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PP and SPG - ken s - 08-02-2017
I'm going to try something. I have a 40 70 SS and use a 330 custom Brooks PP mold.
with the 55 W and 55Y as paper. over 64 1/2 2F Old E. and an .006 wad with two newspaper wads over that. very slight compression.
I have a .408 sizing die, and ran a bunch through it to give it a slight SPG coating.
Anyone have any experience doing this?
The bullet is NOT sizerd and the patch is clean and really untouched.
the Sharps is original and the bore is fine.... rifling is all there, but not mirror..
I wonder???? Ken
RE: PP and SPG - Don McDowell - 08-02-2017
Forget about the bullet lube on the patches. The lube softens the patch and won't let it do it's job. If you put anything on the patch jojoba oil is the way to go.
RE: PP and SPG - Stephen Borud - 08-02-2017
Don are you putting the jojoba oil on after the bullet is seated or before you patch the bullet? I assume putting lube on the patch helps with fouling?
Thanks
Stephen
RE: PP and SPG - Don McDowell - 08-02-2017
Stephen I put it on after the bullet is seated, per the instructions in the 1875 Remington catalog.
RE: PP and SPG - Fogman01 - 08-04-2017
Do you know where to get a Remington 1875 catalog reprint?
RE: PP and SPG - Don McDowell - 08-04-2017
Look up Cornel publishing?
RE: PP and SPG - ken s - 08-04-2017
(08-02-2017, 09:31 AM)ken s Wrote: I'm going to try something. I have a 40 70 SS and use a 330 custom Brooks PP mold.
with the 55 W and 55Y as paper. over 64 1/2 2F Old E. and an .006 wad with two newspaper wads over that. very slight compression.
I have a .408 sizing die, and ran a bunch through it to give it a slight SPG coating.
Anyone have any experience doing this?
The bullet is NOT sizerd and the patch is clean and really untouched.
the Sharps is original and the bore is fine.... rifling is all there, but not mirror..
I wonder???? Ken
OK I tried these at the range. they swelled so chambering the round was hard.
Some just stuck out. accuracy was poor.
so much for experimenting.....Ken
RE: PP and SPG - Mike - 08-04-2017
We all live and learn... Until you've tried it, you don't know... Shoot sharp,