1873 Win/Miroku 44-40 WCF

[Randy Bohannon]

Found thison G.B. a few weeks back for a super price and finally got everything assembled, sights I wanted to use, brass,dies, good mould .Loaded up a 100 rnds. using one of Accurate's Moulds, Tom recommended for the 44-40 @215grs. and .430". bullet has one big fat lube groove. I have only used Win. brass and have no problem getting 40 grs. of Swiss 1.5 and compressing enough to seat the bullet in the crimping groove and have everything feed and function as it should.Accuracy, is everything in the 10 ring or X ring from the range bag. This rifle is a joy to shoot, easy to clean, Miroku did'nt do well with the case colors but the rest is great.
This is my first 44-40 and had heard all the stories of it being a temperamental cartridge not unlike the 32-20 WCF. I had no such issues to complain about it was easy enough. I wanted to get 50 and 100 yd. sight settings for the MVA Sporting Tang (Thanks Mac) and front globe sights. This rifle cleans up with a few wet patches and one dry patch. A little beeswax/bear grease on a patch finishes it up.