44-77 Sharps paper patched load

[J.B.]

A fine looking rifle you've acquired there Eric and that front sight from Stephen really compliments it. With regard your brass observations, it was my experience that cases with rim thickness at around .765" were just about perfect and I may have had a little more latitude with the diameter as mine was chambered with Shilohs shallow transition gg reamer and Orvilles original spec reamer may be a little smaller in that area as well as the chamber neck. Did get your brass direct from Captech or through BACo ? The 'Shiloh' spec brass now offered by BACo has been stamped to bring up the rim thickness from an average of around .762 to about .766" and the one batch of 150 of this lot that I purchased had two cases that were a 'little proud' when it came to thickness but a few figure eights on some wet and dry had it fixed. As you've indicated, only take as little off as you need to chamber. Once fire formed a lot of these things will settle down . Certainly don't do any trimming until you've formed cases.. although I could have done with a few thou more.. rather than trimming any off. Congratulations and we'll all be watching to see how your voyage of discovery goes. Heaven knows mine is still going

J.B.