Looking for suggestions with paper patching for my M48. Had done some experiments but ended up minute of barn door. Bullet was a Lee 185 wrapped twice for .324 diameter with notebook paper with 45 grains of varget behind it. Bullet was 11-12 bhn acww. Bullet worked real well on some phone books so it has hunting potential. Just need to get it accurate. Where am I screwing up at?
Mike
Slug your bore. You may, probably, need to go bigger.
My German K98 mauser does well with .325" cast.
ya, i think you to size bigger to,i'm interested in pp for 8mm myself. i've got an 88 with a fat bore, but have never pp'd in but i'll try it sometime soon. what boolit are you using cause i never heard of that one. what size did you start with before pp. i'm think'n about start'n at .317=.318.
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