it is there as a aesthetic embellishment, no real purpose for it.
time for some shooting!
now for those not up with the 577 snider, its a black powder cartridge. so the reloading process is much more complex. I wont cover it all, but to cut a long story short, its a pain in the arse.
getting brass for a cartridge that has been obsolete since the 1930's is a little challenging.
so I used 24 gauge brass hulls from Magtec, shortened them and sized them down to 577 snider.
I have a 480g hollow based mini mould from lee that cast undersized. so I have lapped out the mould a few thou. I will try these and if that is no good then I will look at other options.
75 grains of triple 7 ffg with a card then a wax cookie before seating the bullet.
off to kiddies sport tomorrow and then if I can escape, I will put a shot or 2 through and see how close the sights are.
greg
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