Good Cheer
06-04-2016, 09:29 PM
TC Hawken, flinter, 32" GM .62 barrel rifled by Mr. Hoyt. It's really a .61" like so many GM .62's appear to have been produced. So yeah, it's a real good round ball gun. But looking at how thick the paper wrap on the Pritchett minie is, well, it got me to wondering.
For a fun project I'm thinking about patching up some .586" diameter minies from a set of RCBS blocks that are on hand and seeing if they can be convinced to shoot straight. Triple wrapped one in copier paper to check for fit and it is an exact fit, tight enough that a good cleaning between shots would be required.
And this has me wondering, just how thick can the paper be and still get any usable accuracy?
For a fun project I'm thinking about patching up some .586" diameter minies from a set of RCBS blocks that are on hand and seeing if they can be convinced to shoot straight. Triple wrapped one in copier paper to check for fit and it is an exact fit, tight enough that a good cleaning between shots would be required.
And this has me wondering, just how thick can the paper be and still get any usable accuracy?