Development of PP loads for the .44-77.

[Distant Thunder]

Considering all you did to those bullets to get them in the chamber of that rifle they shot pretty well.

If you had a size die that you could run them through after patching that would then allow the bullet to seat just snug in the cases it might work even better. You sized them today but sizing in the cases can't be best. I've had to do the same thing at times.

With a 2-D bullet like this one as long as you can wrap the bore diameter section to a push fit in the bore it doesn't matter what size the base wraps to, you just run it through a size die that will make it fit the cases and it's good. I'm running mine through my .4465" die and with the little bit of spring back in the paper they are a perfect fit in my cases. You just have to match the wrap to the bore and size the base. Works great.