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Paper Patching for Muzzleloading Rifles
Idaholewis:
You hear me refer to “Tuck” On a Flat Base Bullet Paper Patched, The actual name is “Short Patch”
Notice how Meticulous the tuck is? These Bases are EXTREMELY IMPORT The Bullet Base is what Steers the Bullet, Except NOTHING But Perfect Bullet Bases :bl th up (Another Tip to me From Lee Shaver’s)
Short Patch
A Flat Base Bullet Paper Patched Should Stand perfectly, just as it would Exit the Bore. A Twisted Tail left hanging underneath is a NO NO!
Idaholewis:
When you hear me refer to PERFECT Bullet bases this is what i mean, If you Cast your own Bullets and are serious about Accuracy EXCEPT NOTHING BUT PERFECT BULLET BASES if they are not Perfect, melt them back down and Try again. Remember, Our Bullet Bases are what actually Steer our Bullets NOT THE FANCY NOSE
These are Bullets i cast from a Custom BACO mold, This is a Cupped base, Nose pour design Mold. Notice how SHARP and perfect these Bases are? That is what you are after :bl th up I shoot these Particular Bullets to 825 Yards
Idaholewis:
I have often wondered who was the 1st person to think of Paper Patching a Bullet?
I copied this from another forum, It is a Good Read, With links at bottom. If you are in to History you will enjoy this :bl th up
I have been trying to narrow down who exactly first conceived of using paper patch bullets in metallic cartridges as there is a huge gap between when Sir Jos. Whitworth decided to paper patch his hexagonal slugs for his eponymous muzzleloading rifle and their appearance in cartridges sometime around approx. 1870. I think the answer may be someone whose name we all have heard of: Hiram Berdan. The Berdan I Rifle (1868) used "A lubricated paper wrapped .42 caliber bullet in a brass case." Interestingly, Berdan was using brass at this early date. The earliest Remington RB Military Rifle chambered for anything larger than pistols ctgs. was the 12.17×42mm RF for Sweden & Norway and used a grease groove bullet. The .43 Spanish was not adopted by Spain until 1870. The facts are that Hiram Berdan first utilized paper patch bullets starting in 1868. The rifles were made by Colt ironically as Berdan was an engineer and not a manufacturer. These were sold to Russia.
Ironically, the .42 Berdan held 77 gr. of BP and the patched bullet weighed approx. 386 gr. It would appear that for whatever reason this caused an avalanche of outright copying in that the .43 Spanish of 1870, Sharps .44-70 (initial loading) & the .43 Mauser of 1871 are practically identical. Berdan, aside form his Civil War fame, was an incredible engineer who had made a fortune on patents allowing him the luxury to dabble in firearms.
http://www.russianwarrior.com/STMMain.htm?1870AmmoBerdan.htm&1
Hawken:
I'll just stay with this:
PRB by Sharps Man, on Flickr
Idaholewis:
--- Quote from: Hawken on September 26, 2019, 03:05:25 PM ---I'll just stay with this:
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I shoot those as well, and enjoy them very much. :bl th up
But when i decide to get Serious with Accuracy, i switch to Paper Patch :bl th up This is just 1 of NUMEROUS Groups i have turned out like this with Patched Bullets From my Fast 1:20 Twist .45 Cals
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