Need some sugestions

[Kurt]

OK. I like my new CPA 44-1/2 so much that I have the itch to get another one and I need to get a barrel ordered and a set of reamers for the chamber and case forming dies.
I would like to keep it a .44 but I have been considering a .38.
I have started a drawing for a .44-77 PP reamer but have a pretty good selection of .44's already, but man those .44's just shoot too well and that makes it tough to wander away from them. I really like to have a smaller .44 then the .44-77 I have.

Kurt

[Don McDowell]

38-50 or a 40-50 might be fun.

[Kurt]

Yes they would Don and the parent brass is easy to come by.
I'm still leaning on the side of the .44-77 but I think the large rim diameter might be hard to get past the hammer spur. I don't like the idea having it at full cock loading the rifle and closing the breach.

[Nuclearcricket]

Kurt, if you want to stay with a .44, what about the 44-60? Should be good for shilouttes and maybe mid range. If you want smaller, the 38-55 is always a good choice. Beyond that, the field is wide open. Anything your heart desires from .25 up to painful. .
Sam

[knobsmt]

make a 38-55 they work good

[Don McDowell]

Yes they would Don and the parent brass is easy to come by.
I'm still leaning on the side of the .44-77 but I think the large rim diameter might be hard to get past the hammer spur. I don't like the idea having it at full cock loading the rifle and closing the breach.

Yes that large rim diameter might be a problem. But there's always the 44-70 st..
I know where there's a 4082 already built with the brass and dies..and he the price the guy was asking was super low...

[Cody Smith]

Yes they would Don and the parent brass is easy to come by.
I'm still leaning on the side of the .44-77 but I think the large rim diameter might be hard to get past the hammer spur. I don't like the idea having it at full cock loading the rifle and closing the breach.

Yes that large rim diameter might be a problem. But there's always the 44-70 st..
I know where there's a 4082 already built with the brass and dies..and he the price the guy was asking was super low...

I might be interested in it Don. Let me know.
Thanks, Cody

[Kurt]

make a 38-55 they work good

Yes they do. And they make a great midrange position caliber.
I haven't crossed that one off the list.

[Gunlaker]

What about a .38-50 Remimgton Hepburn? That should clear the hammer a bit better, and you get a little more room for powder over the .38-55.

Chris.

[Kurt]

Kurt, if you want to stay with a .44, what about the 44-60? Should be good for shilouttes and maybe mid range. If you want smaller, the 38-55 is always a good choice. Beyond that, the field is wide open. Anything your heart desires from .25 up to painful. .
Sam

Sam the little .44-60 Sharps or Peabody in it's original case dimensions would be the way I would go. It is a good caliber for midrange. But again the rim and base diameter is like the .44-77. I do have a bunch of .44 basic brass that has a .518 base diameter that is what the .44-60 use and that would not be a problem with the 44 1/2 because it is a short case and it would clear the hammer.
I like the wider cases that the .44 bottleneck cases have. I think that wider and shorter combustion chamber sets off the powder more efficiently held back by the neck restriction. I think that is why the .44-77 has always had a good reputation for accuracy by the old gun writers of the past.
You don't find to much written for the .44-60 in the old Forest and Stream and Forest and Outdoors.
Right now both the .38-55 and .44-60 are my top pick.

Kurt