Author Topic: Leverevolution rounds (Read 2291 times)

4570FAN · « **on:** March 19, 2007, 09:46:36 AM »

Anyone out there have any info/stories about the Hornady LeveRevolution rounds in their .45-70 BC/Handi yet?

mikedb · « **Reply #1 on:** March 19, 2007, 10:18:37 AM »

I have not yet done the 45/70. I have done the 30.30 and it has potential. I just tried them at 25 yds with open sites before I invested in a new scope. It should group about 1.5 in at 100yds. Needless to say I am getting a scope for one on my 94s

burntmuch · « **Reply #2 on:** March 19, 2007, 12:06:48 PM »

Everytome I go to buy some teir soldout. thats a good sign

quickdtoo · « **Reply #3 on:** March 19, 2007, 12:14:23 PM »

Midsouth and Midway are out, but Grafs has it.

http://www.grafs.com/ammo/product/109932

4570FAN · « **Reply #4 on:** March 19, 2007, 12:16:29 PM »

I see that S.G. has them listed on their site for $23.47. I'm thinking about ordering some of those and the bulk 405 grain shells that they carry. I don't have any experience with the 405's either, I always shot 300 or 350grain in the past, but it seems to me that the 405 grain cartridges are the most popular.

Ten Ring · « **Reply #5 on:** March 19, 2007, 12:54:09 PM »

My 45-70 shoots the 325 gr. leverevolution the best of any factory loaded bullets. The sad thing that after I e-mailed Hornady they are not going to offer the flextip bullet as a reloading round this year,maybe next year.
Ten Ring

ro · « **Reply #6 on:** March 19, 2007, 05:21:13 PM »

i bought a box of hornady 500 S&W 300gr Evolution, i will shoot them this weekend get about the groups,

Pharmboy · « **Reply #7 on:** March 19, 2007, 05:39:55 PM »

I've got a box of 'em. I wish I could tell you about a 200 yd shot on a 7x7 Elk, but I can't. I have some 300 gr JHP handloads and some 405gr cowboy action loads that shoot good, I mean not that much recoil from my 22" handi. I waited 6 weeks for this box of leverevolution from Sportman's Guide.

Pharmboy

Dave Weiss · « **Reply #8 on:** March 19, 2007, 11:24:29 PM »

It shoots GREAT out of my 45-70 Handi and BC... cloverleafs from both, but I handload so I'm going to come up with something better

>>>===> Dave

bigjeepman · « **Reply #9 on:** March 20, 2007, 01:43:27 AM »

I have read or heard somewhere where these rounds are pretty hot and the recoil is much more than other factory ammo ... fact or fiction?

45/70fan · « **Reply #10 on:** March 20, 2007, 03:44:09 AM »

They shoot cloverleafs at 100 yards out of my 22" Handi. I shot one deer last year and it was bang, flop.
As for recoil my handloaded 300gr Rem hp over 50.0 of Reloader 7 seem to kick harder. If you want a real shoulder bruiser, load up some H4198 to the max level 2 loads.

burntmuch · « **Reply #11 on:** March 20, 2007, 02:13:35 PM »

Hey 45/70fan That 300gr over 50.0 reloader. is that A max load & what kinda groups are ya getting with it. Im reloading for the first time tomarrow Im starting with 300 gr rem hp over 42gr reloder7

4570FAN · « **Reply #12 on:** March 20, 2007, 02:49:39 PM »

Burnt:

Sorry for any confusion, but I was referring to bullet weights of ammunition that I would like to purchase. I currently am not reloading, but since I now have a "cannon" (BC) that will change in the near future.

4570FAN

quickdtoo · « **Reply #13 on:** March 20, 2007, 03:18:37 PM »

50gr RL7 with a 300gr bullet is a max levergun load, 51-57gr would be a Ruger load if you look in the Lyman 48th.

Tim

http://www.alliantpowder.com/reloaders/RecipeDetail.aspx?title=Centerfire%20Load&gtypeid=2&weight=300&shellid=1099&bulletid=352

burntmuch · « **Reply #14 on:** March 20, 2007, 03:33:16 PM »

We got 2 4570fans

quickdtoo · « **Reply #15 on:** March 20, 2007, 04:26:10 PM »

Quote from: burntmuch on March 20, 2007, 03:33:16 PM

We got 2 4570fans

Yup, a newbie and an oldie!!

45/70fan · « **Reply #16 on:** March 21, 2007, 01:47:20 AM »

burntmuch, I get cloverleafs at 100 yards if I do my part. velocity is out of my Handi is just under 2000fps.

Q · « **Reply #17 on:** March 22, 2007, 05:21:11 AM »

The lever 325 grn rounds are not the most accurate load that I've shot but thats not all that I'm after. Sheer knock down power is a plus for me. I'm still waiting foor some other goodies from Midway before I go back to the range. Xtreem 45-70 fan!

Buckskin · « **Reply #18 on:** March 22, 2007, 06:24:49 AM »

Quote from: Ten Ring on March 19, 2007, 12:54:09 PM

My 45-70 shoots the 325 gr. leverevolution the best of any factory loaded bullets. The sad thing that after I e-mailed Hornady they are not going to offer the flextip bullet as a reloading round this year,maybe next year.
Ten Ring

There was a big discussion here about the reloading of these bullets and that Hornady would not sell them as a component. Did they actually tell you that they would be available sometime in the future?

Ten Ring · « **Reply #19 on:** March 22, 2007, 09:05:55 AM »

Their reply was that this years production was dedicated to factory ammo. May be available next year as a reloading component. By the way it took two e-mails and two months to get a reply from Hornady.
Ten Ring
p.s. I can match the accuracy with nosler partition but don't save that much by handloading.

bambis nightmare · « **Reply #20 on:** March 22, 2007, 09:17:41 AM »

They shoot really well in my Handi. In fact, better that any of my reloads so far. I just picked up 2 boxes at a gun show in Ft Worth for $22 each.

Q · « **Reply #21 on:** January 13, 2010, 01:40:03 PM »

I bought a box befor I even had a 45-70 rifle, I've owned two since and both shot 1" gp at 100 yds with the 325gn. Now I just bought a CVA barrel to try them out it.

jburris2001 · « **Reply #22 on:** January 13, 2010, 02:01:41 PM »

i shot 3 out of my 500 s&w yesterday and they grouped 1" at 50 yds. free standing regular sights. mine 300 gr. and pack a punch

S.S. · « **Reply #23 on:** January 13, 2010, 02:18:09 PM »

they are good rounds but don't live up to the trajectory hype.
sighted in at 100 yards, the drop at slightly over 200 yards is not measured
in inches but several feet. At 250 yards I was able to bounce 2 into the target.
The target was a piece of poster board and I saw the bullet strikes a good 2.5 yards in front of the target.
On the plus side, they made big holes where they hit!

The Hermit · « **Reply #24 on:** January 13, 2010, 02:35:30 PM »

I shoot them in my 45-70. I sight to shoot 3 inches high at 100 yards. Recoil is a little stiff in my Handi, but not bad. Deer kills are one shot and they drop in thier tracks. They do make a big hole and waste some meat. Forget ever shooting a turkey with them unless it is broadside. Only a little breast meat is left. Herb Philipsons has them for $ 31.00/box.

The Hermit

Warthog · « **Reply #25 on:** January 13, 2010, 04:00:30 PM »

I can only speak for the .44 mag. My Handi loves them. I didn't measure the group, but I put 4 in the head of a turkey target at 100 yards. I doubt I'll buy anything else.

whitetailmaniac · « **Reply #26 on:** January 13, 2010, 04:24:54 PM »

Cloverleaf out of my handi 45-70. Same out of the turty-turty.

Chris

S.E.Ak · « **Reply #27 on:** January 13, 2010, 07:54:40 PM »

One Sitka Blacktail and one Blacky both under 50yards and dead right then. Recoil is light compared to most 45/70 rounds I shoot. The Hornady is my light game round. Their brass is abit short for reloading

quickdtoo · « **Reply #28 on:** January 13, 2010, 08:11:21 PM »

Quote from: S.S. on January 13, 2010, 02:18:09 PM

they are good rounds but don't live up to the trajectory hype.
sighted in at 100 yards, the drop at slightly over 200 yards is not measured
in inches but several feet. At 250 yards I was able to bounce 2 into the target.
The target was a piece of poster board and I saw the bullet strikes a good 2.5 yards in front of the target.
On the plus side, they made big holes where they hit!

They're pretty darn close to the advertised 2050fps, it runs 2012fps in an H&R SS Ultra Hunter 24" barrel, Hornady made them for the Marlin XLR 24" barrel. They also ran out of the proprietary powder just after they first came out, those boxes were marked 1850fps. Regardless of what people think of it as far as being "hot", the 45-70 ammo is still a trapdoor load.

Tim

aflineman · « **Reply #29 on:** January 13, 2010, 11:23:14 PM »

They have shot well for me in both the 30/30 and the 45/70.
My 30/30 i sighted in at 100 yards with the 150 Cor-loks and the Leverlution rounds shoot about 5" higher than that, nice tight group.
The results are about 7" high for my 45/70 which I sighted in with the 405gr Cor-lok Remington load.