Got lucky today and picked up a box of 9lb Gilbert onion skin paper . now I have to find a pp mold.
Got lucky today and picked up a box of 9lb Gilbert onion skin paper . now I have to find a pp mold.
Good find. Now you can have many years of entertainment on your way to perfection!
Measure the paper at several places to .0000. then slug the barrel. this will give you an idea of bullet dia you will need. Paper thickness X4 - bore dia ( for bore riders) groove dia ( for full dia) will give a close idea of needed bullet dia. Reason of X4 is there are wraps of paper or 4 layers 2 on each side. Buffalo arms sells smooth sided PP bullets in several weights for testing or experimenting. A template is handy for cutting patches better is a paper cutter modified to do it.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |