Hey everybody, I'm in the process of buying a new C. Sharps 40-65 Win. I have a couple of questions? On reloading about 95% of the dies I use are RCBS, they list two sets, 40-65 Shiloh and 40-65 Winchester Cowboy. I believe I need to purchase the 40-65 Shiloh? I plan to call RCBS and C. Sharps but I thought someone on this site may have some experience with this. I would also appreciate any "pet" loads any of the member have come up with? I'm planning on Starline brass and Bear Creek lead bullets over smokeless powder. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks to any respondents. 

If you are shooting smokless, back the die out to just size the neck or get a neck sizer, c sharps chambers run a little large so ,I can't  imagine  you need the rcbs Shiloh die set.
21 grains of buffalo rifle powder with a 400 grain bullet will get you started,  lovex makes the powder, or 5744 .

The Shiloh version of the RCBS .40-65 dies were made because the Shiloh chamber is pretty tight around the web.  Those dies size this area down a little smaller than their standard dies.   Every C. Sharps rifle I've ever owned has had been a little oversized in this area so I expect that any old .40-65 dies would work.  The Shiloh version would definitely work though.

Chris.

I neck size my 40 caliber brass (40-65 to 40-90 bottle-neck) with a carbide 41 magnum die. I made an adapter from all-thread and coupled together with the Lee  quick coupler. It gets the carbide up high enough to bottom out the stroke and adjust the length of the sized area.
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