Development of PP loads for the .44-77.

[Kurt]

I can live with 2" vertical @200. I have some Fed 215 primers that I got for Roland from Germany when he shot the Quigley but never used them. This might be a good time to give then a try looking at your results. I haven't used 215's going on 20 years.
I worked with the drywall I hung again today because it cooled off so maybe tomorrow I will hit the range again. I loaded some for the .44-77 and the 20# heavy Shiloh .44-100 to try the DD bullet but the chamber is almost to tight. I had to cut some 55Y paper and even the .0014" thick paper from my roll patched I had to flair the mouth slightly to seat the bullet in a fired case .09" hurt the palm of my hand seating them. This is not good for an even release and it will spike the vertical most likely but I will shoot them and see what happens.
That beast of a rifle has a 17 ROT Krieger 1.3"X35" round untapped barrel and I have shot 3/8" 3 shot ladder loads at 180 yards using this rifle and several 3/4" 3 shot ladder loads @200 but also have seen it dig high and low dirt past 800 yards, but I just don't like that rifle with all of it's potentials.