Any yall tried paper patches and bp in the 1888?
Any yall tried paper patches and bp in the 1888?
Dumb question maybe but: do you mean the Kommission Gewehr 88 right?
I paper patched (wet, 2 wraps) a couple of .314" boolits up to.324" but perhaps I should start from something with a bigger diameter. However I didnīt try them yet but I was planning to use smokeless anyway.
"Skill is acquired not alone through practice but through the combination of study and experience" - P. Sharpe
Yep, one of them. This one was reworked by Richard Hoch with one of his cast only barrels many moons ago. Never shot paper in it after it was rebarreled because he also made the mold to match his barrel. Now I'm thinking that yeah, I should give it a try in the "new" barrel. And then I got to thinking about trying black. And, I'm kinda thinking about getting a .30 cal mold opened up to a straight sided for paper.
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 |