It is the smartest, best, most accurate, easiest BPCR round I load for.  Making 40-60 brass from Krag brass is one step easy.    ...Okay! Two step. Fireform and trim.

If magically I could go back in time to start over, but knowing everything I know now, the 40-60 Maynard, (especially) built and chambered by Michael Lewis is how I would start. 

I just loaded 180 of these today for this weekend....


(it is well suited to 16 twist barrels. Don't let anyone talk you into something faster  ...OR slower either.)

I have one in a CPS Stevens with a Krieger barrel, in the two years that I have had it I have put about 5000 BP rounds through it. I have found this calibre easier to get to perform than either the 40/65 or the 45/70.
My current load is 60 gr of PP Wano under a 400 gr Money Bullet from a BACo mould, I have found that in my rifle Federal 155 LMP primers have proved best. 
Today I shot a ten shot group at 100 m that measured 1.200" and all were in the ten ring.
Hopefully this load may prove to be a good starting load in your rifle, perhaps I should mention that I only shoot fixed ammo, I tried breech seating but it was too much work with having to clean the case each shot and gave almost no accuracy advantage in MY RIFLE .  The only problem I have encountered has been obtaining suitable brass as 30/40 Krag brass is not available here in Australia and .303 British does not chamber in my rifle without a lot of case turning.
Hope this helps.
Mike.

I have a .40-60 Maynard CPA with a 16:1 twist Douglas barrel and I shoot 49.7 grains of Swiss FFFg at 1,250 fps with a 427 grain Paul Jones Creedmore bullet.

I prefer the straight walled cases to load (less twisting of wads - lighter powder loads)and find there is no difference in performance compared to the .40-65 WCF.

I use .30-40 Krag cases to make my .40-60 Maynards.

The .40-65 bullet is a 410 grain Boomer Money bullet.

I have a Rem Hepburn with a 16 twist Douglas, have not had much time with it yet, But the only bullet to give a group worth claiming so far is the Lyman 410660 { the pointy bore-rider} with 54 gr 1f Goex, and CCI br2 in rem krag cases anyone know of a similar bullet that does not take up too much space in the case I might try,it's one of my silhouette guns so 500 is far enough, thanks

Thanks for the reply "Oneatatime" I have the "snover" and the 410655, also Saeco 640, and RCBS 40-350, They are good molds,and shoot OK but they seat deeper than the bore rider in the case I,m compressing .3 with a milk carton wad.  Was wondering if  another 40 cal mold existed that seats  shallower in the case without going custom ?

Mick; Thanks for your reply , I went to the BACO web site and looked the mold up ,looks very interesting , I may give it a try as the bands are all .408 on my mold this one should allow more powder in the case, thanks again.

In my 40/60 Maynard with the Baco 400 grain Kidwell bullet I load 64 grains of Swiss 1.5 or 66 grains of OE 1.5 and its a ram killer.