Not new to this, just got tired of shooting PP in a GG chamber. The rifle was originally a 44-90 SBN, having to size down the necks and expand only to blow them out by .010 every firing just seemed pointless. Shooting PP out of my 45-70 Hepburn produced nothing but problems, paper shearing and leading from the free bore and leede.
At the time I had this 44-77 reamer made up I had bore sized 45-70 reamer made with the same transition for 2.090 length Remington brass. So, my 40-65 Hepburn is being readied for shipment to John for a 45 barrel. Both of these chambers were inspired by Dan Theodore's paper patch chamber designs.
Best of all, with swaging, I get 270 44cal 500 grain bullets from a 20 pound spool of lead wire in about 2 hours for $75 bucks. So that should work out to about 240 45cal 540 grain bullets from a 20 pound spool.
