Author Topic: PSI of the 45/70 Leverevolution round?  (Read 412 times)

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PSI of the 45/70 Leverevolution round?
« on: October 15, 2006, 08:49:10 AM »
What the PSI of that ammo?
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Re: PSI of the 45/70 Leverevolution round?
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2006, 04:25:52 AM »
Since Hornady is a member of SAAMI, my guess is that it complies with the SAAMI pressure specification for the 45-70 of 28,000 PSI.  However, remember that Hornady is using Light Magnum loading technology in the Leverevolution ammo to tweak a little more out of it.
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