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Nice! Can you still run a 405 grain?Yes, I've made loads with Trailboss and 5744 powers and 2 bullets. A 292 grain plain base designed for the .45/60 and a 300 grain gas check. The 292 shoots lousy but the 300 grain shoots great. The .45/60 is nothing more than a .45/70 trimmed to 1.89. .45/60 brass is 3 to 4 times the cost of .45/70 so it's worth the effort.
Ohh ok cool. I’ve read the history a few times but without owning one it doesn’t sink in.The .45/60 was supposedly loaded with a 300 grain bullet though I've seen loads as heavy as 330 grains. I think the 405 grain would be a bit heavy. The 1876 is the last Winchester before locking lugs were invented. It's basically a scaled up version of the 1873. Winchester was trying to develop a repeater with the power of the .45/70 but the .45/70 was too long to fit so they developed the .45/75. The 1876 may be the only repeater that was used to decimate the buffalo.