Hey Kurt

[Don McDowell]

Found a package in the mail. Had a bunch of bullets in it with some targets that done been shot to hates.....
Loaded and tried some of those bullets, and by golly they do shoot rather well in the 44.
Going to get a batch loaded and ready to take after the antelope and deer when it opens next week.
Thanks a million.

[Kurt]

Your welcome Don.

The post office said I was getting my money's worth out of that box

Don that 409 grain 1.145" long bullet shoots extremely well in the .44-77 as well the little longer 1.165" that is just a little longer and a little more weight.

I have the mould locked in at 1.150" for my use. The alloy is soft but it stands well for nose setback and still bumps up good to a make good bore seal and the recovered bullets from a stack of wet news papers show very good expansion with good weight retention with out fragmenting.

The alloy if you want to repeat what I boxed up is 4 lbs of 50/50 WW/lead and add enough pure lead to fill a 20# wage lead pot. or 17 pounds of pure lead and 4 pounds 50/50 WW. The 50/50 WW is mixed by volume.
This mix casts very good but you need to raise the temp to 790 - 800 degrees.

Kurt

[Don McDowell]

I see you had wrote the recipe on the one box. They sure shot well, and especially for not really doing any load developement. Going to load another batch with just a touch variation and see if they how that goes.
Are these the ones from your Brooks original bullet copy?

[Kurt]

Yes they are the clone of the original bullet.
I changed the cup base to a dish base to stiffen up the rim a little more and a little shallower dish to fold the paper into.

There are three flats 50 each of bullets of different lengths if you havent noticed.

A load of 80 grains of 1.5 KIK with the 1.145" bullet compressed just enough to place 1/4" lube wad on top of .012 poster wad over the powder and one under the bullet shoots very good in mine.
My rifle is not particular what powder load or primer I use with that bullet and it is good to the 1K in the .44-90 BN.

[Don McDowell]

The one's I'm shooting right now are the ones that had the lead recipe written on the top. I shot 10 yesterday with 80 grs of Cartridge , with a lubed felt between two .030 fibers. Shot well enough but had to wipe after 4 to get 5 to chamber.
Just loaded another batch with 80 grs KIK, one of those thin lubed felt that have served so well with the .435 bullet and a .030 fiber, and jojoba'ld the bullet and patch per remington instructions. Hope to try those this afternoon, looking for the no wiping nuervana.... combined with antelope shoulder accuracy to 250 yds.

[Lumpy Grits]

Kurt is da'man.......
So how many steaks will Don be sending you?
Gary

[Kurt]

Don dont raise no Buffalo

[Don McDowell]

Well now that last lot worked rather dang well.!

[Lumpy Grits]

Kurt, Don 'took' the bait........
Don, what is changed with Kurt's bullets over yours??
Gary

[Don McDowell]

Well Kurts bullet and my tankbuster bullet are copied direct from original bullets. I think it starts getting back to the same old deal, we as bpcr shooters are just about now back to where we know purt neart as much about shooting as most 12 year old kids did in 1877....