Paper patching and forensic ballistics cast boolits. The book is intended for shooters experienced in reloading black powder cartridge rifles that are ready to try their hand at shooting paper patched bullets. Please post what you find,it sounds interesting and would like to know how fast you can push them and of corse accuracy being the main consern also. The cba is a international organization of shooters who enjoy casting and shooting lead alloy bullets for competition, hunting, experimenting, and casual shooting. The single lap patch has the edges cut square unlike the angle edges of a doublelap patch, and the edges butt when wrapped on a bullet. The book was interesting to read and did have some instruction on the topic. Does anybody out there reload with there own paper patch bullets. If ppb interest you then look in to loading and shooting paper patched bullets, a beginners guide. A beginners guide for learning to load and shoot paper patched bullets by randolph s wright. You can also watch as the paper patch comes off the bullet between the muzzle at 00. There doesnt seem to be a lot of data on the real heavy bullets. Unfortunately, paper patched cartridges are a bit delicate and can not just be thrown into a guys pocket.
Much discussion and cussin have been laid at their doorstep. The art of paper patching, how to make your paper patched boolits 3006 series eagle eye shooting. It has been my experience, however, that most of the cussin has been from folks with little or no personal experience with ppbs. Paper patched bullets ppb are probably the most controversial of all lead bullet styles. I have had fun trying different bullet nose shapes.
It is, by far, the best reference book you can get on paper patching. Even in the book the paper jacket you see the author do the same juggling. The black powder duplex load is fun to shoot and makes practice. Given this issue, the use of a paperpatched bullet can prove beneficial. In the meantime, what i have tried to do here is to provide a series of short chapters on the various aspects of using the paper patched bullet. The paper acts like a jacket and keeps the lead from smearing in the bore. Paper patches can be used to make slightly undersized bullets fit a gun with.
Top long range muzzleloading targt shooters of the mid 1800s commonly relied on paper patched conical bullets. We describe another method to economically and simply custom fit the bullet to your rifle bore to make your military surplus rifle shoot accurately. Paper patched or lubricated lead bullets can be swaged in two basic styles, the swc shoulder style shown here, and the smooth ogive style shown below. The paper jacket by paul matthews track of the wolf. Enter your name, address, and billing information for prompt shipment. It is kinda fun to think about these things, but who would really want to do them. This catalog is a record of molds ive made, and posted for reference. Mass produced bullet molds are designed with very conservative, minimal dimensions north of the crimp groove, so that they will chamber in the great variety of firearms out there. Lube grooves add drag to a bullet, so for better long range bc the smooth sided, paper patched bullet is technically. Are there any books that list smokeless loads for the 540grs. Ive been using maxiballs lately, but i want to try paper patching hornady xtp. The paper patch is moistened slightly with water to make it more pliable and slightly sticky. If i had known that a paper patched bullet would have saved the day, we could have spent a few days making.
Paper is the jacket, and with a properly paper patched bullet you will not get leading in the barrel, or copper for that matter. Discussion in handloading and reloading started by plmitch, jan 30, 2014. Casting, patching and loading their paper patch bullets in the hunting field. Buffalo hunters used this type of bullet to hunt millions of buffalos. Ive been using imr3031 under oregon trail 405s and 500s. I plan to try paper patching some hollow base lead bullets designed for the 4570 round and shooting them in my martini henry carbine. A paper patch bullet will do anything a grease groove bullet can do, and then some. Paper patch bullets were once the most popular type of bullets in the 1800s. Sizing paperpatched bullets for smokeless powder load.
The lip of paper extending past the base of the bullet is then twisted together, and may be pushed into a depression cast into the base of the bullet. Anyways he had a quick chapter in the book about paper patching which peaked my interest. The bullets im actually interested in paper patching would be for the. I add 2 egg whites per 16 oz of h20 for my wetting solution. There are two schools of thought on bullet diameter. This squeezing did have a small but perceptible positive effect on bullet quality and resultant accuracy. Refining paperpatched loads for smokeless powder load.
The paper patching bit was from the book point of impact by steven hunter. You can clearly see the paper patch leaves the barrel intact around the bullet at 00. Does anyone here paper patch muzzle loader bullets. Ive shot a flintlock musket and theyre great fun if you have the chance. So lets go back to the days of muskets such as the famous british brown.
The art of paper patching, how to make your paper patched. Why did they paper patch bullets in the movie shooter. What bullet would you use to paper patch in a gahendra or similar rifle. With a slightly tongueincheek writing style, i demystify the paper patching enigma with a simple, stepbystep approach to reloading using offtheself components for shooting todays. This lube star might be hard to see on a parkerized or blued surface. Will this work with a hard jacket bullet or must i cast my own with virgin lead. Look for your answers in our forum and in our bimonthly publication the fouling shot. There are those who say the patched bullet should be bore diameter and there are those who say the bullet should be groove diameter.
In his march 1977 article paper patched bullets come of age, harrison provides a few rules for the shooter using a paper patch to obtain top velocities with poured slugs. Using black powder is now big deal, i have it, know how to use it, and know it works fine with paper patched bullets, but can i use smokeless powder with paper patched bullets as well. Its interesting to note that the only difference between the projectiles for the mk i to. Paper patching involves a lot more than just the bullet but that is what you asked about. Paper patches let a shooter get the same velocities from lead bullets as with jacketed bullets. If you guys have not read it i would highly recommend it. The practical paper patch bullet is another book of his and it was replaced by the paper jacket. So the paper patched bullet had something of a reputation for greater accuracy. As a ammunition manufacture, we load over 400 calibers. Paper patch vs lube, black powder is paper patching a fair replacement for lube in a black powder rifle for conicals. Making and shooting ppcbs in a modern whitepowder rifle is a lot of fun.
However it did not address trouble shooting the many problems that pop up, to any degree. We go over a few more basics in our paper patching discussion. Shooting a paper patched bullet in your inline muzzleloader, using blackhorn 209 powder behind it, opens up a whole new way to shoot your rifle. Wet the patches with lee case lube before rolling and when that dries, size the ppd bullets to your chamber throat diameter. What works and why the standard modernrifle approach is to apply a paper patch to a bullet core of ascast or slightly smaller diameter, to dry and lube the patch, then to size the ppcb to final diameter and work up a load. North american muzzleloader hunting shares a couple of ways to patch lead bullets and the papers that works best. This book presents todays most thorough, fully illustrated source of information for those who enjoy a taste of the past. I too have been looking at the paper patching of lead bullets for some time now. Paper patching muzzle loader bullets alaska outdoors forums. Paperpatching your inline muzzleloader western powders. Click through them as listed on the left hand side of page. Chase was a black powder era bench shooter of some note who developed a single lap paper patch system for breech loaders. Ross seyfried wrote about doing this to prepare ammo for british double rifles in calibers no one made bullets for anymore. Velocities can be easily pushed over 3000 fps, and often you can get higher velocity with a paper patched bullet than you can with jacketed bullets.
To learn the technique you can use copier or printer paper. If it were a cast paper patching bullet they could reference metals of what. It will probably be too thick to produce loadable bullets if the unpatched bullet is. Some books say that you should not lube paper patched bullets but others say firing dry paper patched bullets down your bore will soon hone it out to a bigger calibre. The original martinihenry ammunition was loaded with dry patches but there was a beeswax disc below the bullet. Paul matthewss first printing of his book was titled. Some books say that you should not lube paper patched bullets but others. In those days, shooting paper patched bullets, some of the top shooters managed to keep ten shots inside of two inches at 40 rods.
Paper patched bullets can achieve velocities and trajectories rivaling those of metal patched copper jacketed bullets. By paper patching this paper jacket would seem to isolate the bullet from the. Reloading gear vintage reloading manuals vintage gun books. However, in the movie, they mention the fact that the bullett match was metallurgical, not ballistic, using the signature straitions of a barrell. Patching a jacketed bullet is doable, but youll probably want to roll it on a flat surface with a file to get some surface texture the paper can grip when you wrap it on. We describe another method to economically and simply custom fit the bullet to your rifle bore to make your military surplus rifle shoot. You can juggle between bullet size and patch thickness to get a ppd bullet suitable to size for your chamber throat fit. I first found out about it back in 2002 when i first read paul a. This book presents todays most thorough, fully illustrated source of. This for you old or ancient guys paper patched bullets.
Paul matthews has some stuff on paper patching in his 4570 book. Matthews has an excellent paper patching book, i would look at it if you really want to get serious about it. Theres not a whole lot of folks shooting paper patched bullets so its difficult to compare notes with someone else. Swaged paper patched bullets are both more precise and easier and faster to make than cast paper patch bullets, since one stroke completes the bullet at exact diameter, and there is no lead to melt if one uses lead wire. I want to give them a try out of my sharps using smokeless. Instead of cutting molds of increasing diameters, one oversized mold was used in each caliber and the bullets were downsized with simple pushthrough bushings. Bullet diameter for 4570 paper patched cartridge shiloh. Would be of interest to research this,not only would make it easier but teflon tape is verry slippery. Lots of advantages, especially compared to grease groove bullets. In the book, it was explained much more clearly, and, in fact, they did use a prefired bullet bob lee swagger had fired a week or so before. In fact i may be the only one in the world shooting paper patched bullets from a. We rely on a quality products, delivery and value for our customers. The most authoritative work on paper patched bullets. The patch is carefully wrapped around the bearing surface of the bullet.
Paper patching lead bullets british militaria forums. Paper patched bullets a blast from the past sporting shooters. Patching with teflon tape was reading an article about paper patched bullets when i stumbled on an article about useing teflon tape instead. In the final chapter, he gives a quick summary of what works best for him with what he calls a practical paper patched bullet. Can lead bullets be pushed to faster velocity by wrapping them in paper. I bought this book as an aid to my learning how to paper patch cast lead bullets. I just received some montana bullet works 540gr paper patch bullets. I roll by papers on a heavy sheet of glass so that the patch does not dry out while rolling. Greebe, i myself also read matthews having his collection of books. Would paper patching reduce leading in s rifled barrel. Or, print your order after entering your address, attach your check or money order, and send it by mail. The current resurgence of singleshot and blackpowder rifles creates a need for uptodate and accurate information about paper patched bullets. Best accuracy is usually accomplished with a much closer fit, tailored to a particular firearm. I made up some wrapped in tracing paper, and some with adhesive labels.
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