44-77 Sharps paper patched load

[Eric Johanen]

    Yesterday fire forming more brass. 25 yard pistol target at 100 yards shot from the bench. Six O'clock hold. 34 degrees and over cast with low humidity. Lawrence rear, Hartford front. Just load and shoot, no fouling control. Rounds 8 and 9 fouled out and landed at 8 just off the 7 ring and the 5 at 6. Wiped the bore and noticed fouling at the chamber mouth and muzzle. 2'nd string again 7 shots and fouled out on 8 and 9. 6 at 4 and 5 at 5. Cleaned the bore and held a bit more front sight and fired the last 8 shots. 7 in the black and the 8th shot landed at 6 in the 8 ring. I am going to put the target sights on the rifle for further load work up. This should cut down on sighting errors. I'll try 74.0 grains of OE 2 fg. and wipe between shots and see if the rifle will shoot.