44-77 Sharps paper patched load

[Nuclearcricket]

That's a nice looking bullet. Who's mold is it from?
When I was playing around with the 44-77 rim thickness and its all captec brass from BACO, I did find that the breach side of the brass was not absolutely flat, and that made getting accurate measurements difficult.
Now I realize that not everyone had all the tools and such laying around that I do, but what I did was to take a piece of aluminum about 1 1/2" in diameter and face off both ends square and then drill a hole through large enough to accommodate the case body, and then cut a brass spacer a little over the rim diameter. I then made sure that the spacer was flat and then I would drop the case in the aluminum, put the spacer on top and use a dial indicator to measure the rim thickness. This way I would pick up the high spot on the case head, not just the rim area.
I did find that the rim thickness will vary a few .001".
I will get around a little later on this morning and get a pic of my set up and post that up. I am sure a picture will make much more sense than my ramblings.
As for trimming the cases, I picked up a used Wilson case trimmer at a gun show last year and a little work on the lathe I was able to make up a sleeve to hold the cases to trim them. That was cheaper and faster than ordering one from Wilson or CH. I don't remember what the body taper is but its not very much, I just used a 1" diameter piece of aluminum and once fired cases, worked very well for me.
Sam