Wads

[Kurt]

I was developing a load for a new bullet I got for the .45-90 using a 10 shot group at 200 yds. I normally don’t use 10 shots for the first development but time is getting short for the upcoming Lodi match and I want to take this rifle for a backup. The 88 gr load of 2F Olde-E is shooting very well in the .44-100 and the .45-90 case accepts the same powder load to hold the .260" compression I use with this powder. The first 10 rounds I shot at the X target and those just about made me pack up and head back home. The first ten on the X I did not use a cork wad in the stack because when loading and holding the compression I was running out of room in the Remington cases using a 1/16" cork wad in the stack.

Here is an example what the 1/16" cork wad I add in my wad stack does. All 20 shots were loaded with the identical load of 88 grains of 2F Olde E powder with a .053" fiber 3/16 lube .053 fiber and a .012" card under the bullet. The brass is Rem with a Br-2 primer and the compression is .260" with the fiber over the powder. and a slight taper crimp holding the bullet to keep it from falling out when I load.

This is what I used on the X target and it shot a 5" group.

The orange target was shot with just the addition of a 1/16" cork wad I cut from a very dense 1/16" cork gasket I get from Tractor supply Co.(TSC). This cork does not have the rubber in it like I see some are using on the forums.

I use this cork in most of my loads because it really cuts down on the vertical.

For the .50 I use a 1/8" cork to keep the same compression level.

For the .45-90 that gives me a very bad leading problem with most loads and a bunch of vertical that little cork wad eliminates those problems shooting a PP bullet using an alloy to hard.
I know a lot thumb their noses on using cork wads, but the ODG's used them and I have for a long time and I have never been able to fing a problem using them.

Kurt






Kurt