Remington double rifles

02 February 2005, 16:12

quote:
Originally posted by jeffeosso in BigBores:
Karl,
g'day...

the thing weighs in at 7.5... that's a tad light for even me for more than 405's at 1800...

with tungsten powder and mercury, you could get it to 9... MAYBE

I am thinking, as I sit here, sight unseen, that 45/90 or 45-rcbs (2.75 case) will be a better choice..

BUT, I am calling remington in the morning to get an order in...

heh.. but, why, if the 45/70 is good enough for buff, would you need more?

I want to get my mits on one... even if it tops out at 1700 with 405s or barnes X 350s, it'll be a MONSTER in northamerica... and, frankly, fill in the dreams of lots of americans

i think it would be THE THING for pigs, grassys, roo's, scrubbulls, and maybe even a buff in oz.

quickload, at 35,000 psi (around 28.5k cup I THINK)

barnes X 350
barnes X 450
tops out at
45/70
1871
1380

45/90
1985
1692

45/rcbs
2255
1935

The RCBS can be loaded more... and it's just a VERY long 45/70 case.

jeffe

02 February 2005, 20:08

vapodog

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Originally posted by LHowell:One interesting note; they have printed on the barrels the max pressure allowable - somethng like 33000+/-. What will that do to the rechambering possibilities? Les

If this is correct then even the mildly hopped up loads for the Marlin lever action is too much for the new double. They run about 40 KSI.

Were these barrels very thin????? Interesting pressure statement as it just might pertain to the burst strength of the barrels and not the action. The same diameter barrels in .30-06 would have heavier walls but not significantly enough to allow for the 60KSI cartridge.......something is screwy here!!!

Since the increased wall thickness for the .30-06 is only about .015 larger then one must conclude (assuming.....and this is a big one) that the same action is used for both and there fore the barrel ODs are the same that the 33 KSI max note is actually for the action and this makes it nothing but a shotgun action on a double rifle.

Now this too just don't add up!!!!! Unless of course there's two different sizes of action. WTF!!!

At this stage I wouldn't get too excited about stepping up the performance of the .45-70 or rechambering it.....A whole lot has to be learned before that happens.