Heres how to make handmade paper from recycled materials. What would be the actual value of paper patching a jacketed bullet. 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 plan to try paper patching some hollow base lead bullets designed for the 4570 round and shooting them in my martini henry carbine. So of course watching that one scene where they talk about paper patch bullets, i wanted to see if it was true or not thanks for confirming that. The art of paper patching, 3006 series introduction youtube. We describe another method to economically and simply custom fit the bullet to your rifle bore to make your military surplus rifle shoot. The paper acts like a jacket and keeps the lead from smearing in. Paper patches let a shooter get the same velocities from lead bullets as with jacketed bullets. Paper patched bullets ppb are probably the most controversial of all lead bullet styles. Corbin paper patchblackpower bullet tools corbin swaging. I understand, that paper being abrasive, can polish the bore pretty well. Ppbs work equally well with black or smokeless powder.
How do you determin which is the correct diameter for the bullet to be before paper patching. The paper acts like a jacket and keeps the lead from smearing in the bore. An interesting find from the glory days of target shooting march 30, 2020. I addition to the usual remedies you use when loading black powder cartridge ammunition with grease. You can clearly see the paper patch leaves the barrel intact around the bullet at 00.
A pp bullet simply has straight sides and the bullet is wrapped with a very thin sheet of paper. How i paper patch my 490 grain pure lead bullets for my 1887 martini henry rifle. After reading paul matthews the paper jacket from wolfe publishing, there are fixes for those conditions. Paper patch supplies, paper patch templates, paper patch paper, lead bullets, paper patch bullets. In my mind, i can visualize phenominal pressures developing, a person would have to really size the bullet to be patched. However, i do load and shoot black powder bp charged paper patched bullets ppbs exclusively for my sharps falling block and remington rolling block replica bpcr rifles. The projectile is cast to a diameter that is usually that of the. 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. Most shooters, given quality ppbs and proper loading. Paper patches can be used to make slightly undersized bullets fit a gun with. Paper patched bullets have no lube grooves like a conventional lead bullet. It has been my experience, however, that most of the cussin has been from folks with little or no personal experience with ppbs.
However, the lead bullets i make for patching are designed to fit the diameter of the bore, not the groove, which means the paper patch is at least. Paper patched bullets a blast from the past sporting shooters. Its also a fantastic way to use up your old receipts, scrap papers, junk mail, and copy paper that you were about to throw in the recycling bin, and instead create a thing of glorious handmade beauty start making paper with the free pdf cheat sheet. Patching is the hand process of applying paper jackets.
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