45-90 BLACK POWDER EQUIVALENT

BUFFALO BORE 45-90 BLACK POWDER EQUIVALENT
SMOKELESS AMMUNITION

45-90 BLACK POWDER EQUIVALENT
430 gr. BPE @ 1,300 fps/ME 1,613 ft lbs
20 Round Box

ITEM 45-90 - 430 BPE

The original 45-90, loaded with black powder, featured 400 +/- gr. bullets @ 1,300 fps. We are duplicating black powder pressures with smokeless powders to create black powder equivalent loads, but with clean burning smokeless powder……and generally with a slight velocity increase over “black”. This particular load uses a hard cast flat nose, gas checked bullet (same bullet we use in our famed 45-70 item 8A or 8H) that will NOT expand on living mammalian material at 1400 fps impact. As you can see, it is generating nearly 1,400 fps out of our 24 inch test rifle and 1447 fps out of our 26 inch rifle. This bullet will NOT expand on living mammalian materials at impact speeds of 1,400 fps (point blank range). This is a good deer through bison bullet at this velocity. 

Generated recoil is low with this load. Even using traditional steel butt plates on my 45-90 rifles, the felt recoil is very light. You can shoot these all day long and enjoy each pull of the trigger. 

This BPE load, unlike our jacketed 400 gr. BPE load, is short enough to cycle in our 1906 manufacture model 1886 rifle and cycles 100% reliably. 

The 45-90 cartridge is so much longer than the 45-70, that it requires the longer 1886 action. The Marlin 1895 45-70 action will not cycle a cartridge this long.  

If you are going to fire this ammo in 100+ year old Winchesters, it is fine to do if your rifle has a proper steel barrel. Read this article on aging your rifle, so you can be safe in so doing.

THE DANGERS OF NOT AGING YOUR FIREARM VERSUS THE ADVENT OF “HIGH-PRESSURE STEEL” FOR USE WITH SMOKELESS POWDER

There is no need to destroy old relics and hurt yourself in the process by firing high-pressure ammo in metal barrels designed for low-pressure black powder. Over the internet, I cannot tell how safe your antique rifle is with any ammo. You are responsible for making that determination. 

You’ll note my real-world velocities from real-world rifles below.

> 1,389 fps - Modern Winchester 1886 rifle, 24-inch barrel
> 1,334 fps - Modern Winchester 1886 Carbine, 22-inch barrel
> 1,447 fps - 1906 Winchester 1886 rifle, 26-inch barrel

Item 45-90 - 430 BPE - Exterior Ballistics Charts for several Muzzle Velocities

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Muzzle Velocity @ 1700 fps for Item 45-90 430 BPE

Muzzle Velocity @ 1600 fps for Item 45-90 430 BPE

Muzzle Velocity @ 1500 fps for Item 45-90 430 BPE

Muzzle Velocity @ 1400 fps for Item 45-90 430 BPE

Muzzle Velocity @ 1300 fps for Item 45-90 430 BPE

Muzzle Velocity @ 1200 fps for Item 45-90 430 BPE

Muzzle Velocity @ 1100 fps for Item 45-90 430 BPE

Field-proven rifle and gun ammo. Maximum firepower ammo. Best ammunition for rifles and guns for sale. Buffalo Bore. Strictly big bore. Strictly Business.

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