Slug Guns and Muzzleloaders

[Joe Gussenhoven]

Three rifles with paper strips. Seth Millard .56 slug gun and a 10mm German percussion schuetzen rifle and a .40 Meunier PSR. Have tried chase patches with others. Slowly going to grease groove bullets because they shoot better and easier to load and a lot less work to prepare.
Two paper strips is what I use. Paper strips can be a pain if you're in a hurry or in heavy wind.
My chase patches stay on the bullet all the way down even without being folded over at the base. It should fit tight enough to imprint the paper to the soft bullet metal. When you have the correct fit you dont need any extra paper at the base of the bullet. Must be some real slippery whale oil.
Yep, you need to make a cap for the false muzzle with two cross cuts to fit the strips. That assures proper alignment. Dont need it to make a paper strip cap first. Be careful and lay the strips on the muzzle to load. If it wont shoot with a chase patch I doubt it will do any better with strips.

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Joe.