paper patching

[scrat]

ok School me .

What kind of paper

how many wraps around the bullet

Whats the teqhnique.

what size do you under size the bullet.

and what else do i need to know.

I bet $5.00 RC Model replies.

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[Walkalong]

Onionskin paper. Wraps depend on application. Wrap it, twist the bottom. Depends. A lot.

Where has rc been lately?

 

[scrat]

Where the heck do you get Onion Paper

 

[Jeff H]

Where has rc been lately?

He recently discovered that rc airplanes now seem like more fun than guns since you can fly them like a helicopter now instead of like an airplane. He'll be back soon enough. J/k.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYrt6YKM828

He'll be back to answer this after he masters the new sport.

 

[Walkalong]

Onion paper

I guess you could look around town in places that sell paper.

 

[Jefferson Herb]

Good book by paul Mathews[?] The Practical Paper Patched Bullet. Has a lot of info if you can find it.

 

[straitnate14]

We have been flying RC airplanes like heli's for years now... how does such an informed person such as RC take so long to catch on??? lol I'm just now discovering that shooting is more fun than flying RC planes.

 

[Afy]

Yes but still doesnt explain how to patch the bullet.

 

[dagger dog]

Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook has a chapter on paper patching there is even a drawing for a patch template you can size for the caliber you are shooting. . It is used mostly with cast lead bullets and black powder cartridges, I don't remember seeing any info for patched with modern smokless powder and jacketed bullets.

 

[472x1A/B]

Plenty of paper patching info on Cast Boolits.com.

 

[Walkalong]

Yes but still doesnt explain how to patch the bullet

The overly simple answer is you wrap the bullet in paper, twist the excess under the bullet, load it, and shoot it.

You can paper patch jacketed bullets, and there are some good applications there, but it is widely used to shoot lead bullets at higher velocities without leading.

 

[Texasgunlover]

Is it really effective at hiding rifling and bore markings,or is that just the movies.

 

[918v]

Well, it's 130+ years old and has been successfully used to down everything from rabbit to elephant.

 

[Remo-99]

Yes but still doesnt explain how to patch the bullet.

Templates are made accordinly to the thickness of the paper being used. It is a trapizoidal shape(if that's the word for it(rectangluar shape with 45 degree ends/sides). measured to wrap the bullet around once over and then again meet at the the under lapping joint.

The paper should cover most of the bearing surface leaving about 3/8" overhang to twist and secure the wrap to the bullet.

 

[snuffy]

Paper patching requires a smaller bullet. Molds that make a paper patch bullet actually have no lube grooves, are cylindrical, some have a hollow base for tucking the twisted ends into.

The paper acts like a jacket, preventing the lead core from contacting the rifling. It's a slow, laborious process, with lots of trail and error, but you CAN run cast lead bullets up to jacketed velocities with good accuracy.

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/forumdisplay.php?f=62

Read that link to castboolits.com, if you can't get enough info there, there's no hope for you.