Development of PP loads for the .44-77.

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Jim,
I hope you know that my little dissertation about shallow seating design bullets ,etc
was definitely Tongue in Cheek, just a bit of fun. No offence meant.
Indeed, you may find a light load by deep seating the Dual Diameter/2d bullets over a light powder load
may work into a very serviceable load.
I had loaded some cases for some Brooks NASA gg 380s and patched gg bullets-56 gr Swiss 3f- in some of the cases for my 38-50. 0.400" down to the wad.
Then I received my 371360E DDEPP mold and cast up a bunch. Well, to shoot up the 56 gr loads , I got curious. So I loaded some of the DDEPP bullets
into those cases. Recall, these 360 gr PP bullets have only a 0.125" long 'patch to case I.D." base band.
Well, they actually shot pretty good deep seated 0.400" like that. There is still a goodly length of the "patch to bore" body to give good concentricity to the bore.. So Why Not?
I am already thinking about working more with this deep seating, particularly for the 200yds Schuetzen matches if they shoot well enough to consider.
I will continue to follow your journey with this 44-77 Classical ctg/rifle.
Hope it is FUN for you.
Arnie