303Guy
07-20-2009, 02:29 AM
Yup. I just had to try it!:mrgreen:
I started off by 'reconstituting' a fired boolit. (By sizing it down to below bore ø). Then I gave it a full length wrap of tracing paper. Then, I gave it another, short wrap to bring the shank up to size.
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo327/303Guy/MVC-191F.jpg
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo327/303Guy/MVC-194F.jpg
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo327/303Guy/MVC-195F.jpg
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo327/303Guy/MVC-197F.jpg
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo327/303Guy/MVC-198F.jpg
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo327/303Guy/MVC-199F.jpg
Because there was that skirt, I decided to use it to test the wax wad principle. I placed a small cotton ball over the powder and seated the boolit with the second patch fully within the neck. The wax wad rested on the powder. The recovered boolit shows no slipping. The first patch brought the sized boolit up to bore diameter.
There were two holes in the 'patch catcher' medium. Presumably the second hole was from the wax wad. No patch pieces were discernable.
The question is, will it shoot straight? The expansion looks good!
I started off by 'reconstituting' a fired boolit. (By sizing it down to below bore ø). Then I gave it a full length wrap of tracing paper. Then, I gave it another, short wrap to bring the shank up to size.
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo327/303Guy/MVC-191F.jpg
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo327/303Guy/MVC-194F.jpg
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo327/303Guy/MVC-195F.jpg
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo327/303Guy/MVC-197F.jpg
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo327/303Guy/MVC-198F.jpg
http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo327/303Guy/MVC-199F.jpg
Because there was that skirt, I decided to use it to test the wax wad principle. I placed a small cotton ball over the powder and seated the boolit with the second patch fully within the neck. The wax wad rested on the powder. The recovered boolit shows no slipping. The first patch brought the sized boolit up to bore diameter.
There were two holes in the 'patch catcher' medium. Presumably the second hole was from the wax wad. No patch pieces were discernable.
The question is, will it shoot straight? The expansion looks good!