.44-77 and paper patch?

[Distant Thunder]

Don,

I would welcome the opportunity to sit down and talk with you again for sure, so jump that fence anytime you can! And DO bring bullets.

I'm pretty darn close to pulling the trigger on a GM barrel. The rest I'll work out as I go forward.

I'm thinking a standard chamber with 2-diameter ppb. I know I can make that work.

I don't know if Shiloh will work with my barrel or if it has to be one of theirs (19-twist) to have them do the work? The 7* lead just might be my best option there.

I just drop tubed 89.5 grains of 1 1/2 Swiss in my unfire formed BACO .50-110 case. That is a good plenty figuring that 82 to 86 grains should be the sweet spot for long-range. I ran 85 grains in my .45-90 with grease groove to good effect. I am using 83.0 grains in my .45-70 with pp and that works well.

I have several .44 caliber molds hidden in a safe place. Now if I can just remember where that is there should be at least 2 maybe 3 pp molds on that box. The gg molds don't interest me much.

Ideally I'd have the 17-twist barrel with Shiloh's 7* chamber and BACO brass and that would keep me busy and happy for a while.

Does anyone have a drawing of the Shiloh chambers, both the standard and the 7*? I'd like to see the difference on paper.