Old E

[Old Jim]

Today was a different day, with groups smaller. Went with BR-2s again, with the bullet touching the rifling. Took Dons advice about the powder chg. and dropped it to 81.0. First 3 tore one hole, then that wiping thingy ain't 'zactly workin' real good yet and got one about 3" left. Then #5 went about 1" left of the first 3, for a 1.5" group a 200.

The wiping has been one wet 2.5" cotton patch wet w/ NAPA 6:1 mix, with the first patch being pretty draggy to shove thru, then the 2nd one goes right thru. Then I switched patches to 2" arsenal patches, wet with the same juice, wala, goes right thru on first shove, really easy on 2nd patch. Could be wetter patches though.

So my venture into wiping continues ......

Jim