smaller then bore slicks

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my first posting here so... HELLO ALL!!!

here is my position on the smaller diameter slicks...tryed some soft lead slicks in .441 and .444 inch diameter in a 350 grain for both and a 400 grain in both diameters. patching is done with baco's 9 lbs onionskin paper and the final dry diameter of these slicks are....441 patched to .446 inch....and....444 patched to .450 inch diameter.

shooting is done in a browning BPCR rifle with a 30 inch barrel and an 18 inch twist. rifle has a leopold 6 to 18x mounted for load development.

the two diff weight bullets did poorly in the accuracy dept. im comparing them to a baco mould # 45-500 in .460 diameter that groups very well in this rifle when seated out to kiss the rifling ahead of a charge of 68 grains of GOEX cartridge powder.

so my next purchase is/was a 550 grain bullet in both diameters with the diameters of the above patched to the same diameter...to trial them to see if the longer length will bring together the accuracy of paperpatch i search for.

my method of shooting includes wiping with a wet patch and drying the bore with a dry one for each shot. i rest the barrel on the best node for vibration which is around 8 inchs from the muzzle. i hold the angle the same with the front sights level before each shot thru the scope. the trigger is the best on a rifle without set triggers so it is nice n crisp with a bit less then 2 lbs letoff with no creep.

so there is my first post and the question for all is do you think that the length and weight of bullet is going to help cure my patch accuracy problems?