Inline FabricationTitan ReloadingMidSouth Shooters SupplyReloading Everything
RotoMetals2Lee PrecisionPBcastcoLoad Data
Repackbox Wideners
Page 2 of 2 FirstFirst 12
Results 21 to 27 of 27

Thread: Gewehr 71 Paper Patching

  1. #21
    Boolit Buddy
    Join Date
    Apr 2020
    Posts
    125
    Adding tin won't hurt the obturation. I run 1 in 15, and that'll bump up 14 thousandths no problem.

  2. #22
    Boolit Master

    fiberoptik's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2005
    Location
    Was Mid-Michigan, 2 Orlando, 2 Jacksonville, Fl.
    Posts
    1,364
    Could it be that they didn’t want greasy bullet lube melting off everywhere and ruining gear and killing both ammo & ammo shooter???


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

  3. #23
    Boolit Master
    Join Date
    May 2017
    Posts
    3,683
    Quote Originally Posted by curdog007 View Post
    Adding tin won't hurt the obturation. I run 1 in 15, and that'll bump up 14 thousandths no problem.
    so whats the BHN number for pure lead vs 1:15 ? not the same surely?

  4. #24
    Boolit Mold
    Join Date
    May 2018
    Posts
    18

    Gewehr 71 Paper Patching

    Quote Originally Posted by indian joe View Post
    so whats the BHN number for pure lead vs 1:15 ? not the same surely?
    It’s something like bhn of 5 vs 11, which probably was his point. He’s saying something that hard can still fill the grooves. I have pure and 20:1 lead that I can experiment with, but I prob should stick with the pp vs gg trial before my mind loses track of all the variables lol

    That’s almost like original martini Henry round hard, but that’s another gun with an interesting barrel.


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

  5. #25
    Boolit Grand Master

    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Location
    Bloomfield, Nebraska
    Posts
    6,073
    I used just soft leat with a little tin and patched an undersized bullet and got decent accuracy to over 100 yards with no problems. THis worked with smokeless powder too. IIRR my bullet diameter was 440 and I used a two wrap patch that ust fit in the chamber without tearing, I will have to look up the paper. But in my Carbine the Black powder loads were a real kicker.

  6. #26
    Boolit Mold
    Join Date
    May 2018
    Posts
    18
    Quote Originally Posted by KCSO View Post
    I used just soft leat with a little tin and patched an undersized bullet and got decent accuracy to over 100 yards with no problems. THis worked with smokeless powder too. IIRR my bullet diameter was 440 and I used a two wrap patch that ust fit in the chamber without tearing, I will have to look up the paper. But in my Carbine the Black powder loads were a real kicker.
    Just to confirm, this was in your Gew 71?


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

  7. #27
    Boolit Buddy
    Join Date
    Apr 2020
    Posts
    125
    Quote Originally Posted by indian joe View Post
    so whats the BHN number for pure lead vs 1:15 ? not the same surely?
    I have no idea of the BHN. I do know using 1 in 20 with everything else the same makes no difference to the shooting whatsoever.

    BTW The Martini rifle with it's Henry rifling shoots wonderfully with correct ammunition (that is, made like the original). Like I said before, feed 'em what they were made for, and they'll work.

Page 2 of 2 FirstFirst 12

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
Abbreviations used in Reloading

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