Well after shooting greasers for 20 odd years , I thought I would give PP a go.
I had previously built a couple of 45-90,s on Rolling Block actions. One a Navy Arms and the other a Swede.
The Navy had a new Krieger 1 in 16 , so I pulled it out, cut an inch off and rechambered with a Dave Manson 45-70 PP reamer I bought for the purpose. The Krieger is a couple of thou tighter then the Green Mountain in the Swede so anyway I bought two moulds off Baco. One a Jim 443540M and the other a Jim 446545M. I determined the paper I needed and bought a roll off Baco as well.
All this was over a year ago, and the Doc said my blood lead levels were up, so I stopped handing lead and shooting for a year.
My BLL has gone down a bit, but I missed shooting, so said Bugger it and thought I would get this to shoot anyway.
Bought some certified 16 to 1 ingots and cast up a few with both the 433 and the 446.
The 443 with the 16 to 1 came out about 441 to 442 and when wrapped are a snug fit in the bore. When pushed through the pressure is about the same as a patch and the rifling barely leaves a mark.
Filled a fire formed case with Wano PP, card wad compressed about 2 mm. boolit is a easy loose fit, load and fire.
The second shot was about 2 inches from the first then it went downhill from there.
Wiping 2 damp with moose milk then two dry between each shot.
Gave up after 6 and suspected lead so cleaned with turps. It was a lead mine.
My patches are 1 inch wide with maybe 1/8 inch turned under.
I tried some over long ones, past the ogive and they are not cutting right to the front so thought the 1 inch ones should be enough.
I cant see them bumping up that much in front so am at a loss as to how its leading up.
Any ideas?
Keith