.44-77 PP bullets.

[Nuclearcricket]

This has become a very interesting thread. One thing I do wonder about is the tooling that Jameson had, someone has it now and I am wondering who if if they will set it up sometime to make the odd brass that they had the tooling for.
Kurt, on your chain saw, that just sucks. Sad part is that its a pretty simple engine but seems that any more things are just not made to last. I had a hedge trimmer that ended up acting like that. l was told that it just wasn't made to last past the warranty. I got lucky in that I had about 13 years on it. I tossed it away and got a Stihl. I haven't had a lick of trouble with it for 3 years now. Yea it was pricey but I don't plan on replacing it.
As to the bullet seating depth, I understand seating match ammo out as far as you can safely get away with. What I am curious about is the original cartridges, the 44-77, 11mm Mauser and such, they were loaded with much shorter bullets. Did the original rounds have the powder up into the necks of the case? Most of what I have read says to only have the powder up to the base of the neck. What if any problems would having powder half way up the neck cause?
Sam