I'm trying to get brass that I can get to OAL of 2.110 for 40-65. 45-70 brass that I have tried won't work. Tried Rem and Starline. Any suggestions?

Ditto

I just measured two brand new Starline 40/65 cases and they both measure 2.105". I have just sized 50 45/70 Starline cases and after forming, but before trimming, they measured over 2.200", I will fire form them prior to final trimming.
Why you are having trouble with 45/70 brass escapes me.
Mike.

Going to order some new brass and see what happens. Thanks guys.

Why shrink down .45-70 Starline brass.
They sell .40-65 cases as well.
Even so Starline brass always needs to be annealed before using.

I've shot the Quigley for the last 15 years and there have been two (2) failures.  One in a rifle that never should have been built (cast Ballard) and one Pedersoli that had a rung chamber and the barrel split.  Both were using 5744 double based powder.

Good reason to chamber cast.

Schuetzendave wrote on Apr 12^th, 2018 at 6:10pm:


Just a quick correction here, the Lady that had the rifle blow up was shooting a Marlin Ballard, that had been relined, and had been used for many years. Her load was right at or maximum. There was apparently an old crack under in the receiver that finally let go.
The Pedersoli that blew was being ran by a man. The chamber had been rung by the use of wads and smokeless powder.

Now as to chamber length, there's the 40-65 winchester and marlin chambers, then you get into the bushes with various "40-65" chambers that have length's all over the place. The 40-65 RL one of the most common encountered is simply the result of a 45-70 case ran into a 40-65 size die and shot as is, other's are derivatives of that and the case needs be trimmed after sizing.
Chamber casting a "40-65" is a grand idea, if you're not the original owner of the rifle, as it's hard to tell what someone has been doing inside that chamber with a reamer/drill bit, etc.
Smokeless powder and wads are never a good thing.