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Originally Posted by rburg
Does anyone know if you can shoot 45 Colt ammo in the .45-70s? I mean Tauri uses them and .410s interchangeably. Maybe the family missed a good bet 100 years ago.
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Dick, I wouldn't try to fire .45 Colt ammo in a .45/70. The .45/70 uses a .458" diameter bullet, while the .45 Colt uses either .454" or .452" bullets, depending on age. You might get it to chamber and fire, but I suspect you'd get split cases, venting gas who knows where in the rifle, and the bullet would be very loose in the bore. One upon a time I loaded some .45 Colt
bullets in .45/70 cases with a judicious amount of pistol powder to use for plinkers in my trapdoors. That didn't work out so well; accuracy was minute of barn door at almost any range. Ah well, I was then young and foolish.
John