Designing the 2-diameter paper patch bullet.

[Distant Thunder]

I should say here also that I highly recommend investing is some sort of bore pigs (bore wiping system) for shooting paper patch bullet in completion. They are absolutely necessary for silhouette and a great advantage in paper matches.

I had used them with great success in my Shiloh .45-90 but I kind of got away from using them when I switched to my Hepburn .45-70. Then needing to use them in my .40-65 for silhouette I rediscovered how much they help keep the shooter thinking about making good shots instead of concentrating on running multiple patches thru the bore between shots. I went back to them for long range in the Hepburn at the beginning of last year and I have no doubt they made a huge difference.

From the bench and not on the clock you can wipe with whatever number of patches are needed, but when the clock is running wiping with one push thru is not only a time saver but saves energy and gives you more time to concentrate on shooting well. Fouling control is a big part of competing well with PPB and I finally got that squared away last year.