PP Bullet size

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Re: PP Bullet size

Post by opencountry »

opencountry wrote: Fri Dec 02, 2022 7:11 pm I thought I'd add my 2 cents worth because I've had such good luck shooting pp bullets in both my Shiloh 45-110's, and my Shiloh 45-90. I've chosen the traditional method of pp'ing. In the past when BACO had an abundance of 100% 9# cotton paper I bought a lot of it. My bullet is from Jim at BACO, 'Jim 444540M', cast 16-1. I first size the bullet to .443", bringing the patched bullet up to .448" diameter, when double-wrapped. The loaded round chambers nicely, snug.
Btw, I've also tried using 100% 9# 'wood' paper to patch with (also from BACO), and it also wraps to .448". Convenient. And, gives the same results on target.

If I was ever to run out of my stock of 9-pound paper I would have no hesitation in following Kenny Wasserberger's method of patching with the Seth Cole tracing paper.

Robert
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