So I've had this with a light boolit (148gr) with a light charge of shotgun powder. Accuracy was awesome out to about 45 yds. Now this idea simply won't work in pristine bores with sharp rifling but worn bores with rounded rifling is a whole different ball game. My serious loads have been ones I developed to disintegrate the patch in a worn bore and when accuracy dropped off I increased the load to maintain the disintegration.
Well now I'm thinking of going back to the patch that stays on idea. The paper I used initially was ordinary, easy to work with, cheapo printer paper. It's great stuff really but it is weak. I'm wanting this to be a target/plinking boolit so the idea is to keep pressure and hence velocity low to moderate. The patch, boolit and load is something I can develop in my 'test tube' and is therefor something I can do right here at home.
What I think I will be aiming for is a boolit of around 168 gr for I already have and a powder charge of maybe up to 16 gr H4227 or between 5 and 10 gr Clays. I'm thinking of toughening the same ol' printer paper with some agent like white paper or wood glue and see what happens.
The idea behind it to get accuracy at lighter than usual patched boolit loads. Patched boolits are just so much easier to load into unsized cases most of the time and also have a certain 'cool factor'.
Any thoughts/ideas would be appreciated. Better paper or better toughening agent choice? Anyone else tried this?