Fulfilling this task is Beartooth Bullets' newest offering
in .45 caliber rifle bullets: our 525 grain WLNGC bullet, or if you can't
remember the nose designation, just remember it's a pile-driver
for .45-70 Govt. and other .45 caliber rifle cartridges! From the
beginning, specifications for dimensions of this bullet were expressly optimized
for use in the Marlin 1895 series of lever-action rifles. The nose is both
the widest, and longest in dimensions, and still reliably load through the
magazine tube on these firearms, and feed flawlessly, for butter-smooth
functioning through your lever-action big game rifle.
This bullet offers the handloader a bullet of outstanding
accuracy, unsurpassed penetration potential, and a huge meplat for wide permanent
wound channels through any game one might pursue with a lever-action big
bore! While no-one will tell you these are pleasant to shoot at full-snort
velocities from light-weight leverguns, it is truly amazing the earthquakes that
take place on the receiving end when these bullets arrive on target!
So, when your favorite .45 caliber big-bore rifle needs to
deliver the bone-crushing power of a pile-driver, with accuracy of surgical
precision, load up a box of Pile-Drivers to answer the call!
|
.45 Caliber 525g WLNGC Pile-Driver |
| Overall Bullet Length |
1.280" |
| Nose To Crimp Length |
.450" |
| Meplat Diameter |
.375" |
The loading data included in the table below was developed
specifically for modern rifles in excellent mechanical condition. It is
suitable specifically for both Winchester and Browning 1886 and 1885
rifles and carbines, Ruger No.1 and No.3 rifles and carbines as well as modern
production Marlin 1895 lever action rifles, carbines and Guide Guns. This
data should never be used in antique rifles or those models other than
specifically listed above. Loading data in the table below generates under
40,000 psi. and is entirely safe in the above listed firearms makes and models.
When developing loads utilizing this data, reduce charges 10% for starting
loads, then cautiously work the load up incrementally as pressure signs
indicate.
|
Loading Data BTB-.45-525gWLNGC
"Pile-Driver" in .45-70 Govt.
All loads using Starline .45-70 Govt.
brass, Winchester Large Rifle Primers, Cartridge Overall Length 2.557" . |
| Powder |
Charge Wt. Gr. |
Velocity 22" Bbl. |
Velocity 20" Bbl. |
| AA 2495 |
45.0 |
1520 |
1486 |
| IMR 4198 |
42.7 |
1612 |
1562 |
| IMR 3031 |
52.8 |
1683 |
1621 |
| H-4895 |
52.5 |
1820 |
1752 |
| RL-7 |
44.3 |
1705 |
1648 |
| IMR 4227 |
28.0 |
14.43 |
13.92 |
| 2400 |
24.0 |
1346 |
1283 |
| H-322 |
41.0 |
1610 |
1549 |
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As in interesting note of information, one of our longtime
customers Mr. Matt Zietlow, was the first to beta-test this bullet, and
incidentally the first to make a big-game harvest with this projectile. He
certainly did it in style, and below are his comments and photos of his
excellent free-ranging American Bison Bull.
"Details......... approx. 2200 lb bull taken
at 60 yds last fall (2004) on Idaho/Montana border with 525 grain Beartooth
bullet under IMR 4198, fired from Shiloh Sharps with 34" barrel, muzzle
velocity 1680 fps. Hit through meaty part of both shoulders, broke a rib on
both entry and exit, cut off top of heart, and exited far side. Total
penetration measured at 33 1/2", approx. thumb-sized hole straight through,
bull took 3 steps and collapsed. A very fine performance indeed!!"
Matt Zietlow
Eureka, NV
Also from a Beartooth Bullets customer and ShootersForum.com member, Grizz, comes this video from his penetration tests in August of 2005.
