cooking parchment paper for PP bullets

[mdeland]

I was cooking some caribou tender loins the other night in the oven on parchment cooking paper and after feeling it a bit wondered how it might work as bullet patching. It measures .002 ,is food grade,fire resistant and quite tough. Any body ever given it a try?

[beltfed]

No,Mike,
I don't eat paper.
HAHAHAHAHAHa!!!!!!!

[mdeland]

The only PP bullet I have is one I cut for a .303 Enfield so I will give the paper a try on that bullet and see how it does. The parchment paper feels just like the onion skin paper one buys for wrapping bullets.

[bruce m]

mike, if your patched bullet fits as a slight friction fit in the bore as you chamber it, it should shoot.
groove diameter it needs to be a sliding fit into the fired case.
the paper is tough, and might well suit hunting ammo.
for serious target shooting, a slightly thinner paper might be better.
my own experience with cooking paper is that it is not as easy as some to get a clean folded fit on the corner of the bearing surface and the base.
it is all about fit of patched bullet where it has to go.
keep safe,
bruce.

[bruce m]

just need to see if the rifling can cut the paper.

[kenny s]

WE LOST THE TOPIC HERE.
TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE STEAKS!!!!!
AND WHAT TIME IS DINNER?
IT'S ONLY A FOUR DAY DRIVE FROM FLORIDA

[Clarence]

Kenny,

You might want to check Mapquest. Venice to Anchorage 79 hr., 4900 mi. Might want to give Mike a 4-day notice when you're halfway there, unless you fly low a lot faster and longer each day than I do.... LOL!

[Distant Thunder]

mike,

If you are suggesting bore diameter paper patched bullets with smokeless powder I think that is a bad idea as it has leaded the bore of my rifles pretty bad the few times I've tried it. I think it's much better to go with patched to groove diameter with smokeless.

Now if your running BP in your .303 Enfield patched to bore might work.

I do believe Brent has tried cooking parchment. He's not using in matches that I have seen so that might tell you if it's worth trying or not.

jim