If you're handloading ammo like .45/90, .45/100, .45/110, or .45/120 can you use a slug from a .45/70?

[bayouwoof]

WAM -

Ah normally don't spell too well, butt it is almost always deliberate, to emphasize geographic origins as well as species-specific differences.

Labrador speak with a certain kind of Southern dialect.

Butt this time, Ah misspelt cho handle!

No offence itended!

[DakotaMan]

woof... not to hijack this thread, however, I must note that most South Dakota Labradors have no Southern accent or dialect whatsoever. I now live in Georgia and the labs here do seem to woof Southern.

Stinky... all these take a .45 caliber bullet regardless of its origin.

[Carl Huber]

I believe the term 45 Long Colt came into use at the same time as the 45 Schofield a shorter cased 45 caliber round. The Schofield round could be chambered in the former. But not vice versa. Hence the "Long" in front of the standard "45 Colt" cartridge.

[jhjimbo]

Nope. Didn't know about a .45 Schofield. I load the 45/70, but not the others although I do have dies for the .45Colt.

[bayouwoof]

DakotaMan -

Ah think beekeper is the only one who caught it in mah previous incarnation - blackdawgz.

But he lives in Georgia, too.

Ah is Black, from Alabammie, and like Louis L'Amour and talk a lot like his characterz..

Re the bullets...

REAL black powder shooterz slug the bar'l and git custom molds and the diameter is whut it iz.

Wish Ah could shoot a roffle like you!

[WA Mtnhunter]

I can't figure out which dialect my Labradors speak. I think badazz for the black dawg as he is getting more cantankerous with age. I'm sure the little blonde Tiger Lily Scout speaks with a sweet Southern lilt. Not a cross bone in her body, unlike the big dawg.

[bayouwoof]

WAM -

Thet's about it.

Big aggressive males cuss a lot.

Like unto a Chief Petty Officer.

Ah used to work with retarred Chiefs when Ah worked inna Navy shipyard.

Them boyz wood make a biker blush.

[FirstBubba]

My (antiquated!) loading manuals show bullet diameters for the .45 (Long) Colt to range from .451 to .4515 to .454. The .45-70 Gov't, however, called for a bullet diameter of .458 only.
The heaviest .451-.454 bullet was a 240 grain. The only .458 bullet advertised was 300 grains.
I'm quite certain that all the above stated rifle "calibers" are the same. That would be .458.

[DakotaMan]

Woof - I thought that accent sounded familiar! :-)