44-77 brass

[Kurt]

I have a CPA rifle being build and it should be ready anytime now. It will have a interchangeable .22 rim fire barrel along with a .44-75 Ballard. When I had the chamber reamer and sizing die made for the Ballard I almost decided to make it a .44-77 to match the original chamber casts I have. one is a Remington and one is a Sharps. If you look at the throat of those two casts you will see a very shallow lead less than a 3 degree. If you make a chamber cast of a .22 rim fire chamber you will find one just as flat or even flatter. Those are leads for lead bullets.
If I like this rifle when I get it I will order a barrel and get two reamers made, one chamber reamer and the other will be the case sizing die to match the chamber just like I did for the .44-75 Ballard.
In my mind from what I have seen on paper or iron I think the .44-77 is a great chambering for the falling block rifles.

Kurt