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The Winchester Model 1876 / Re: Load Data for the 40/60
« Last post by Boone May on Yesterday at 01:06:50 PM »Well obviously I’m too old and senile to be posting here much less fooling with primers and powderI don't see why you couldn't use Starline .40-65 brass as a basis for .40-60 WCF cases. The .40-65 WCF (also known as .40-60 Marlin) was based on a necked down .45-70 case. I never had to do this as I had a bunch of resized and shortened .40-60 WCF cases made by Buffalo Arms. Give it a try and let us know results.
Tried to pose a question regarding a suggestion in Venturinos “Lever Guns” but I put it on the 45-60 site….(sigh)
To get to the point:
He mentions shortening 45-70 dies to use reloading the 45-60
If this works then is the same course of action possible: using shortened 40-65 dies with the 40-60…
45-70 shortened for 45-60 reloading IAW Venturino
40-65 shortened for 40-60?
Thanks……..