Original paper patched bullet designs?

[Distant Thunder]

Don,

I had 3 hours yesterday on the drive home to think about what I might do different with this 55Y and wet patching, arrrrrrrrggggg……, was one thing that came to mind. I can possibly tolerate it for this bullet because I won't be shooting that many through the .50 anyway. Probably 2 or 3 matches a year. I enjoy the process of working through the problems. It's obvious that 55Y has excellent accuracy potential so it will be worth working with.

"I have my Brooks dual diameter 40 cal bullet mould, it's similar to yours. I have about 20 of those patched and loaded ready to try in the CSA heartburn 40-70. Just need to get a few free moments to go give it a whirl."

I don't know anything about your rifle you'll use that bullet in or what your chamber looks like, but for me it has been very accurate right out of the gate. The drawing I gave you was of course designed to fit my chamber and the 18-twist barrel, but the dimensions could easily be adjusted to fit any .40 caliber chamber and the more the popular 16 twist. I would think it would be an excellent choice for a Browning .40-65 and anyone wanting to shoot silhouette with that type of rifle. It has held up well for me in some pretty twitchy winds out to 600 yards and competes well against even the .45s.

Keep me in the loop as to how it works for you, I am very interested. Also please bring some of those bullets when you come to Lodi next year for the Cup match, I'd really like to see one and how it look from a real mold maker.

I am thinking of posting some information about how I go about designing my 2-diameter ppb so others who are interested can work with the idea or chime in with their ideas of how it works. Would that be a good subject for this forum do you think? I like this forum and the people here and that discussion might spark some activity without the pissing contest.

I'm just starting the process of making a mold for a friend who wants to give the 2-diameter concept a try. It should be an excellent chance to put the information up somewhere for others to see and add to.

DT