Designing the 2-diameter paper patch bullet.

[Distant Thunder]

Now with the holidays behind us and the other things too that were slowing me down I finally had time this week to get back at the 2-diameter paper patch mold that started this thread.

   

It should be done except for casting with it and checking the diameters which I will do tomorrow. If that looks good I can then cast some up and Matt can give them a go in his rifle and see how it fits and shoots.

I hope to give this 2-diameter concept a try in the one rifle I have that has flat out refused to play nice with paper patch bullets, my old C. Sharps .45-70 with a freebored chamber. I can't imagine it not working there, but we'll see. I'll just have to adjust the base band length to match my chamber, but everything else should be the same as Matt's bullet. When I get that project up and going I will post all the numbers I figured to design it so anyone can see how I do that one.

I will also post the testing and results here for others to reference. As anyone who has been following my efforts on Matt's bullet can tell, this is a slow moving process for me and that's one reason I don't make and sell molds. I would have to give up all the other stuff I currently do and that wouldn't probably be best.

As Matt works with this bullet and reports back to me I'll certainly post that info here also. If the bullets shoot well enough he will be shooting it in long range matches at Lodi and I will be able to watch his progress. I hope it goes well for him.

I should have pictures of bullets tomorrow that I will post here.