The .44-77 is ready

[Kurt]

Now that Lodi Creedmoor is in the past and the high heat it has not been much fun for shooting plus the Peaches and Apricots are ripe that needed attention plus making my cold box for the upcoming hunting season.
Took the .44-77 out this morning and did some final filing on the front sight and made a larger V in the Lawrence rear sight so I can pick up the front blade better and got it set for a 100 yard zero and found where the setting is with the ladder up for 200 yards.
I shot 10 rounds using a 485 gr RN sharps PP bullet with 77 gr of 2F KIK, 5 with the use of the blow tube followed with 5 load and shoot without fouling control. Those 10 shots stayed inside 3.5" @ 200 using the barrel sights. So that load is ready to go for filling the freezer.
The second load I used a 480 gr Gibbs tapered PP bullet with the same powder load and that made a very nice round 2-3/4" group @200 for 14 rounds fired with 5 shooting dirty that stayed in that group.
The tapered Gibbs will be the bullet I will use because it loads very well in a fouled barrel. I hope I will never have to shoot 4 follow up shots during a hunt but that bullet will let me do it if I need too.
Both bullets held the same elevation.
This light weight 30" barrel was pretty hot after all this shooting but it never lost its accuracy.
I feel I made the right decision getting the single trigger crescent but plate Hartford with a standard weight barrel for a hunting rifle. Good balance and light weight with that crescent but plate making it a narrow stock and the forearm is narrow because of the light barrel making it very easy and well balanced to carry.

Kurt