Ron, I never could get it to work right for me. I went back to using a old heavy thick mouse pad to roll mine on. My 303 has a .316 bore. I found the Lyman 311291 worked out .Size the bullet to .308 then PP up to .317 worked for me. I do not have to size after the patch dried.
This thread isn't old, it is timeless. Hand rolling has not yet worked for me, I am always looking for hot tips.
Hmmm! You mean I finally started a post that is worth reading?
I think I posted this once, but you can roll a cigarette with a dollar bill, just loosely folded in half, tobacco in the fold, put your paper in as you roll. I don't know why you couldn't do a bollit the same way. I roll my own cigarettes by hand, have for years, so I have had lots of practice. Don't need no stinking roller.LOL
Raleigh cigarette roller if you can find one. I found & bought mine while looking for pewter at a estate sale. Tin stamped machine works very well and it~ is~ fast. But I still prefer hand wrapping. I just find it fun to do. Especially so when the wife is watching one of her feel'ly touch'y movie every now and then during our evenings together.
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 |