Designing the 2-diameter paper patch bullet.

[Distant Thunder]

Don,

When I dry patch these 2-diameter bullets the patch is a bit loose on the front end but tight on the base band. I don't see where it hurts any and I actually think it helps. Once the powder goes off everything pretty much assumes groove diameter any way so as long as it chambers without problems and that's how they are in my .40-65.

If you wet patch these I'm sure the patch is tight on both diameters due to the paper shrinking some when it dries. Either way will work and with wet patching I'm sure you can stretch the paper enough to keep the front edge square.

I put one of these new bullets in a fired case from my C. Sharps .45-70 and it fits nice and it appears as though I may still have some bullet left in the case when the groove diameter is up against the rifling. I'll have a closer look at that this weekend, I hope, and if that is the case I will have to give some a try. There won't be much bullet in the case but I can live with less if it will stays in long enough to chamber the round. It certainly won't hurt the accuracy any being shallow. This could get interesting!

I tried two different papers I have on this 2-daimeter bullet and the diameters checked the same as with Matt's paper, but my patches fit the bullet better.