thanks

I am curious how the FTX rounds cycled and chambered in your Winchester 1886. And was the recoil mild enough for a young or beginning shooter. 

It was a moderately compressed load. I didn't take my chronograph with me today. This session was more about group size. 

My cast 405 gr plain base gas-checked bullets, LBT white lube, over -power fiber card and 65 gr of Goex 3F powder. This target was from 50 yards with open sights. Obviously, I will need to adjust for elevation, but it looks promising.

I recently purchased a 2000s Miroukoo 1886 in 45-70 that I needed to shoot.   Last winter I bought a 1950 '94 in 25-35 that I installed a Lyman 66 receiver sight on.  My Savage 17HMR needed dialed back in, and the Savage 99E I bought last fall, I'd never confirmed zero on.  Also a Sauer SAA 22 Mag that needed some work, that turned into buying a parts pistol, then since I had all the parts, buying another broken one, that I repaired with leftovers, so I had a second in 22LR.  

Targets were at 30 yds and 130 yds.

30Yd Target 1886 45-70

130 Yd Target 1886 45-70

30 Yd Target 1886 45-70 Subs

It would be nice if someone could tell me how to use a Full Buckhorn Sight.  I'm not sure if I'm right, even after googling instructions.  With both sight pictures, I used a 6 O'clock hold.   At the 130 yd targets I also had a 12"x17" plate and an 8"x6".  I hit the small yellow plate 3 out of 4 with the Hornady. After shooting the subs on paper, I just shot the 12x17 for a good gong ring.

45-70 Factory Ammo Used

130 Yd Targets

Zebulon said
I do know what I'm going  to do if I'm still around whenever powder and primer prices inevitably dip down to whatever I perceive is the perigee of that market cycle. It won't ever likely be as low as it last was because there's a ratchet.
However, we have new American and foreign manufacturers streaming in to build factories and those may come on line at a time when the country is no longer exporting ordnance at the current rate. Who knows but there's little new under the Sun and it has happened before, more than once. 
If it does, I will buy enough of my favorite powders to last until the most optimistic estimate of my personal sell-by date. Anything left over I'll instruct my executor to distribute among my shooting friends. Here's hoping the leftovers won't be enough to get excited about. 
  

I will take all of the IMR 4064 you can give me... I load 222 Rem Mag, 30-40 Krag, and 30-06 with it.

I haven't had to buy powder or primers in awhile but from what I have seen it's unlikely prices will get appreciably better any time soon. Best opportunities seem to be the "free haz-mat" or shipping and other promotions. I think getting a bit carried away restocking my powder and primer magazines awhile back may have been among my best investments of the time. 

Mike

However, we have new American and foreign manufacturers streaming in to build factories and those may come on line at a time when the country is no longer exporting ordnance at the current rate. Who knows but there's little new under the Sun and it has happened before, more than once. 

If it does, I will buy enough of my favorite powders to last until the most optimistic estimate of my personal sell-by date. Anything left over I'll instruct my executor to distribute among my shooting friends. Here's hoping the leftovers won't be enough to get excited about. 

Mike