If youre a diehard paperpatched bullet shooter, youre undoubtedly familiar with paul matthews. Hunting with paper patch bullets in sharps 45120 aka 45110 by tom ball. Pretty much any chamber will shoot paper patched bullets. Paper patched bullets ppb are probably the most controversial of all lead bullet styles. I also wipe my own loaded cartridges with a paper towel before boxing, to prevent dust and dirt from accumulating on the bullet. I also bring the paper up the nose so that the paper is in the throat. And i use a tapered bullet that i find not as accurate as the straight wall bullet that measures patched.
The patch is carefully wrapped around the bearing surface of the bullet. This video will show the basic 2 wrap patch boolit. Mar 22, 2015 ive started a journey to the world of paper patched cast bullet shooting. The paper patch bullet is a lot more like regular lead soft the bullet maker stated it will flatten out like a half dollar when it starts to travel into the animal etc. Test results prove cast bullets can approach 3000f. The art of paper patching, how to make your paper patched. A beginners guide for learning to load and shoot paper patched bullets by randolph s. As a ammunition manufacture, we load over 400 calibers. I tried sizing the patched bullets, tore the paper.
How do you determin which is the correct diameter for the bullet to be before paper patching. The most successful cast bullet designs have a round or flattened nose rather than a long, unsupported ogive. Paper patched bullets are an important part of our rich and diverse firearms history, providing a way of preventing leading, while driving generally a soft lead. Paper patch bullet question my question has to do with powder choices. Harrison and the staff at the american rifleman worked with paperpatched bullets in the. As for bore wear from paper, i have been shooting paper patch bullets exclusively in my 375 taylor rifle now for around 3 years. The most authoritative work on paper patched bullets. A beginners guide to loading and shooting paper patched bullets for early black powder cartridge rifles.
Reloading 50 rounds of 45 acp on a single stage press duration. Here are the benefits of shooting paper patched bullets in your inline. Shooting a paper patched bullet in your inline muzzleloader, using blackhorn 209 powder behind it, opens up a whole new way to shoot your rifle. Until someone demonstrates and documents paper patch barrel wear with real data the world will never know. Heavy sprue cutter plate precision ground both sides. Paper patched or lubricated lead bullets can be swaged in two basic styles, the swc shoulder style shown here, and the smooth ogive style shown below. I also did some hunting rifle paper patching very successfully with my 358 win see other 35 cal thread. I could go on with many more famous hunters that preferred paper patch bullets. You can also watch as the paper patch comes off the bullet between the muzzle at 00. This book presents todays most thorough, fully illustrated source of information for those who enjoy a taste of the past. Hello, i bought a nice 1953 savage 99r last october,and will dedicate it to cast bullets only. When you have a clean rag and time to wipe your hands between shots they work fine.
This article is intended for shooters who are currently loading lubed bullets with either black powder. Paper patch supplies, paper patch templates, paper patch paper, lead bullets, paper patch bullets. It is a 2 page artice on page 108109 titled paper patched bullets work in. Hunting with paper patch bullets in sharps 45120 aka 45110. Im not sure if either of these ideas would survive being loaded in a semiauto. Paper patch bullet d reamer and shop made casting mold. I size the bullets so that when patched the bullet is a snug fit in the throat.
In case you didnt know paper patched bullets allow you to shoot lead projectiles close to the speed of a jacketed bullet. Much discussion and cussin have been laid at their doorstep. Where is a good place to get the mold and paper that i will need. Sep 11, 2016 for the record, this is not my video or gun or cartridge load. Havent tried paper patched muzzle loading bullets, other than a cross patch in a friends bench gun. Bullet diameter for 4570 paper patched cartridge shiloh. North american muzzleloader hunting shares a couple of ways to patch lead bullets and the papers that works best. Those bullets didnt shoot well and i gave up on bore size bullets. The current resurgence of singleshot and blackpowder rifles creates a need for uptodate and accurate information about paper patched bullets.
I couldnt even find some of the bullet holes in the 30x48 cardboard backer. Provides techniques in use during the 1870s and 1880s with accommodation for some 20th century technology where appropriate. My hunting loads using swaged paper patch bullets are as follows. Top long range muzzleloading targt shooters of the mid 1800s commonly relied on paper patched conical bullets. Dont get me wrong, grease grooved bullets were used too, but the majority of hunters during the 1870s and 80s preferred paper patch ammo in their sharps, rolling blocks and ballards. Manual for step by step procedure to reload target quality ammunition using paper patched bullets. This means you need to carefully measure the bore of your rifle and then have a custom mold made by one of the many mold makers. Jun 12, 2009 this feature is not available right now.
Hunting with paper patch bullets in sharps 45120 aka 45. There is one fellow who shoots yds with his black powser 45 cal rifle and puts them all in the the black. I use paper patch bullets with my hog hunting rifle. I patch several different grooved bullets for use with smokeless powder. A pp bullet simply has straight sides and theread more. Using black powder is now big deal, i have it, know how to use it, and know it works fine with paper patched bullets, but can i use smokeless powder with paper patched bullets as well. Using paper patched bullets is not something most reloaders have done, watch along as larry potterfield, founder and ceo of midwayusa shows how to cast bullets designed for paper patching, then demonstrates how to apply the thin cotton paper jacket. In his march 1977 article paper patched bullets come of age, harrison provides a few rules for the shooter using a. Refining paperpatched loads for smokeless powder load data. Up next reloading 577450 paper patched martinihenry round duration.
I got some groups around 12 inch with low velocity cast,gas check bullets,but my ppbs were around 1 and 12 inch. I lube the inside of the case neck with a qtip dipped in bore butter, i havent torn a patch seating the bullets since. I wet the paper with water, roll them, then let dry. Mass produced bullet molds are designed with very conservative, minimal dimensions north of the crimp groove, so that they will chamber in the great variety of firearms out there. Its possible to push a patched bullet faster than a jacketed bullet given the same weight and cartridge. I prefer to use bullets with the gas check shank but no check. Youll only need enough lube to cover the paper patch. Good morning, first off, i wouldnt recommend paper patch at all unless you can get with one of these guys here that have figured it all out to help you. Looking at it with a bore scope, it is shiny and smooth, but does not show any wear or firecracking at all. Paperpatching your inline muzzleloader western powders. We rely on a quality products, delivery and value for our customers. Three hardened dowel pins provide positive alignment in both vertical and horizontal planes. Paper patching actually wears a bore less than jacketed bullets. Ive shot chase patches in my muzzle loaders and my 4050 ballard.
Paper patches can be used to make slightly undersized bullets fit a gun with. It has been my experience, however, that most of the cussin has been from folks with little or no personal experience with ppbs. I have a 3 groove bullet that i would be using this on. Theres not a whole lot of folks shooting paper patched bullets so its difficult to compare notes with someone else. For the record, this is not my video or gun or cartridge load. One of the issues involved with paper patching is the bullet needs to fit the bore nearly perfectly for best results. This last pic is of a 100yd five shot group from a 224 cal rifle. Well this is my channel and these are my impressions about shooting old and repro blackpowder and cartridge guns. When the paper dries it shrinks tight to the bullet. Most shooters, given quality ppbs and proper loading techniques. I felt that it was the perfect size combination for bore size paper patch bullets. Brent danielson has won the long range match there a number of times with paper patched. Mould blocks are made from durabar 654512 extruded fine grain ductile iron.
In my opinion, paper patched bullets was a kind of fashion in the early black powder cartridge era, and they were not necessarily better compared to grease grooved bullets. The use of paper patched bullets is especially known from the buffalo hunts on the american prairies where millions of the shaggy beasts fell for paper patched bullets. Chase patches have been more accurate than wrapped paper patched bullets for me. Patched bullet have a lower friction and thus a reduced pressure, allowing a little more powder before reaching maximum pressure. I just ordered a of those postell bullets from a company out west. Note that a lot of folks make a lot of todo about paper wearing out the edges of the rifling. We go over a few more basics in our paper patching discussion. Is gas erosion worse than paper patch frictional wear. Years ago i did some of that paper patching for a 3006 spfld according to the harris developments. However, i do load and shoot black powder bp charged paper patched bullets ppbs exclusively for my sharps falling block and. Lube bullets will work in those chambers of course, but there are a few customonly chamber designs that will not shoot, or even chamber, a groove diameter lubed bullet. I lube them with the lube i make for grooved bullets, although many types will work. Best accuracy is usually accomplished with a much closer fit, tailored to a particular firearm. It is a myth that paper patch bullets need to be pure lead.
Routinely slugged your barrel and recording the measurements after every 500 shots may be a good place to start. Working with lubricated bullets is messy in my experience. Paper patched bullets, swaged vs cast shiloh rifle forums. I prefer to use paper patched bullets simply because they are easier to handle. Back in the days of the buffalo hunters and the civil war, most folks used paper patched bullets in their rifles. Lube grooved bullet on left paper patched without the paper on the right. Nov 21, 2005 it is as accurate as the day it came home from the shop. And even paper patched some bullets for my 375 hh improved to shoot deer with. Has anyone won a bpcr competition using paper patch bullets.
Some a bit better than others, but most factory chambered rifles can shoot paper patches quite well. The lip of paper extending past the base of the bullet is then twisted together, and may be pushed into a depression cast into the base of the bullet. Hey guys, this might be a really dumb question, but can i paper patch a 147gr fmjbt. I cant tell you how many bullets it has fired, but i can say that all but 5 of them, exactly 5, have been paper patched.
Ive been shooting paper patch bullets for a long time and find that milk cartons make good wad material and spg lube wad of about. My paper patch hunting and long range paper patch loads for reference only. This catalog is a record of molds ive made, and posted for reference. Paper patches let a shooter get the same velocities from lead bullets as with jacketed bullets. If you use my paper patch lube, make sure that it is as soft as butter when you apply it. The paper acts like a jacket and keeps the lead from smearing in the bore. Is paper patching a fair replacement for lube in a black powder rifle for conicals. Never tried breech seating chase patches in the ballard because the throat is not tapered.
Mar 06, 2014 autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. In fact i may be the only one in the world shooting paper patched bullets from a. Its funny there is only 1 view on this post, since ive only seen a handful of references for paper patched bullets in this cartridge, but i guess there probably isnt that much interest in this old reloading art so oh well. Killing effects of paper patched bullets in 4570 and 45. Cast bullets require a longer bearing surface than jacketed bullets to maintain an equivalent alignment with the bore of the firearm. Would paper patching reduce leading in s rifled barrel. In fact paper patched shooters have been winning the creedmoor matches at lodi, wisconsin on a regular basis since 2010, often taking two of the top three places. You can clearly see the paper patch leaves the barrel intact around the bullet at 00. His delightfully informative book on the subject, the paper jacket, is perhaps the best resource for a reloader interested in utilizing paperpatched bullets with smokeless powder. May 17, 2016 myself, i prefer paper patched bullets for three reasons. Jan 14, 2015 we go over a few more basics in our paper patching discussion. That acts to twist the paper patch tighter rather than try to strip it from the bullet. My 21year old son eric and i drew cow elk tags as our second choice in our favorite hunt unit in the bighorn basin of wyoming. The paper patch is moistened slightly with water to make it more pliable and slightly sticky.