I would like to try to shoot a paper patched steel bullet in a .50 BMG rifle for 1000 yds competition. I am a member of the FCSA [Fifty Caliber Shooters Assn.] Years ago they used to shoot dead soft steel bullets and some guys had pretty good luck with them but you only got about 1000-1500 rounds before the barrel was gone.
I would like to design a Bore rider style bullet that has a 1" long paper patch, do you think it would work with the pressure a fifty generates? I was thinking a .500" diameter bullet with a shallow groove in the middle for the PP, what kind of paper would work best? the PP would be wrapped to around .512"-.515" for a tight fit in a .510" bore.
I am also concerned about the muzzle brake, If you were shooting it through a "Heavy Gun" class rifle [50lbs max] you could shoot it with out a brake because the recoil would not be too bad with a light weight steel bullet [about 600-700 gns], I would like to get the velocity up to about 3200 FPS to get the travel time down to about 1 second to the target. right now I am getting about 2700 FPS with 750gn A-Max's.
As you can tell I don't know much about PP bullets just wondering if it would work.
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