.44-77 and paper patch?

[Distant Thunder]

Kurt,

I kept saying I didn't need another rifle too, but then some guy had to go and offer a .44-77 barrel off a Shiloh for sale! There is always an enabler out there that finds a way to cause me to break down!

That barrel went elsewhere but the .44-77 bug had already bit me hard! So I bought the GM barrel and began the effort to get it put on my old Shiloh. Which by the way has a crescent butt plate! I may or may not change that at a later date. It somewhat depends on how well the rifle shoots as a .44-77. I would enjoy stocking another rifle and I have wood,...…. and the winters are long.