500 grain test loads

[Handloader]

Loaded up 5 test rounds for my Henry 45-70, 500 grain HC with 31.3 grains of LT-32 COL: 2.500 compared to my normal 350 grain loads.

[North Country Gal]

Talk about a howitzer! What kind of velocity will you be getting with those?

[Handloader]

Should be around 1300 fps at 27000 pressure

[North Country Gal]

That would take any thing that walks on this continent. Impressive.

[fortyshooter]

Try some of these 500 gr. bombs!

[Handloader]

Who makes them and it looks like they will get the job done.

[fortyshooter]

Who makes them and it looks like they will get the job done.

Black Butterfly makes these rounds but as of now I do not know who makes the bullet itself. Bought a box to try and do like how they shoot! Not a bad idea to keep some handy and they are a great round to have for the little Mules Leg lever shooter being easy to control!

[Handloader]

My FFL gave me a box of 50 of them and he got them from https://www.rmrbullets.com/

[Handloader]

Range day today shooting the 500 grain HC rounds. I made 5 additional ones using 31 grains of H4895 for trap door. What really surprised me was both were relatively tame when it came to recoil. I was expecting more of a recoil. My 350 grain HC rounds loaded with 55 grains of H4895 had way more recoil than the 500 grain rounds. 10 rounds down range.

[Handloader]

I liked them so much I loaded 40 more.