Thanks for an interesting article! I hadn’t run across the wax load approach before.
Also, that was an interesting point from an earlier comment about exchanging birdshot for buckshot. I need to get set up for bullet and ball casting here soon. It occurs to me that the combination of .45 LC pistol, .45 LC rifle, and 45-70 rifle covers a whole lot of hunting situations with cast slugs, and is one of the least expensive ways to go. Really the 45-70 rifle is more of a luxury than a necessity (but fun!).
I’ve been pretty bemused by the continuing shortage of .22 LR and the high prices...
Pre cast slugs are pretty cheap and store well.
Be careful. 45 Colt is not the same diameter as 45-70. One is. 451 the other is .458
ive got a marlin lever in 45/70 - great gun - have taken many deer with that....my shoulder on the other hand does not like it so much......especially with the .425 grain...ouch