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Thread: Paper Patch Pig Gun Project

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    Pigs are everywhere here. I'm not sure they do more damage than just digging in the pristine (and other) forests. Hunters love them! Ours can be feral pig to European wild bore crosses.
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    Fired a slightly heavier 256gr 'fire-polishing' boolit. I'm wondering if'n I could load up a batch of these and go shooting. I mean using metal polish as a lube! The bore can only get polished which it sorely needs and the 'lube' works. I'm not sure there is a hillside deep enough to stop that boolit but you know .... Point is, after a few magazines of these the bore should be nicely conditioned for patched boolits.

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    That almost look's like a log!
    Must knock'em down pretty good.

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    303guy:

    I have a mould I made that was supposed to be a smooth 314299 clone (not for paper patching) but I overdid diameter and length a bit. It came out at 0.318" body with 0.310" nose and about 225 grs. I have to seat it a bit deep since the bore ride nose is a little large but it shoots well tumble lubed over COW filler and a moderate powder charge. I have not shot a bunch, but those I have did not lead and were quite accurate.

    So, try tumble lube or your polish and go for the gusto! I bet they perform just fine. For light to moderate loads you don't need PP or GC.

    Longbow

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    Some feedback on the Auto-Sol lube idea. It doesn't work long term as the stuff dries out and fails. Talk about leading!

    I found the cut-off bit of the pig gun barrel. Here are some pics of it.

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    Just had a look at my old post and was surprised at what I found. Stuff I'd forgotten about.
    Finally got to chronograph that 44gr load. 2018fps!
    That's not too shabby for a short barrel! The powder was H4350 which is fairly slow. Anyway, I'm looking into trying some W748 in it again.
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    So how is the pig gun now? - did it ever get a woody up front still just tube?

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    Sadly, everything went on hold. I wanted to take it out last weekend but couldn't find the ammo! I've put the butt stock back on the 25-303 where it belongs. I'm considering making it an open sighted gun. It's range and accuracy don't warrant a scope and considering what it was for - bush and mud and rain. But a scope is good for poor light and identifying targets.

    Looking at that polishing boolit makes me wonder about trying plain old lubed boolits.
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    Unlubed paper patch will polish your bore about as fast as anything and do a better job than most other abrasives.
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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check