Development of PP loads for the .44-77.

[Distant Thunder]

It is a hot, humid & miserable day out there so I have not walked down to the target yet, but those 3 rounds I loaded last night look pretty darn good for a first group in my load development. They form a perfect triangle with something just over 2" ctc at 200 meters.

I will load a few more of those at 80 and a few at 82, 84 and maybe 86 grains and see if anything looks better out of the bunch. I think I'll keep the seating depth of .160" and just have more compression and see how that goes. Eventually I'll try seating this bullet very shallow, .090" or less and see what affect that has.

This is only 3 shots and it's not good to read too much into it, but this rifle has been shooting better and better through the whole process and it looks pretty good for a starting place. It may make a useable load for the first match which is less than 3 weeks away. I'm going to be tied up with other things the week before the match so I really only have less than 2 weeks to be ready to go and shoot.

Hitting the target would be better than mostly missing it!