Time to continue load development with my .44-77.

[Kurt]

Jim,

I finally made the range today with the Farmer 17 twist .44-77.
I switched the scope, took off the MVA 10X A scope and put a 8X DZ scope on the rifle and got a zero. I started at 25 yards last night here at home to get the vertical on the line and that 25 yards gets me pretty close at 200 yds vertical and horizontal. That saves a lot of shots finding the paper.
I used some loads I had loaded for Lodi and some odd and end left over ladder loads I wanted to get the cases empty.
The best I shot today was with 82 Gr of 2F OE with a 441/505 DDE bullet seated on two ice cream bucket wads 5 shots target #2. The other good group was with 85 gr of 1.5 swiss with the same bullet and wad stack, target #7, That was a 7 shot group and the rest.

I shot around 50 rounds and I'm pretty well satisfied with all rounds fired this morning with a mix of left over ladder loads.
But the jury is still out with this 441/505 DD bullet till I work it out at long range, but it sure looks good @200 yds.
The morning was perfect. the flag was limp but but the sky was overcast with a storm brewing.

Kurt