Development of PP loads for the .44-77.

[Distant Thunder]

This thread will include the good, the bad and the ugly! Even my missteps should there be and there will!

The first thing I learned, and it's important, is that the .44-77 is NOT a .45-70! All my development of paper patch bullets for my other rifles began with cases that were already fireformed from shooting grease groove bullets. Even then any load development I did with gg bullets using new brass was in the .45-70 and it worked out pretty well.

With the .44-77 the cases as they come from JBA or BACO are so radically different from the fireform cases that any load development most be kept separate. I can see that now.

I fireformed 100 JBA cases using a light gg bullet and a light charge of smokeless powder. Now I will fireform 100 BACO reformed .50-110 cases and then I will be ready to start my load development for real.

I am thinking also that I have enough information to start working with a 2-D PPB now. I pretty close to ordering one form BACO. I need to call and talk to them first. I will probably place that order next week.