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    Posted: January/06/2013 at 16:26
I just bought a new H&R 45-75 single shot handi with a 22in barrel.

Does anyone know what kind of pressures this rifle can take? There are quite a few warnings in the loading manual about maximum C.U.P. pressure. But my rifle isn't talked about specifically.

Can I load a 300 grain slug at 1800-2000 fps with this gun?
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Originally posted by MADMATT MADMATT wrote:

I just bought a new H&R 45-75 single shot handi with a 22in barrel.

Does anyone know what kind of pressures this rifle can take? There are quite a few warnings in the loading manual about maximum C.U.P. pressure. But my rifle isn't talked about specifically.

Can I load a 300 grain slug at 1800-2000 fps with this gun?


Well, that's not a very hot load.

If I were you I would call the factory and ask, but in the meantime the internet rumor mill spits out three factoids that you may find helpful:


1) Pretty much any factory ammo is fine. The H&R is chambered in .500 S&W, which is loaded at what...? 60,000cup? PSI? Somewhere around there. The big Garret loads are loaded to around 35,000cup.

2) Having said that, be careful when getting into the more powerful Buffalo Bore & Garrett Cartridges. Rule of thumb: You can shoot anything that is safe in the Marlin 1895 Lever Action (336 Series)

3) You do NOT have a Ruger #1. Unless H&R themselves can specifically tell you that you your Handi is safe at those power levels, you need to keep in mind that your rifle's strength falls somewhere above the Marlin 1895 and the Ruger #1. Which brings us back to rumor #2; stick to loads considered safe in the Marlin 1895 and and so shall you be too. Safe, I mean.


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  All that I've read says "NEF recommends not exceeding loads for the Marlin 1895" although I couldn't find a link to verify that.  I'd be asking them directly.
 
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