Because the .44 Sage shot pretty well last week I cast and wrapped more for the .44-77 for the Quigley in a couple weeks and I had a bunch left over so I filled the .44-100 straight that I rechamsbered with my reamer with the 4º/2.5º compound transition, but I have not shot it for a spell. This rifle is a CPA that I originally put a Oregon barrel on that was a mistake barrel with very deep muzzleloader grooves that I spent hours on lapping with brass slugs I made and it still has .005" deep grooves but from what I saw after todays run drilling and tapping the barrel for mounting a scope. I even did this right because the front and rear MVA mount is centered where I have the front and rear on zero . The Sage bullet is a little loose in the oversized bore it now has, because I lapped out 2.5 thousands so maybe a DD will be the next step or I will use some thicker paper.
I took some old loads and zeroed the scope and when I finally found center I had 7 rounds left over so I raised the sight and shot a 7 shot group that put 6 rounds into a 1-5/8" with nearly zero vertical. I should have shot this rifle sooner I think
This barrel has a 16 ROT and I used 83 GR of 2F OE under the sage PP bullets.
I think I will quit lapping the barrel anymore for now.
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