I know. The glue reinforced patch was to keep the path from 'breaking' on chambering. But it's flexible and while it does not stick to lead...... The bullet itself is over groove size so it might still work. Anyway, that idea is a dead end. I have tried a glue smear on the outside. In the end, it seems I will have no choice but to size those prime casts prior to patching. (Oh, I did try egg white - that goes brittle when dry. Too much trouble!) Nope - I shall aim for the right sized bullet and two wraps of printing paper! My clumsy fingers are not good at handling delicate cig paper.NO GLUE! The patch MUST leave the bullet at the muzzle!
I will also have to give up on waxy-lubing those cig PP's - the wax will glue the patch onto the bulle I am sure. Well, it might.
One question, since I have this batch of large diameter long and heavy for caliber, g/c'ed bullets, what would happen if I raise the chamber pressure? Would the obturation of the bullet shread waxed cig paper?
This would be in my No4, two groove. This particular bore for some reason does not seem to lead (it must be the rust pits holding lube or something).
I'm thinking about that!The Enfield was originally a BP cartridge.