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45/70 loaders, need a loading block?
45/70 loaders, need a loading block?
When I got my Marlin 45/70 several years ago I picked up some brass to load since factory ammo was so expensive. Surprise, the rims were too large to fit my standard loading blocks. So I got this RCBS 45/70 loading block. I no longer have the 45/70 and have no plans to get another so I don’t need this block anymore. I understand I can use it for other calibers but I like the MTM blocks and my OCD makes me go nuts if the blocks are not the same.
Anyway, if you can use this block let me know and it’s yours for no charge.
Just paying forward a couple of good turns I have received lately.
Anyway, if you can use this block let me know and it’s yours for no charge.
Just paying forward a couple of good turns I have received lately.
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- JEBar
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Re: 45/70 loaders, need a loading block?
I'd be delighted to have it .... I've never seen one like it .... PM sent with info
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Re: 45/70 loaders, need a loading block?
I hear you about the OCD, and I thought about not saying anything, but you really should be using these trays instead:
https://www.frankfordarsenal.com/ammo- ... ml#start=1
They are compact and lie very neatly on their sides in a drawer, and you can write the caliber(s) on the long sides that face up using a Sharpie. Oh wait! OCD! Use printed and laminated labels Buy two for each caliber, so as you process one case, move it to the next tray.... then you know you have not double-charged or skipped a case. For example, priming using only one tray, your phone rings, you get distracted, you come back to the bench and can’t remember the last case you primed. You have to lift them out one by one until you find it. With two trays, that can’t happen... Seating bullets, place 50 bullets in 50 cases, shift each case to a new tray as you seat it, so you don’t knock the loose bullets out of their cases when reaching over to put the seated one back in its original hole, and minimal risk of spilling powder! (I hate spilled powder, “Did some go into the next case?”) When the second tray is full, shift them around on the benchtop and continue with the next reloading step.
Universal? Nope. Perfect Fit = OCD relief!
John Davies
Spokane WA
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Re: 45/70 loaders, need a loading block?
Connected with JEBar so the loading block has a new home.
John, I like the looks of that block, much more compact than the ones I’m using. When I’m priming, sizing, crimping or doing something that doesn’t creat a visual I remove one case from the block and move the case one spot after the task is completed. Work great until I get confused on “am I going up or am I going down”. Doesn’t take long to figure it out but it sure gets annoying and makes me talk to myself.
I’ll take a look at those Frankford blocks, thanks for the tip.
Now, how did you know I have a label maker in my loading room?
John, I like the looks of that block, much more compact than the ones I’m using. When I’m priming, sizing, crimping or doing something that doesn’t creat a visual I remove one case from the block and move the case one spot after the task is completed. Work great until I get confused on “am I going up or am I going down”. Doesn’t take long to figure it out but it sure gets annoying and makes me talk to myself.
I’ll take a look at those Frankford blocks, thanks for the tip.
Now, how did you know I have a label maker in my loading room?
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Re: 45/70 loaders, need a loading block?
I forgot, the Frankford trays fit a whole lot better under a volumetric powder dispenser like my excellent RCBS Uniflow one. The bigger trays really get in the way.
John Davies
Spokane WA
John Davies
Spokane WA
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Re: 45/70 loaders, need a loading block?
I agree, the Frankfort is all I use. Works better for me & I've had others . I have 4 for my 45/70.
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Re: 45/70 loaders, need a loading block?
many thanks .... the tray arrived today and we hope to put it to good use soon
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Re: 45/70 loaders, need a loading block?
How about a nice block of hardwood or Fir and the drill press? That how I got most of my loading blocks.
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That works too. I done that in times past.
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I rarely ever buy a rifle, but when I do, it's a Henry.
"Every day above ground, is a good day" ( Al Capone )
"Every day above ground, is a good day" ( Al Capone )