I love it when newbies exhume eight-year-old threads...
Good one, by the way.
Gear
I love it when newbies exhume eight-year-old threads...
Good one, by the way.
Gear
Yes, newbs are here exhuming ancient threads.... (sorry guys, I'm in the process of doing just that.)
I'm heading out to the range on Friday morning (Jan. 9) to test some paper patched bullets at jacketed bullet speeds, so I'll check back in if/when I get back from the range.
Having been guilty of asking newb questions without doing research, I figured that a topic as technically complex as a paper patch (which can't POSSIBLY be all that difficult...) will have been covered satisfactorily by now. I've found answers to _most_ of my questions, so now I'll try to contribute to the existing body of knowledge.
I will add to that. Some junk I had laying around, and put 40 hours into. Small potatoes compared to some of the work I have seen here.
Well, I'm back from the range. I tried firing some 190 grain paper patched bullets in my 91/30 using Reloader 15. First set of five was "okay" with a baseball sized group at 50 yards, but I expect more from the rifle. The other groups were horrifically awful, so I'll work on this again when the weather warms up and I don't have to shoot in single-digit temperatures. I don't have anything productive to report from the range trip other than how I have a lot more to learn about high velocity paper patched bullets.
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 |