Brake down of the tapdoor

[Nevada Mark]

Pards,
    Just picked up a H&R trapdoor carbine in 45-70 this week and want to break it down to nuts and bolts to give it a good cleaning, inspection and oiling. The gun is in great shape and looks good but I feel the need to give it that good cleaning. What I'm looking for is a site or book that will help me get this job done right. (How to brake it down)
    After it's cleaned I will be reloading for it. I'm looking for some light loads, shooting about 100 to 200 yards; – being a carbine it will more than likely give a pretty good kick with the 405 gr. bullets I use in my sharps, so I'm looking for a lighter load with maybe a 300gr bullet. Any help out there?

[Dirty Brass]

Pick up the book THE 45-70 SPRINGFIELD 4th Edition by North Cape Publications. It's jammed full of great info, history, and pics of the break down procedures. Realatively inexpensive.

[Nevada Mark]

Dirty Brass,
     Thanks for the lead on the 45-70 Springfield book. I ordered it and just received it yesterday . Your right it's full of good information. Will get a chance to go through it more in detail this weekend.
   Again thanks

[Dirty Brass]

Yer' welcome metequa. I  use it often when looking for an answer about the trapdoors....