My findings with the paper patched bullet

[Mike]

Kurt, I have a Ballard mold for a 500 grain .45 caliber tapered paper patch that Wolfgang Droege gave to me about 1986 but I never used that bullet enough to really give it appropriate credit. With the .45/70 I usually favored bullets of 420 grains or so and I used some of those bullets with certain success. More recently I had Tom at Accurate Molds make #44-400P for the .44/77 and while that seems to work rather well, I haven't given it the chances it deserves. In general I seem to favor tapered paper patch bullets and I was interested to hear your opinion. Shoot sharp, Mike

[Eric Johanen]

I will be testing the Accurate 50-590P this week in Lucrezia. Patching them with BACO blue rag bond paper and they are a very nice fit in the fire formed brass. CCI BR primers 100 grains of GOEX 1 fg, .060 fiber with a lubed felt wad and a milk carton plastic wad compressed to .420. The bullet is seated snug and will turn but not move forward when shaken. Patching this two diameter bullet was not difficult and they really look good. These are wet patched and half will be shot dry and the half shot with a trace of lube on the paper. I managed to sample two light bullets and the bulk of the run weighed 584 grains. I have not experimented with lube on the patch before so something new to try. We will see how they fly!

[Mike]

Eric, I've not heard of that paper. Is it different from the 9-pound onion skin? If so, can you tell us more about it? Shoot sharp, Mike

[Eric Johanen]

Mike, BACO had this in stock some years ago and I ordered some to patch my 45 70 bullets. It is a pale blue color, .002 thick and 25% cotton. It was pretty good stuff and I have a good supply left. Again, it's not made anymore same as a lot of good patching paper.

[Mike]

Eric, Thanks for the info. I was beatin' the BACO web site to death looking for it. Let us know how it works anyway. Shoot sharp, Mike

[Rbertalotto]

I'm not sure if this is helpful or not. An article I wrote I offer for your review. It was published in one of the Black Powder magazines last month.

http://rvbprecision.com/shooting/shop-ma...-mold.html

[Kurt]

Aren't the right tools great!
I have a Sheldon with a milling attachment and I used it a lot till I took a gear out when I changed it from a 3 phase and lost the EZ start. The 7 Hp motor it has just hit it to hard on start up.
I'm having a hard time getting the lead screw back in time. That lathe has over 900 different combinations for thread pitches. I thought I kept good records when I pulled it apart to fix it, but man was I wrong.