Anyone have any load data for a .40-60 WCF?

Please don't double-post.

From Rifle Magazine's Special Edition, The Legacy of Lever guns.

Winchester Lever-Action Rifles The Pre-War Years
by Ken Waters

.40-60 WCF

A smaller cartridge of less power and recoil, the .40-60 was the sole caliber under .45 offered in the Model 1876 Winchester, intended to give higher velocity with increased energy and flatter trajectory than the smaller Model 1873 cartridges but without the heavy recoil of a .45-75. Its tapered case was 1.87 inches long.

Employing a 62-grain blackpowder charge to drive a relatively light 210-grain solid lead bullet at 1,533 fps at the muzzle - some 233 fps faster than a .44-40's 200-grain bullet - the .40-60 nicely filled the bill as a balanced deer round of that era. Strangely, rifles for this cartridge were given an unusually slow rifling twist of one in 40 inches, which ruled out the use of heavier bullets. Produced as late as 1925. there is no evidence the .40-60 was ever loaded with smokeless powder.

Current Case Mfg.: Buffalo Arms
Current Mould Mfg.: Lyman 403169
Old Mould: Lyman 403168
Alternate Mould: Rapine 403185
Cast Bullet Load: 20.0 grains IMR-4227
Groove Diameter: .405 inch
Twist: one in 40 inches
Custom Cast Bullet: Liberty 406-225FP
Standard Bullet Weight: 210 grains
Jacketed Bullets: Hawk 406-235 FP
Load: 21.0 grains IMR-4227

Bye
Jack

Mike Venturino, in "Shooting Leverguns of the Old West" lists the following loads:
Buffalo Arms brass
Fed 215 Primer

Lyman 215 grain bullet
55 Grains Goex FFg for 1480 fps
57 Grains Goex Cartridge for 1467 fps

DKT 210 JSN bullet
55 Grains Goex FFg for 1378 fps
57 Grains Goex Cartridge for 1359 fps

Hope this helps.

rt