Is there anyone using the cartridge in the subject with a PP bullet? any advice is welcome.
Is there anyone using the cartridge in the subject with a PP bullet? any advice is welcome.
I have some .38-55 data here under the heading “Paper Patch Lite.” The Search function should bring it up.
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I see no one has given you any advice yet. I shoot PP in .38-55's but only with breech seated bullets. It's slightly different, but the cartridge works well with PP bullets. The main difference I find, when comparing with PP'ing the big .45 cartridges, is that the bullets don't seem to bump up quite as much. I find that the paper doesn't get cut as finely as with the big cartridges.
I use a 330gr elliptical bullet that Steve Brooks cut for me. It shoots quite nicely in 16:1 with Seth Cole 55W paper with either Swiss Fg, or Swiss 1.5. You can fit a fair bit of powder in the small case. I've been using about 55gr recently, but have managed to fit 58+gr into a case.
I had an older lot of Goex Fg that it did well with too, but I'm out of that lot.
One thing about the smaller bores is that they foul a little more and are more sensitive to fouling. You really want to make sure the barrel is clean and dry between shots. Even more so than the big cartridges.
I hope that is useful info.
Chris.
Thank you very much for your info, very useful.
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 |