Danish Dies?

[texasnative46]

Wayne Smith,

I suspect that you weren't too pleased when you found that your rifle needed custom-made dies, given the cost of custom/one-off work these days.
(I know that I wouldn't have been.)

yours, tex

[Tom Herman]

Wayne,

Thanks for the Cerrosafe tip! I've got a nice Danish roller... Will do a chamber cast before ordering dies.

-Tom

[Mark Daiute]

what method are people using to cut the 45-70 cases to length?

Thanks,

Mark

[Mark Daiute]

The results are in.

My standard 405 grain load, for my 45-70, 100 yards, battle sight, six o'clock hold on the black

Attachment 170707

Note that I indeed, put a wrap of tape on the base, just because.

There were some ignition issues with the hammer fall being a little week a couple of times

After strict trial and due examination I found that the hammer fall issue was related to brass. In the final analysis the rifle likes WW brass does not like BHA or RP brass. It was as simple as that.

[Wayne Smith]

Wayne Smith,

I suspect that you weren't too pleased when you found that your rifle needed custom-made dies, given the cost of custom/one-off work these days.
(I know that I wouldn't have been.)

yours, tex

$125 delivered wasn't a bad cost to get a rifle shooting again. I also designed a Mountain Molds mold for it. Always check CH4D before rejecting an idea.

[twidget]

what method are people using to cut the 45-70 cases to length?

Thanks,

Mark

I used a tubing cutter.

Charlie

[texasnative46]

Mark Daiute,

Everyone that I've been emailing back & forth with has used a tubing cutter and/or a case trimmer. = For the 11.7x56, you likely will need BOTH to trim down .45 Basic brass to 2 & 3/16ths inches.

just my OPINION, tex

[dogmower]

"$125 delivered wasn't a bad cost to get a rifle shooting again. I also designed a Mountain Molds mold for it. Always check CH4D before rejecting an idea."
I can roger that. I needed a sizer for my 43 dutch Beaumont (got tired of the 8mm lebel/45 colt/lyman expander method of case forming).
not only did they have it in stock, they got it from Ohio to Arizona in 2 days, and were an absolute pleasure to deal with.
Great company, great product, worth every penny.