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350 grain Hornady's with H4895 (45-70)
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 5:01 pm
by Greyhawk
Well I'm gearing up for deer (rifle) season and I'm going to try Hornady FP 350 grain. So I went to the range yesterday with my Henry and these are the results: Starline brass, Federal primers, 350 grain Hornady flat point interlock (Item #4503) and 55.2 grains of H4895.
Nice stout, but not harsh, load to shoot. The first group is a 3 shot group at 100 yards and the second is a 5 shot group at 50.
I think the load is a keeper for my Henry.
Happy Fall!!!!
Re: 350 grain Hornady's with H4895 (45-70)
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 5:11 pm
by BigAl52
Ive used that bullet in mine with a charge of reloader 7 and it shoots really well.
Re: 350 grain Hornady's with H4895 (45-70)
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 6:09 pm
by JEBar
impressive results .... that should put a deer on the ground in hurry .... looking forward to your post hunt reports
Re: 350 grain Hornady's with H4895 (45-70)
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2019 4:57 am
by TMB
Nice shooting! I haven't started reloading yet. I hope I can get near as good results when I do.
Re: 350 grain Hornady's with H4895 (45-70)
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2019 10:08 am
by BigAl52
If thats with iron sights Greyhawk thats great shooting for sure.
Re: 350 grain Hornady's with H4895 (45-70)
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2019 10:38 am
by Vaquero
Nice, Scoped or not?
Either way, sweet, and should put meat in the freezer.
RP
Re: 350 grain Hornady's with H4895 (45-70)
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2019 12:45 pm
by Mags
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Nice shooting results. Good luck with your hunt!
Re: 350 grain Hornady's with H4895 (45-70)
Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2019 4:11 pm
by Greyhawk
Vaquero wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2019 10:38 am
Nice, Scoped or not?
Either way, sweet, and should put meat in the freezer.
RP
I topped it with a Leopold 2x7 scope
Re: 350 grain Hornady's with H4895 (45-70)
Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2019 9:45 am
by garyseven
Real nice shooting.
Re: 350 grain Hornady's with H4895 (45-70)
Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2019 12:58 pm
by Mags
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Good choice.
Greyhawk wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2019 4:11 pm
I topped it with a Leopold 2x7 scope
Re: 350 grain Hornady's with H4895 (45-70)
Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2019 2:52 pm
by JEBar
Hornady produces good bullets and H4895 has a long history of excellent performance in 45-70's .... have you run any through a Chrony
Re: 350 grain Hornady's with H4895 (45-70)
Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2019 8:00 pm
by Greyhawk
JEBar wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2019 2:52 pm
Hornady produces good bullets and H4895 has a long history of excellent performance in 45-70's .... have you run any through a Chrony
I don't have one (yet!) I'm thinking around 1650
Re: 350 grain Hornady's with H4895 (45-70)
Posted: Thu Nov 07, 2019 8:23 pm
by JEBar
Greyhawk wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2019 8:00 pm
I don't have one (yet!) I'm thinking around 1650
we don't use ours often but when needed, it provides us with a critical bit of info that helps ensure our load will do what we need it to do .... feeding muzzle velocity and ballistic coefficient along with a few other bits of data into a trajectory program gives us a good understanding of the the path our bullets will travel .... that sure helps with sighting in and knowing if we are comfortable with the arc the bullet will follow at the range we anticipate shooting