bullets

[W. Brown]

I use a bullet in a .56 caliber slug rifle that, when patched, rides down on top of the lands to the breech. I do not use a wad. The bore on this rifle has a noticeable degree of choke, and it is my understanding that all serious target rifles in the US that used a bullet were lapped with a choked bore. There may of course be exceptions to this, but not many, methinks. I use .0025 thich paper, and once the guide starer gets the bullet through the choke, I can push the bullet through the bore with the pressure of my pinky finger. When I touch 'er off, the bullet obturates nicely into the rifling, and all goes as it should. I can't comment on the long range rifles from the UK, though, as other than watching them being used at the International Matches in Canada.