True up your cast and paper patched bullets

[Eric Johanen]

With Winchester brass and 25.5 grains of 5744 powder the Lyman Postell shoots very well. Within a few points of my usual black powder loads at 200 yards for some quick range time practice. I also use the BACO 500 gr. RN with smoke less powder 5744 at 25.5 gr. I have not used these loads in quite awhile but with the weather changing I wanted to put some up for practice when the wind and temps turn less than pleasant. With the trued up the Lyman Postell it takes another step in the loading cycle but it does make me more confident that I'm loading quality ammunition. Winter months are a bore but when the cold and wind are not too nasty I still like to pull triggers and get in some practice. Not having to deal with black powder fouling the bore speeds the process and lessens my exposure on less than ideal days. As rdnck stated is does a nice job of uni-forming the finished paper patched bullets making chambering pressure the same every time. Reducing the diameter of a paper patched bullet by a thousands or two and matching the paper thickness can give you a bullet that clears the fouling and allow repeated shots without fouling control for hunting applications. I believe that a dirty shooting load that groups 5 or 6 inches for long string of shots at 200 yards should make the deer afraid, very afraid!