Hello to everyone, this is a great forum, glad I found it. I recently started reloading for my 45-70 Handi-rifle and loaded 45.0 grains of Reloder 7 with 300 grain JHP bullets. My Alliant manual had the load for "modern rifles" for Reloder 7 to be 50 grs. I backed it off 10%. Someone told me that I should be using Trapdoor loads and the trapdoor max loads for that combination is 42 grs. I have searched and found that the Handi-rifle can handle hotter loads than the trapdoor. My Question is, Do you think the handi can handle my reloads? Thanks in advance.