PAPER PATCHING

SHOOTER458 · Member Joined: Nov 05, 2005 Posts: 27

Anyone out there paper patch lead bullets? I have been doing it for years and it works great. Am I the only one?

Spacedone · Member Joined: Nov 04, 2005 Posts: 266 Location: missouri

i paper patch my muzzle loader quite often but i dont think you mean that lol.

GroovyJack · Member Joined: May 21, 2005 Posts: 621 Location: Bama

Been putting it off for many years .. Got a bunch of 458's to cast and may give it a try ..
Jack

SHOOTER458 · Member Joined: Nov 05, 2005 Posts: 27

Try it, It works great. I size a 420gr pure lead to .451, give it 2 wraps of 16lb paper. After it dries I lube with Saeco Gold and run through a .549 die and load over 55gr AA2495. Its all I want in a 1895G Marlin!

Crackshot · Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 7:28 pm Post subject: Re: PAPER PATCHING

I paper patched for my Sharps 1874 in 45/70, until I realized the accuracy gain was not great enough to keep up with the extra work and time consumption. Sizing the lead bullets .001" over were I had, got me the better accuracy I wanted with less dinking around.