Tissue Paper

[Dave Roelle]

Gentlemen:

I finally got to put the "tissue paper" jackets to the test and results were encouraging.

The test was the first silhouette match of the year for me and while the score was dismal (seriously out of practice) the money bullet with the tissue paper patch grouped pretty well----no fliers or diggers----most significantly i have no leading, i had expected the paper soo thin would cut through and expose lead to the barrel but that doesn't seem to be the case.

The patch "DISINTERGRATED"-------so i believe i had a good bullet launch, i was hoping that with the thinner patch the raw bullet would better center itself and while i haven't proved that, in theory it should be the case.

Bullet alloy was 20/1------with the thinner patch the degree of bullet obturation shouldn't need to be as great-----------sooooooooo- a harder bullet can be used, that should help the bullet stay the shape as cast-------------next test will be subsequently harder bullets.

I completed my hardness tester, that should allow creation of alloys harder with good repeatability----think i'l test in 2 or 3 brinell steps and see if that tightens up groups a bit.

onward

Dave