Development of PP loads for the .44-77.

[Distant Thunder]

Kurt,

This hold on the .44 with it being seemingly more sensitive than my .45s is something I just started to realize yesterday. I find it very interesting. I plan to move to shooting prone off my sticks today and see what I learn there. I know my .40-65 is very sensitive to position on the sticks and it took awhile to figure that out when I finished my load development and moved from the bench. All of a sudden the my load that was shooting so well from the bench wasn't hitting anything from the sticks. I attributed that to the light weight barrel, but there are probably other factors too. For one thing the shooters position behind the rifle is totally different when in the prone compared to sitting at a bench.

Once I figured out what the problem was everything fell into line and it shoots very well from both the sticks and the bench. I took that lesson and started looking at how I shoot my .45-70 Hepburn prone off sticks and while it seems less sensitive I was able to make some improvements there too. So the .44 is a different animal and I'm beginning to see that and I'll figure out my errors and make the corrections. I do appreciate your input on this, it really helps.

I believe I'll add a pistol grip and that will help me pull the stock into my shoulder more consistently and help me deal with the torque also. That probably won't happen before the 25th, just too many things to do.