so ill go back story first, i wanted to get into reloading but primers are dead here and ive always liked the idea of blackpowder and what not so i got a night flintlock rifle and a percussion long range match rifle, sweet right? so then i wanted to cast my own bullets and such which i will havto as my gibbs rifle bore is well undersize, i sized down premade bullets i had coming to .443, paper patched up with 001 paper to come out around 446, nice snug fit, beautiful! gotta test em, now this time through the process ive been sporadically reading the paper patch.
so throughout this time i shought what if i could cast my own bullets for my match centrefire and my old military rifles for kicks, found 22reloader got some primer makers n stuff to play with and the gas check maker coz why not. so i was toying with the idea of paper patching for 308 and the like, but ive heard it said you can push a hardened lead cast bullet harder with a gas check, upto jacketed velocities or just shy, 2400 or so and paper patch info seems less available.
do i want to play with paper patching or have a crack with gas checks and hardened lead to push the speed? can i achieve decent accuracy? alot of my research has been youtube and people have had varying results in both accuracy and velocity, my pedersoli gibbs with the oversized bullets i had to jam in shot lights out, hole in hole at 100 so just for that im thinking of sticking with grease grooves rather than patching but i get less oily with patching. im ranting now, i havnt slept.
tl;dr how do i get the most accuracy out of a cast bullet, is gas check or paper patch, one better than the other, for accuracy, speed, ease of learning, i know everyone will have a different opinion and i was tempted to just pick a mold and go nuts but id rather seek some long forgotten words or ancient memories before i dip my toes to deep in and get em chomped by a croc.
i will note i have been browsing the forums and havnt exactly found any of the answers yet so forgive me im sure its all been asked before.
Jo.