H4198 and Remington 405gr. in 45-70

[coues2506]

Looking for some load sugestions, I have H4198 and 405gr Remington soft points. Would like a nice white tail load in the 1250 to 1650 fps range. None of my books are helping me too much - would 30 gr. do?

[Chas.]

My std. load is 31gr. H4198 with 405gr. cast bullet.  By Hodgdon's data, it chronographs at 1459fps.  If you use a jacketed bullet or gas-checked, it'll probably run a bit slower.

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LEE 2nd edition : 400 gr jacketed bullet , H4198   start/ 48.0  (fps 1934)    max/53.0 (fps  2108)
                                                                                               
LEE 2nd edition : 405 gr bullet , H4198   start/ 38.7 (fps 1594)    max/44.0  (fps 1788)   

 Both those are from the modern firearms ( 3rd listing in most manuals i.e. the hot ones)   and the second load may be intended for lead 405 gr bullets , i know they are a popular wt.   ...  But i typed it just as it is printed ..


 This is the link to Hodgdon's ,Winchester and IMR powders online reloading data center should be a very helpful reference for those that havent found it yet

      http://data.hodgdon.com/main_menu.asp               

    I do hope this helps you a bit ,

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