Hi everyone I've been casting and shooting for years but know zilch about paper-patching. I want to start casting for my much-loved 6.5 X 55 Swedish Mausers (3) but have always been scared to due to the super-fast rifling twist (have had them strip 120grain jacketed spitzers with anything beyond listed starting loads, have to load at least 140 gr. to get enough length). I was wondering if you paper-patching folks could save me a bunch of time and give me the short version to some questions:
1) Would patching help boolits keep from stripping the engraving better than regular cast? (Seems that groovless boolits would engage more rifling plus the paper might make the boolit surface harder, am I right?)
2) Could I shoot paper-patched boolits as fast as gas-checked boolits without having to mess with checks?
3) Would the advantages (if any) of patching be worth the learning curve versus just hunting down and buying a regular mould and going with what I know? I know that is a subjective question, but I'm just trolling for opinions.
Any input would be appreciated.
Gear