Hello All,

[Mike]

Doug, Don't let those paper patch stories mislead you. Most of the top scores in silhouettes, long range, and at Quigley are shot with "greasers" or naked bullets. Several of us enjoy using paper patched bullets as well, mostly for the historical background of such loads in the black powder cartridges we use. A lot of good hunting is done with paper patched bullets as you'll see in various stories in The American Sharps Shooters. I'm pointing this out not to steer you away from getting a paper patch bullet mold, no, dive into it, but start down that patch with the clear vision that a grease groove bullet will more than likely get you to doing some good shooting a bit quicker. You might also find that your .45/70's chamber needs a bit of modification at the rifling leade to perform well with paper patch loads. Let that come later, maybe after you really decide shooting paper patched bullets is what you want to do. You're actually getting into this sport at full speed and good doin's, so far. Shoot sharp, Mike