Preferred bullet molds for pp

[cdet69]

What are the preferred bullet molds for paper patching? Gas checked or plain base?

[303Guy]

I would suggest that if you happen to have a GC mold to try it. The boolit has a 'rebate' which might prevent boolit base distortion or edge feathering as it swages into the rifling. Paper patched boolits are large so undergo a fair amount of compression as they pass through the throat.

[geargnasher]

Speaking strictly of smokeless powder cartridges and boolits, either will work just fine in my experience. The only significant difference that I can tell is that a GC base makes it a bit easier to twist the tail of the patch without tearing the paper, especially if you've sized the boolit down a significant amount before wrapping and there is some flashing on the base edge.

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[pdawg_shooter]

Makes no difference. If you use a checked bullet you do NOT need the check.