.44-77 and paper patch?

[Don McDowell]

The 7 degree lead reamer is the standard reamer with the 7 degree lead on the end of it. Kirk would probably send you the drawings so you could see, but that reamer with the 7 degree built into it is a my pick.
The first 44-77 I got was the standard chamber, then I had a #3 rebarreled and Kirk said he had this new 7 degree lead reamer did I want to try it? Heck yes. So he sent me the rifle and said to shoot it just as quick as I could and let him know how it worked so he could get the 1/2 dozen or so rifles he had waiting to ship until he got this new reamer and some one tried it.. I did he said it looked like it was going to work and work well, and he chambered and shipped the rifles folks were waiting on. It shot both patched and grooved bullets well. I liked that chamber so well I sent the first 44 back to him to put the 7 degree lead in it. I later came to wish I had left that one alone as while it shot well, it didn't seem as tho it was as good as it originally was. So it now wears the 44-90st barrel, heavy sharps profile from GM that I won in a door prize drawing, with Dan T's chamber and boy oh boy does that thing shoot..When ever the only rifles that can whip you at a 48 inch circle at 1000 yards are military snipers shooting off a bench, you know you're on to something good.