Anyone happen to do it ?
Anyone happen to do it ?
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MS Army Guard 2016-2021
It is done, but as shortlegs commented, It takes nimble fingers. Also fold, don't twist the tail.
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Other than the 6.5x55 I will not patch any cartridges smaller than 7mm any longer. It's just not worth it. 30 caliber and bigger, they all get PP at some point or another.
I have to believe it would make for a more durable boolit you could push hard, but those things are so small, just cutting the patches would be challenge enough. I had another thought that would accomplish the same end, though. That is to make a slurry of cotton dryer lint you could stroke the boolit through, coating it with a sufficient thickness that when dry, would make a cotton fiber coating. They would still need to be sized to improve the density of the coating and lubed, probably with LLA, BLL or 45-45-10. I was thinking there should be starch to thicken the slurry a bit. Essentially, thuis would be "making paper" using the surface of the boolit as a form.
I once tried patching for my hornet. I have lost the results (and forgotten how it worked out). In the end, I was using this rifle for hunting small game and wanted max performance but didn't want to size the cases. So, I used a paper hand towel cup to hold the bullet in the case neck on top of a compressed charge of Lil'Gun. The paper towel was then soaked in a molten 'waxy-lube' that I made. It was the only way to get accuracy with this gun and it was pretty accurate. So one could say that I 'paper patched' jacketed bullets for it.
Bulk buy seconds are too cheap to make the effort of patching worth it other than the fun factor. Or were at the time.
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Same here. It's a lot of work when you're dealing with really small boolits, almost as bad as trying to load for the 25ACP. I have my 30 Cal and fat 30 stuff well figured out and have all my patch & templates laid out and ready to go. When everything comes together, it's a wonderful thing.
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 |