.44-77 and paper patch?

[Kurt]

With all the talk about the .44-77 I guess it's time to take the blade sight off the Hartford and put a globe sight on it and pull the plugs out of the tang and mount a tang sight on the hunting rifle and see what it will do.

For the life of me I don't know how the .44 lost favor over the .45 calibers on the target ranges. I think the .44's are superior for target work over the .45's.
I started with a .43 back in the 50's and been hooked on the .44's since and I still shoot a couple .44-90 bns a couple .44-100 straights .44-75 Ballard and the .44-77 in the 19 ROT, 17and 16 ROT. The 17 ROT seems to work up loads a lot easier than the 16 and the 19 ROT is the most reliable and just about digests any powder load but it's not friendly with the elliptical bullets until you get into the 100 grain loads of the larger calibers.
The .44-75 (2.5" case) Ballard holds about the same powder load as the .44-77 and with the 16 ROT this rifle has does well and it is easy to get to shoot as well.
Then comes my .44-100-2.6 Shiloh with it's 20# 35" long 1.3" 17 ROT Krieger none tapered barrel I had Kirk build for the Tolofson class matches. It has a reamer made for the chamber cloned from a original side lever Rem rifle that shot the 1800'rds creedmoor matches. I don't like this rifle and very seldom shoot it but it has cut some of the tightest groups I ever shot. The shorter .44-75 comes in close behind it
I shot these test rounds using the MVA 3000 scope.