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Offline srussell

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« on: February 25, 2011, 05:10:14 PM »
any one know the length of the 45-70 leverevolution brass
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Re: brass
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2011, 05:43:36 PM »
2.035" for LE vs 2.1" for everything else
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Re: brass
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2011, 05:57:25 PM »
you ever try reloading any
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Re: brass
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2011, 06:57:35 PM »
yes but you can't crimp them with regular dies.  I read on another forum that hornady makes a special die set that is shorter for reloading the pointy bullets.  I only shoot 45-70in my contender so I just didn't crimp them. Only loaded some low pressure cast loads but they all went BANG with no problem.  If I were shooting them in a lever gun i would definately want a good roll crimp to prevent setback.
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Re: brass
« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2011, 05:04:22 AM »
You should be able to use a Lee factory crimp die, with my 30-30 LCFD I can put a crimp pretty much wherever I want.
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