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[Gunlaker]

Kurt that is an interesting thought about the case perhaps holding back some of the bump up. Maybe that's one of the reasons that Brent's chamber design works well with the 0.475" case mouth.

Recently I added a dry felt wad to my .45-90 load to see what would happen. I suspect it was a case of light engraving as accuracy went away in a hurry. My powder charge is pretty light at only 85gr of Goex Fg, but use a 20:1 535gr Money bullet with that charge.

It makes sense that a thin hard wad would be best for bump up. Perry says that in his book. I tried it in my DanT PP chambered .45-70 and accuracy wasn't great, certainly quite bit worse than using a 0.060 LDPE. In the .45-90 if I tried that trick I'd be a lead miner for a day.

Accuracy wise I think that the lube wad between thin cookies is the best in my .45-90, but it's hard to say. When I use two LDPE wads it looks pretty darn close. I don't have any idea what the bullets look like though.

Chris.