BFR 45-70 load range

[98 220 swift]

What 45-70 loads(trapdoor or lever action) loads are safe for the BFR? Cant find any info on how stout of a load it can handle.

 

[KEYBEAR]

The BFR in 45-70 will handle any load you can buy ?? Maybe more than you can handle ??
google it or go to MR web site .

 

[849ACSO]

Pretty sure it will take whatever loads you feel like YOU can handle. I don't think the gun will be the weak link.......

 

[silvermane_1]

well IIRC, BFRs are made for MR by Pinetree Castings, which is owned by Sturm Ruger Co. IIRC, and Rugers are plenty strong guns.

 

[swedish champion]

I shoot two 45-70 b.f.r.'s with regularity. I can say from personal experience that the handgun will withstand more than modern brass. I've chron'd over 2,000 f.p.s. With 405 grain weight slugs from a 7 1/2 inch barrel. Its one of the few firearms I own in which I place full confidence. Anything goes.