Are kapok and polyester fillers interchangeable?
Been using polyester at times, but found an old life vest full of kapok. Now I have a choice... or do I?
Any advantages/disadvantages one over the other?
Are kapok and polyester fillers interchangeable?
Been using polyester at times, but found an old life vest full of kapok. Now I have a choice... or do I?
Any advantages/disadvantages one over the other?
Shoot Safe,
Mike
Retired Telephone Man
NRA Endowment Member
Marion Road Gun Club
( www.marionroad.com )
I'm using toilet paper in my 45-70 ,a long time 45-70 shooter recommended it ,works well just leaves a little charred paper ash on the floor .
To answer your question, you should be able to use kapok interchangeably with Dacron (or similar) without any issues. Haven't used any kapok recently, myself, but tried it as a filler when I first began tinkering with CBs in bottle-neck cartridges (.30-30, 7TCU, and 7BR) for TC Contenders back in the early 1980s. Actually, as I recall, I first read about using kapok as a filler in the old 'Tech Notes' column of the Rifleman probably sometime in the late 70s (before it turned into an advertising brochure). Back then, though, I was pretty ignorant about shooting cast in 'rifle calibers' and never really got it to come together. Wasn't until I got my first BPCR...a .38-55 Highwall...about a dozen years ago and found this forum that I began to get my stuff scooped into a manageable pile.
Bill
"I'm not often right but I've never been wrong."
Jimmy Buffett
"Scarlet Begonias"
I have half a shopping bag of Kapok from an old chair cushion. That is a lifetime supply, for me at least. Works great and have never rung a chamber.
I use the lint from the clothes dryer. Just burns up and leaves no ash. Don't think
it will cause any barrel ringing as it is just cloth fiber.
I’ve got a buddy who uses the old dryer sheets as patches for bore cleaning.
Shoot Safe,
Mike
Retired Telephone Man
NRA Endowment Member
Marion Road Gun Club
( www.marionroad.com )
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