44-60 bottle neck

[Nuclearcricket]

Yea Don I do agree. It was kind of funny that after I whipped out a bit of a bitch fit, some actual answers did show up. One poster said that the case capacity between the 44-60 and a 45-70 was only 5 grs of water, I did check that but with powder and not water, the difference is just over 15 grains in favor of the 45. Another thing that surprised me was how heavy the reformed .348 case was. I don't remember the exact numbers but the reformed case was somewhere in the 220 gr range or so, the 45 wasn't even close, and that was Winchester brass.
As far as pulling the trigger on the project, my guess is at least a year or so down the road. The Hepburn is one from Missouri Trading and there is a good bit of work to be done on it. Then there is the stock and all that work. But I do feel that just all in good time.
Sam