressure.
At that time, we were not going for reduced loads, not at all.

Yep..
I have shot a lot of win 296..pretty much the same thing..
N..i do have a lb of h110..

I am glad they arrived.
I am anxious to hear how it goes.

First round made with Les'banjo boolits..
I used unique..
750 fps...
But...
I did dig out some 296 n h110.. ;0)

Made my day to see this.
My dad liked Unique.
Actually, He liked every aspect of the sporting firearm world known to exist. He wrote a lot of articles, and had a couple published in Handloader magazine.
And, he was a gifted shooter.
Rifle, pistol and shotgun.
I know he would really like the things you are doing.

305 gr boolit..
17.5 gr 2400 powder
1370 fps
No. 1.30 lee dipper..
Hits..on both ends..in this light carbine..

Could push it a bit more but i see no point..
As just gettin tooling marks on the pistol primer..

Pretty hot as it is. I’d leave it right there.
Do you ever test penetration in any manner? I used to use wet newspaper.

I recently got into black powder shooting. I have started with a 50 caliber rifle.
There’s a company that makes sabot covering.
They do make a sabot for a .45 to be used in a 50 caliber. Maybe I might give it a try.

I like shooting 5 gal buckets of sand or pea stone....

One of me favorite pass times..

Gettin an old antique firearm up n runnin..with the old loading tools of the day..
This is an old stevens 44..
Now sportin a 32-40 wcf barrel..
Not a power house..but a fine old target round..
Proof fired it today..
Gotta make an extractor n fore arm for it..

I think you will have fun with this. Quite a bit of history with this old round, and for the rifle.

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Originally posted by Leslie R

I think you will have fun with this. Quite a bit of history with this old round, and for the rifle.

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Yes i do have fun dooin this stuff..

Had to thread the barrel n set it back..

So the chamber needed to be reamed..

New breech block  with stronger pins..

Love the old reloading tools complete with the boolit mold too..

It is interesting history ..to me..

I halfta make an extractor for it but fer now the cleanin rod..pushes out the case.. in the pic is a pair of extractors..one for this rifle but fer a 25'20 rim..the other is fer a 44 1/2 model rifle...

Good projects to keep me buisy n..potendchally out of trouble.. ;0)

Need a front sight too..

168 gr cast boolit..
8.5 gr unique powder..
1416 fps..
Bout perfect for a plain base cast boolit..
Might try imr 3031 for 1500 fps tho..

I’d like that in a 30-30

Factory ammo for 30-30..
Too much pressure for this type of action..
32-40 factory ammo is loaded down to be safe in older guns...
Unless you buy ..High Speed ammo in 32'40...

Definitely.
I’ve been looking for a single shot 30-30 for a while now. Used to be a company that made one on a rolling block type of action. Wasn’t fancy at all, just basic stuff. I remember the rear sight could flip back and forth with one leaf slightly taller.
The were priced pretty reasonable.
I’ve got about a case of ammo and nothing to shoot it with.

One of me next projects..
A 7mm Bench Rest barrel..
From a 7 mm mauser barrel..

The bench rest round is the shorter one..

Made the extractor fer the 32-40 wcf..n the forearm..as well as casted a few boolits from old ideal molds..
Just gotta put the screw in the forearm now..n truoil the wood..
It is only soft pine..but it will be fine fer me.. :0)