Forming Cases and other things

[Distant Thunder]

JB

The reason I used 85.0 grains of 1 1/2 Swiss for my comparison is just that, I don't see the need for more powder to get the job done. I see 82 to 88 grains behind a 520 bullet as plenty and as the sweet spot for Creedmoor shooting. That's basically a .45-90 load and with ppb I use 83.0 grains in my .45-70. 83 grains gets the job done.

My rifle should weigh around 12 pounds, I hope, and more powder and/or bullet will only start to bring recoil into the picture. I don't need that. If I end up closer to 90 grains I'll just have to deal with it. I am a little surprised how much powder this .44-77 will hold and with a bore diameter ppb it is getting up there near more than enough.

I'll weigh these brass that I have and see, but I'm thinking the Bertram, which is not the best brass, is on the thin side. I started with the Bertram because I had about 50 cases from a rifle I had a long, long time ago and they really weren't worth using except for an experiment like this. I have a bunch of the .45-2.6 Starline brass that I could convert or better yet sell and buy more JBA.