44-77 brass

[Nuclearcricket]

Yep, I figured I would take the thickest case I have and have him set the head space to a minimum with that case. I have a call in to 4d to see what they have in a throat reamer, waiting to hear back from them and then go from there. Renting a reamer is a damn site cheaper than having to purchase one and it would be my guess that this will probably be the first and last 44-77 my smith will ever do, so no reason for him to have to spend my money to purchase a reamer. Someone should have a throating reamer on the shelf someplace. I am thinking that one someplace between 7 and 11 degrees should work just fine. I think that my 40 and 45's have 11 degree throats and they seem to work just fine.
I will get things all figured out and put together one of these days.
I will make a phone call tomorrow and see if I can get one final question answered. On my GM barrel, the chamber end of the barrel is noticeably larger than the muzzle end. I am just curious if this is sort of a lead in or if there actually is a natural taper in the bore. It would be nice if it had a .001 or .002 natural taper in the bore diameter. That I would think would be just peachy. A phone call and a well scripted question or 2 should set me straight.
Sam