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45 120 conversion question
« on: March 08, 2010, 12:35:41 AM »
Hi All,

Has anybody done this conversion on the standard Handi 45 70 barrel (22")?  It seems the conversions I have seen are done on the BC 32" barrel.  Does the shorter barrel defeat the purpose of the larger case when using BP or in my case BH209?  I shoot up to 120 grains (volume not weight) of this blackpowder substitute in a 23" barrel MZ with very accurate results.  Western powder has published data for BH209 in the 45 120 but they don't indicate the gun or barrel length.

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Re: 45 120 conversion question
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2010, 05:22:00 AM »
I don't remember anyone saying they have a short barrelled 45-120.   :-\

If I were makin up a pure hunting rifle and were to be of a practical nature, I'd make me a 45-100 with a 26 - 28 inch barrel.  Certainly no shorter then 26 inches... Don't ask me why... old man's bias and purogative...    8)  Tim says I should do it... he's an instigator...  :(

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Re: 45 120 conversion question
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2010, 05:32:15 AM »
The 22" barrel has a hard enough time burning 70grs of blackpowder..   An additional 50grs would just go to making a fireball, possibly netting you an additional few feet per second - not much though.   

The way they used to get additional velocity with blackpowder was to make a bigger(longer) cartridges, which then needed a longer barrel to burn the additional powder.

Even using smokeless the 22" barrel, the 45-70 is capable of doing what the 45-120 can do.
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Re: 45 120 conversion question
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2010, 05:41:27 AM »
Hodgdon lists 95gr T7 for the 45-120 under either bullet, they don't list the test barrel length tho, but they use a 24" barrel in their smokeless data.

http://hodgdon.com/ml-warning.html



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Even using smokeless the 22" barrel, the 45-70 is capable of doing what the 45-120 can do.

Not necessarily true, take a look at the 405gr loads in the 26" barrel at AmmoGuide, he gets nearly 2400fps compared to Hodgdon's 2100fps 400gr bullet Modern rifle data which is done in a 24" barrel. http://ammoguide.com/?catid=680

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Re: 45 120 conversion question
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2010, 06:03:11 AM »
There will always be exceptions to every rule.   Tinkering with powders can get you just about anything, or handi-cap you(pun intended).

Here is the 300gr and 350gr .45-120 with IMR4198 scale that you PM'd me a couple years ago.   Even with the massive .45-120, the 22" barrel handicaps it to the point where even a properly stoked 45-70 can do.


Unfortunately the short barrel doesn't do much for the capabilities of the 45-120, the 45-70 will do the same.

Here's the 300gr Rem at 40kpsi.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 WARNING: Table produced by not verified Ballistics Calculations! Check results
always against loading data of current reloading manuals! Input data and results
may be invalid or wrong! The use of this data for loading ammunition can cause,
directly or indirectly, serious injury to personnel and material. No responsibi-
  lity is implied and THE USER MUST ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK OF USING THE DATA.
               QuickLOAD© V.3.4 Interior BallisticsV.3.4 #531132
            © Copyright 1987-2008 - H.Broemel, Babenhausen, Germany
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Case capacity and propellant properties may vary considerably from lot to lot!

**** Input data:                         Date: 17-Mar-2008     Time: 11:32:51
Cartridge................. = .45-120 Sharps Straight
Projectile type........... = .458 300gr Remington with flatbase

Max.avg.pressure(Piezo    )= 40000 psi   Shot start / init pressure = 3626 psi
Projectile weight      (gr)= 300         Groove caliber         (in)= 0.458
Length of cartridge    (in)= 3.606       Length of case         (in)= 3.250
Case capacity(Grains Water)= 113.00      Length of projectile   (in)= 0.814
Length of barrel       (in)= 22.000
**** Values calculated:
Seating depth          (in)= 0.458       Volume displaced   (gn H2O)= 19.07
Comb.chamber volume(gn H2O)= 93.93       Projectile travel      (in)= 19.208
**** Input data:
Propellant type........... = IMR 4198
Charge weight..........(gr)= 66.8        Load density......(g/cu.cm)= 0.710
Heat of Explosion  (cal/lb)= 423611      Ratio of spec. heats cp/cv = 1.238
Solid density    (gr/cu.in)= 402.1       Weighting factor...........= 0.8
Burning rate factor Ba(1/s)= 0.891       Pro-/degressivity factor a = -0.325
Burning limit ......... z1 = 0.6         Combust.Chamber Vb(ft³)= 2.153488E-4
Factor.................. b = 1.380       X-S.Area of Bore A(ft²)= 1.135554E-3
Bulk density     (gr/cu.in)= 208.6       Projectile mass mp (lb)= 4.285642E-2
Loading ratio           (%)= 86.0        Projectile travel x(ft)= 1.600667E+0

**** Results calculated:
Maximum pressure ........ = 39888 psi    Way of projectile at Pmax = 1.24 in
Muzzle velocity  ......Ve = 2418 fps     Muzzle pressure .......Pe = 5770 psi
Project. energy at muzzle = 3895 ft.lbs  Fraction of powder burnt  = 99.6  %
Projectile travel time from 10% Pmax to muzzle = 1.16 ms

WARNING: Near Maximum Average Pressure - tolerances can cause dangerous pressures !
Real maximum of pressure inside barrel.
End of combustion after the projectile passes muzzle.

                 Table of progress of computed firing process:

NR.:          x(in)         z (%)         v (fps)       p (psi)       t (ms)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  0             0.000         2.09           0.0           3626        0.0000
  1             0.000         2.16           1.2           3751        0.0009
  2             0.000         2.23           2.4           3876        0.0033
  3             0.000         2.31           3.7           4000        0.0068
  4             0.000         2.42           5.5           4186        0.0113
  5             0.001         2.56           7.9           4434        0.0166
  6             0.002         2.73          10.8           4728        0.0226
  7             0.003         2.94          14.3           5082        0.0293
  8             0.004         3.18          18.4           5495        0.0366
  9             0.006         3.46          23.1           5966        0.0445
 10             0.009         3.79          28.7           6517        0.0529
 11             0.012         4.17          35.1           7145        0.0618
 12             0.016         4.60          42.4           7855        0.0711
 13             0.022         5.10          50.8           8658        0.0807
 14             0.028         5.67          60.4           9557        0.0907
 15             0.036         6.30          71.2          10553        0.1009
 16             0.046         7.02          83.4          11657        0.1113
 17             0.058         7.83          97.1          12864        0.1219
 18             0.071         8.73         112.5          14179        0.1327
 19             0.087         9.73         129.5          15587        0.1435
 20             0.105        10.83         148.3          17093        0.1544
 21             0.126        12.05         169.1          18679        0.1654
 22             0.150        13.38         191.9          20338        0.1765
 23             0.177        14.82         216.8          22052        0.1876
 24             0.208        16.39         243.8          23801        0.1987
 25             0.243        18.08         272.9          25564        0.2099
 26             0.281        19.88         304.2          27319        0.2211
 27             0.324        21.81         337.7          29036        0.2323
 28             0.372        23.85         373.3          30696        0.2436
 29             0.426        26.00         411.0          32275        0.2549
 30             0.484        28.26         450.6          33745        0.2662
 31             0.549        30.61         492.2          35087        0.2776
 32             0.620        33.06         535.7          36285        0.2891
 33             0.697        35.59         580.8          37322        0.3006
 34             0.781        38.20         627.5          38190        0.3123
 35             0.873        40.87         675.5          38879        0.3240
 36             0.973        43.61         724.9          39389        0.3359
 37             1.081        46.38         775.3          39718        0.3479
 38             1.139        47.81         801.4          39819        0.3540
 39             1.202        49.30         828.7          39876        0.3605
 40             1.219        49.70         835.9          39883        0.3622
 41             1.237        50.12         843.6          39888        0.3640
 42             1.257        50.56         851.7          39888        0.3659
 43             1.355        52.73         891.6          39833        0.3753
 44             1.552        56.76         966.3          39500        0.3930
 45             1.575        57.19         974.4          39447        0.3949
 46             1.575        57.20         974.4          39447        0.3949
 47             1.694        59.31        1014.2          39049        0.4049
 48             1.819        61.37        1054.0          38556        0.4150
 49             1.951        63.37        1093.8          37975        0.4252
 50             2.090        65.33        1133.6          37316        0.4356
 51             2.236        67.23        1173.4          36585        0.4462
 52             2.390        69.07        1213.2          35790        0.4569
 53             2.552        70.86        1253.0          34939        0.4679
 54             2.724        72.60        1292.8          34037        0.4792
 55             2.906        74.29        1332.6          33092        0.4907
 56             3.099        75.92        1372.4          32109        0.5026
 57             3.304        77.50        1412.2          31094        0.5148
 58             3.521        79.02        1452.0          30053        0.5275
 59             3.752        80.49        1491.8          28990        0.5406
 60             3.998        81.91        1531.6          27911        0.5541
 61             4.260        83.28        1571.4          26820        0.5682
 62             4.540        84.59        1611.2          25722        0.5829
 63             4.839        85.84        1651.0          24620        0.5982
 64             5.160        87.05        1690.8          23520        0.6141
 65             5.503        88.20        1730.6          22423        0.6309
 66             5.872        89.30        1770.4          21334        0.6484
 67             6.268        90.34        1810.2          20255        0.6669
 68             6.695        91.33        1850.0          19191        0.6863
 69             7.156        92.26        1889.8          18143        0.7068
 70             7.654        93.15        1929.6          17114        0.7286
 71             8.193        93.98        1969.4          16107        0.7516
 72             8.778        94.75        2009.3          15123        0.7761
 73             9.413        95.47        2049.1          14164        0.8022
 74            10.106        96.14        2088.9          13233        0.8301
 75            10.861        96.76        2128.7          12330        0.8600
 76            11.689        97.32        2168.5          11458        0.8920
 77            12.596        97.83        2208.3          10617        0.9266
 78            13.594        98.28        2248.1           9808        0.9639
 79            14.694        98.68        2287.9           9033        1.0043
 80            15.911        99.03        2327.7           8292        1.0483
 81            17.261        99.33        2367.5           7585        1.0962
 82            18.764        99.57        2407.3           6913        1.1487
 83            19.166        99.62        2417.2           6751        1.1626
 84            19.192        99.62        2417.8           6741        1.1634
 85            19.204        99.62        2418.2           6736        1.1639
 86            19.208        99.62        2418.2           6734        1.1640
 87            19.208        99.62        2418.2           6734        1.1640

Muzzle exit


Here's the 350gr Hornady RN

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 WARNING: Table produced by not verified Ballistics Calculations! Check results
always against loading data of current reloading manuals! Input data and results
may be invalid or wrong! The use of this data for loading ammunition can cause,
directly or indirectly, serious injury to personnel and material. No responsibi-
  lity is implied and THE USER MUST ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK OF USING THE DATA.
               QuickLOAD© V.3.4 Interior BallisticsV.3.4 #531132
            © Copyright 1987-2008 - H.Broemel, Babenhausen, Germany
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Case capacity and propellant properties may vary considerably from lot to lot!

**** Input data:                         Date: 17-Mar-2008     Time: 11:38:24
Cartridge................. = .45-120 Sharps Straight
Projectile type........... = .458, 350, Hornady RN 4502 with flatbase

Max.avg.pressure(Piezo    )= 40000 psi   Shot start / init pressure = 3626 psi
Projectile weight      (gr)= 350         Groove caliber         (in)= 0.458
Length of cartridge    (in)= 3.727       Length of case         (in)= 3.250
Case capacity(Grains Water)= 113.00      Length of projectile   (in)= 0.935
Length of barrel       (in)= 22.000
**** Values calculated:
Seating depth          (in)= 0.458       Volume displaced   (gn H2O)= 19.07
Comb.chamber volume(gn H2O)= 93.93       Projectile travel      (in)= 19.208
**** Input data:
Propellant type........... = IMR 4198
Charge weight..........(gr)= 64.0        Load density......(g/cu.cm)= 0.680
Heat of Explosion  (cal/lb)= 423611      Ratio of spec. heats cp/cv = 1.238
Solid density    (gr/cu.in)= 402.1       Weighting factor...........= 0.8
Burning rate factor Ba(1/s)= 0.891       Pro-/degressivity factor a = -0.325
Burning limit ......... z1 = 0.6         Combust.Chamber Vb(ft³)= 2.153488E-4
Factor.................. b = 1.380       X-S.Area of Bore A(ft²)= 1.135554E-3
Bulk density     (gr/cu.in)= 208.6       Projectile mass mp (lb)= 5.0E-2
Loading ratio           (%)= 82.4        Projectile travel x(ft)= 1.600667E+0

**** Results calculated:
Maximum pressure ........ = 39980 psi    Way of projectile at Pmax = 1.26 in
Muzzle velocity  ......Ve = 2246 fps     Muzzle pressure .......Pe = 5617 psi
Project. energy at muzzle = 3921 ft.lbs  Fraction of powder burnt  = 99.9  %
Projectile travel time from 10% Pmax to muzzle = 1.24 ms

WARNING: Near Maximum Average Pressure - tolerances can cause dangerous pressures !
Real maximum of pressure inside barrel.
End of combustion after the projectile passes muzzle.

                 Table of progress of computed firing process:

NR.:          x(in)         z (%)         v (fps)       p (psi)       t (ms)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  0             0.000         2.26           0.0           3626        0.0000
  1             0.000         2.33           1.1           3742        0.0010
  2             0.000         2.40           2.1           3857        0.0038
  3             0.000         2.47           3.2           3972        0.0077
  4             0.000         2.60           5.1           4174        0.0127
  5             0.001         2.76           7.5           4432        0.0183
  6             0.002         2.94          10.2           4718        0.0247
  7             0.003         3.16          13.4           5060        0.0318
  8             0.004         3.41          17.2           5464        0.0396
  9             0.006         3.72          21.7           5936        0.0481
 10             0.009         4.06          26.8           6474        0.0571
 11             0.012         4.47          32.8           7091        0.0666
 12             0.016         4.93          39.6           7790        0.0765
 13             0.022         5.45          47.5           8582        0.0869
 14             0.028         6.05          56.4           9470        0.0975
 15             0.036         6.73          66.5          10454        0.1084
 16             0.046         7.49          77.9          11540        0.1196
 17             0.058         8.34          90.7          12727        0.1309
 18             0.071         9.30         105.0          14021        0.1425
 19             0.087        10.35         120.8          15411        0.1541
 20             0.105        11.52         138.4          16898        0.1658
 21             0.126        12.81         157.8          18467        0.1776
 22             0.150        14.22         179.0          20109        0.1894
 23             0.177        15.75         202.2          21808        0.2013
 24             0.208        17.41         227.4          23548        0.2133
 25             0.243        19.19         254.6          25304        0.2252
 26             0.281        21.10         283.8          27053        0.2372
 27             0.324        23.14         315.0          28773        0.2493
 28             0.372        25.30         348.3          30444        0.2613
 29             0.426        27.58         383.5          32032        0.2734
 30             0.484        29.98         420.7          33522        0.2856
 31             0.549        32.48         459.6          34889        0.2978
 32             0.620        35.08         500.3          36116        0.3101
 33             0.697        37.77         542.6          37188        0.3224
 34             0.781        40.54         586.4          38093        0.3349
 35             0.873        43.38         631.6          38824        0.3475
 36             0.973        46.28         677.9          39374        0.3602
 37             1.081        49.23         725.4          39747        0.3730
 38             1.198        52.23         773.8          39944        0.3860
 39             1.229        53.00         786.3          39967        0.3893
 40             1.263        53.82         799.7          39980        0.3929
 41             1.300        54.69         813.8          39980        0.3967
 42             1.398        56.95         850.6          39919        0.4065
 43             1.409        57.19         854.7          39908        0.4076
 44             1.409        57.20         854.7          39908        0.4076
 45             1.513        59.31         889.7          39673        0.4175
 46             1.621        61.37         924.7          39341        0.4274
 47             1.734        63.37         959.7          38919        0.4374
 48             1.853        65.33         994.7          38413        0.4476
 49             1.977        67.23        1029.7          37832        0.4578
 50             2.108        69.07        1064.7          37181        0.4682
 51             2.245        70.86        1099.7          36467        0.4788
 52             2.390        72.60        1134.8          35697        0.4896
 53             2.542        74.29        1169.8          34876        0.5006
 54             2.702        75.92        1204.8          34009        0.5118
 55             2.872        77.50        1239.8          33103        0.5234
 56             3.050        79.02        1274.8          32162        0.5352
 57             3.240        80.49        1309.8          31191        0.5474
 58             3.440        81.91        1344.8          30195        0.5600
 59             3.653        83.28        1379.8          29178        0.5730
 60             3.878        84.59        1414.8          28145        0.5865
 61             4.118        85.84        1449.9          27099        0.6004
 62             4.373        87.05        1484.9          26045        0.6149
 63             4.645        88.20        1519.9          24986        0.6300
 64             4.935        89.30        1554.9          23926        0.6457
 65             5.244        90.34        1589.9          22868        0.6621
 66             5.575        91.33        1624.9          21814        0.6793
 67             5.930        92.26        1659.9          20769        0.6973
 68             6.311        93.15        1694.9          19734        0.7162
 69             6.720        93.98        1729.9          18713        0.7361
 70             7.161        94.75        1765.0          17707        0.7571
 71             7.636        95.47        1800.0          16719        0.7793
 72             8.150        96.14        1835.0          15751        0.8029
 73             8.705        96.76        1870.0          14805        0.8279
 74             9.308        97.32        1905.0          13882        0.8545
 75             9.963        97.83        1940.0          12985        0.8829
 76            10.676        98.28        1975.0          12114        0.9132
 77            11.455        98.68        2010.0          11272        0.9458
 78            12.308        99.03        2045.0          10458        0.9809
 79            13.243        99.33        2080.1           9675        1.0186
 80            14.272        99.57        2115.1           8922        1.0595
 81            15.408        99.75        2150.1           8201        1.1039
 82            16.665        99.89        2185.1           7513        1.1522
 83            18.061        99.97        2220.1           6857        1.2050
 84            18.817        99.99        2237.6           6541        1.2333
 85            19.013        99.99        2242.0           6464        1.2406
 86            19.111        99.99        2244.2           6425        1.2443
 87            19.161        99.99        2245.3           6406        1.2461
 88            19.186        99.99        2245.8           6396        1.2470
 89            19.198        99.99        2246.1           6391        1.2475
 90            19.205        99.99        2246.2           6389        1.2477
 91            19.208        99.99        2246.3           6388        1.2479
 92            19.208        99.99        2246.3           6388        1.2479

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Re: 45 120 conversion question
« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2010, 06:13:32 AM »
That's at a max pressure of 40kpsi, load them to equal pressures and the 120 has a definite advantage.  ;) The old adage of there's no replacement for displacement still holds true.  ;D The same weight bullet and the same powder loaded to the same pressure in the 45-70 will do 2138fps in a 24" barrel according to Hodgdon.

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Re: 45 120 conversion question
« Reply #6 on: March 08, 2010, 06:54:56 AM »
I don't remember anyone saying they have a short barrelled 45-120.   :-\



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Re: 45 120 conversion question
« Reply #7 on: March 08, 2010, 08:04:03 AM »
Hey BB, How about a 'compomise' at 45-90? Way cheaper brass and still an attention getter at the range. I bet with either BP or smokeless you can get a nice balance of performance to barrel length and still have something different enough to give you visions of Africa, etc.
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Re: 45 120 conversion question
« Reply #8 on: March 08, 2010, 09:40:09 AM »
My .45-120 is 24".... and yes I'm getting some startling performance out of it, including a recent load of ar2209 behind a 405gn giving me over 5000 ft-ib.

I have a new project under way for a 22" barrel chambered in 499 Hubel Express, that is basically a .450 Nitro Express #2 necked up to .500.  The case is 3.56" long.... HUGE.  It achieves more energy at even lower pressures.

All smokeless. I've never used black or substitutes.


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Re: 45 120 conversion question
« Reply #9 on: March 08, 2010, 10:05:38 AM »
There was a fella selling in the " Encore Classifieds " a 45-100 that was 24".  Could possible pm him a question on performance.

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Re: 45 120 conversion question
« Reply #10 on: March 08, 2010, 11:42:24 AM »
Jerry, are you enjoying your 120?

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Re: 45 120 conversion question
« Reply #11 on: March 08, 2010, 02:46:27 PM »
Yah Jerry!  They say the second time around is much better!   :D

You never did answer that last PM I sent you about loads.   :-\  I'm not complaining though!  As bad as I am about returning emails, pm's and such...  :-[
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Re: 45 120 conversion question
« Reply #12 on: March 08, 2010, 03:50:55 PM »
Lots of fun with smoking powders!  Too many projects lately.  Unfortunately most are not rifle related. 
I was going to go this same route second time around.  I was thinking the ultra hunter SS 45/70 was 26" and then found out it was 24" and changed my mind.  Probably not such a big  difference in smokeless loads.  I say go for it.  It would be very cool.
In fact I think a said I was thinking of something in a different flavor.  I was referring to the SS barrel.

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