Huh?

[offshore44]

Wow, what happened to smokeless paper patching?

Haven't been around in awhile and it seems there isn't a lot of activity here recently. What's up with that?

I shoot 458 Win Mag (exclusively pp), 7.62x51 in an StG58 and Spanish Mauser, 7.92 Mauser in various rifles, and a couple of others on occasion.

Now setting up for Marlin 1895sbl in 45-70, and a Winchester BB in 444 Marlin. Oh, and the wife's Ruger #3 in 45-70.

What all are you shooting pp through that "trips your trigger"?

[Dan Cash]

I think the newbies are too busy painting bullets with fingernail polish to paper wrap anything. Those of us who have cracked the code don't have anything to add to the conversation.

[offshore44]

Gotcha. Makes sense.

[super6]

When the clutch pedal disappeared so goes paper patching..I think the finger nail polish thing was a bit over the top, All said and done paper patching is a good skill set to have. Most likely will not do it as it seems tedious, And yes I have never done it!

[ShooterAZ]

It's a little time consuming, but well worth the effort. Once you get things dialed in it's hard to beat IMO, and no I don't powder coat anything.

[Good Cheer]

Mostly I've just been patching the .401, the .458 and .520 bore side lock muzzleloaders.
Life somehow interrupted my fun with the 9.3x74R. Had something to do with a plague.
Still haven't gotten a patching mold for the .375x45-70.

[rdlange]

The paper part was easy. it's was getting the slug shape/diameter, chamber throat, powder type and volume, load density, filler/wad, etc that caused me to drop it. wrapping was fun and they looked cool though.

[BadgerShooter]

I've been highly successful with the 45-70 and 35 Whelen/350 mags. I swage my projectiles and patch. I haven't shot any myself but I paper patch a .375 bullet that a customer has been slaying deer with in his 375 Win Contender.

Once you set up your patching board and figure out how to rapidly cut patches, it doesn't take a lot longer that sizing gas check bullets.

Accurate and solid performance on meat.

[d4xycrq]

I’ve heard a lot about this fingernail polish for bullets. And just read paper patching is fiddly and fussy. So I’ll hafta try out this paint! <wink>

[barrabruce]

And there I was going to experiment with different colours of paper.

[offshore44]

I hear red is fastest.

Might just start a thread, somewhere, about casting and loading.

The better half and I live in a 28' trailer. Spend a fair amount of time in rather primitive conditions.

Currently I reload for three pistol calibers, two rifle calibers, and two shotgun gauges.

The processes might interest somebody.

[Nobade]

Not much PP going on in my life now, but the last rifles I was working with were a 1903 Springfield bored out to 338 with 1:15 twist. Got a custom mold from Accurate and it's proven to be a great performer. And a Parker Hale Volunteer, that gets treated just like a caseless 45-90 and does pretty much the same thing. Otherwise I'm mostly carrying a shotgun these days, between my failing eyesight and the large number of squirrels around here.

[offshore44]

Accurate does good work. I've got several of them now, and they are all nice to cast with. (Once I figured out what they liked)

Squirrels! Man those things are destructive. Hate'm.

[Shanghai Jack]

OK, how about fingernail polishing a paper patch boolit.

[ShooterAZ]

I polish my paper patches with White Label's BAC, does that count? It's pink.

[offshore44]

It's not as fast as red...

[BadgerShooter]

This colored bullet thing is a slippery slope - I'm worried about you guys....

[nanuk]

I am wondering about this whole site

I was offline for awhilw, I come back and all I see are folks being banned

[offshore44]

Mjolnir, the ban hammer...

I seal my overshot cards with clear fingernail polish. The cheap kind. Should I be concerned? Asking for a friend.

[tunnug]

My boolits don't need diapers.