Development of PP loads for the .44-77.

[rdnck]

Jim, hitting targets at extended range with barrel sights is an acquired skill that can be learned and taught. I do it all the time and I taught one of my friends how to do it. Kurt can do it as well. The old buffalo hunters could work out to 800 yards and better if they needed to. I have taken a number of animals in Africa with both a 45-110 Shiloh Sharps and a Shiloh 45-70 using both paper patched and grease grooved bullets in excess of 540 yards. I'm talking about first shot hits and one shot kills. I have a lot of it on DVD. An elk at 300 yards with a 45 caliber Sharps and barrel buckhorn and blade sights is an absolute gimme if you know how to use your rifle. Shoot straight, rdnck.