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StevenHall Junior Member Offline Posts: 92 Location: Cave Creek, AZ Joined: Sep 23^rd, 2014	Breech seating using Stevens action? Nov 18^th, 2016 at 2:05am	Print Post
	I was looking though CPA's website and it says you can use the Stevens action to breech seat bullets without using a mechanical seater. Have any of you tried this with much success? I assume this would work with the 44 action as well and not just the 44 1/2? I am thinking of contacting Rocky Mountain Cartridge to see if they would make a solid case with the same outside dimensions, but not hollowed out. Is it worth fiddling with?


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frnkeore Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7665 Location: Central Point, OR 97502 Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010	Re: Breech seating using Stevens action? Reply #1 - Nov 18^th, 2016 at 2:30am	Print Post
	It will work pretty well and the 44 action has more travel and leverage than a 44 1/2 to BS. You don't need to have a case made, you can just make a piece of brass to slide inside the fire formed case or even use a hardwood dowel. If you use brass, you can thread the end that goes into the case for a 1/4" set screw so that you can adjust your BS depth. On a 44 1/2, using a ~200 gr bullet, a tapered bullet will help you get the bullet far enough in to have enough travel with the breech block to get it BSed w/o trouble. There are different ways to set the BSer but, the easiest method is to have at least 2/3 of the base band engraved with rifling, and adjust from that point, usually deeper. You'll love how much better it shoots BSed Enjoy, Frank

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Schuetzenmiester Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 6707 Location: Cool Wet Side of WA Joined: Apr 27^th, 2008	Re: Breech seating using Stevens action? Reply #2 - Nov 18^th, 2016 at 3:02am	Print Post
	I used to BS a 44 1/2 with a push rod type seater. I had a door knob type handle. I pushed the bullet in a popped it with the heal of my hand. Shot 248 with it back when 250s were unheard of

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StevenHall Junior Member Offline Posts: 92 Location: Cave Creek, AZ Joined: Sep 23^rd, 2014	Re: Breech seating using Stevens action? Reply #3 - Nov 18^th, 2016 at 12:30pm	Print Post
	Thanks, can't wait to try it out.


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waterman Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3003 Location: Behind the Redwood Curtain Joined: Jun 9^th, 2004	Re: Breech seating using Stevens action? Reply #4 - Nov 19^th, 2016 at 1:31am	Print Post
	I breech-seat with my Stevens rifles with 44 actions using a fired case filled with a wooden dowel. I do this with both 28-30 and 25-20 SS cases. No specially-made cases. Just hardwood dowels and a bit of sandpaper to adjust seating depth. Not fancy, but it works very well if you stick to soft lead bullets.


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