.44/77 Fired at Last

[Kurt]

Bob makes a good point. I would make a chamber cast also because the of the barrel markings. ""Barrel markings: Pre-1886 “E. Remington & Sons,” etc. (top flat); “44 S” (bottom flat, faint, evidently acid etched just forward of forend tip); “S.T.” (bottom flat,"

It's a good chance that it could be a .44-90 Rem Special that is about a 2.44" bn case. I have seen that barrel stamp on their long range target rifles. The interesting mark on the under barrel the "S.T." makes me wonder if it might have been setback and re chambered from the .44-100 S.T. that used a 2.6 straight case??????
They could have tried to rub the original chamber stamp off when it was re chambered.

Kurt