45-70

what is your favorite 45-70 load in a 14" tube? I have had good results with R#7 so far.

H4198 is working great for me. I am getting around 1900 fps with Hornady 300 grain JHP out of my 14" Hunter barrel.

I'm shooting the TC 45-70 Hunter barrel w/break. I have used only IMR4198 powder. I shoot 37 grn of it with Fed 210 Primer. I use the Sierra 300grn JHP and get 1410fps with it. It is shooting 2" at 100yds with a 4x Swift scope and I've taken two whitetails with it. Both were between 80 and 100 yds.
One shot, in the shoulder of each and they just spun a 180 and dropped. I tried more powder but the groups suffered and didn't use any other powders yet.
Mike

I shoot a .450 Marlin with a 14-inch barrel. I have not used the other powders listed here, but I use RL-7. Use it in my .375 Win also. I like it. Meters well and seems to be a very accurate powder. I shoot a mid-range load of RL-7 in the .450 with 350-grain Hornady Flat Points. I have killed 4-deer with it over the last two years. No problems with retrieval. Hope to get drawn on a KY elk. I sure would like to shake it loose on something a little bigger.

if your talking an encore and you aren't recoil shy I used 51.0gr of benchmark under a 440 gr cp in my 7.5" BFR for almost 1700 fps and excellent accuracy. I'm 6'3" @ 250 and it was all I could do to control the BFR, I let one person shoot it and when he almost ate the gun I never let anyone else try it. I shot a live ponderosa pine at about 50 yds, the tree was probably 18 to 20 inches in diameter and the bullet went completely through it.

I'm getting good performance from AA5744 and a 300gr Hornady. 2" at 100yds and 1800fps.