Shiloh 44-77 Hartford

[Eric Johanen]

With Orville's 44-77 pp chamber the fired cases measure .459 at the mouth and I can seat a patched .439 bullet with no neck sizing. This is a slip fit. Using a Meacham .458 bushing die I have a bit of tension and the bullet will not fall out when turned upside down. Very little or no working of the case. I can just clean and load. With the bullet patched to .436 I use a .455 bushing and it works for shooting with a fouled bore. Accuracy is very good with Orville's chamber and I glad I chose it. For hunting and steel banging it is a very good choice. My set up is not a long range target rifle but I can get hits on steel at 400 yards with he barrel sights and will try to get it on at 500. Currently 400 seems to the the limit for my eyes.