Designing the 2-diameter paper patch bullet.

[Distant Thunder]

This is not exactly what I hoped for but then this stuff is seldom easy.

   

This leaves some room for improvement. I don't think I ever hit the goal the first time out of the gate. This one is no different.

I would feel better about my chances if the groove diameter base was .040-.050" longer. The way it is I had to seat the bullets off the lands about .020" just to keep them in the case while chambering.

At the widest point it is just under 5 inches CTC. The two shots in the upper left were my sighters with the 3rd one just above the paper. Then I corrected and actually over corrected. For some reason I just couldn't leave the knobs alone and I think if I had the group would have been smaller. It is a nice round ground though a bit of a donut.

I shot this prone of sticks at 215 yards. The temperature was 25 degrees, the wind was calm and the sky was cloudy. I used my 6X scope. The actual aiming bull is above the white paper. The black dot was just to give me a reference point on the paper 16 inches below the center of my bullseye.

I'm not sure where I would go next with this bullet and I'm not sure I really should. It was cut to fit Matt's rifle not mine. And certainly not this freebored .45-70. I should give some thought to trying it in my .45-90. It would fit that chamber much better, no freebore in that one.

I'll see what the seating depth would have to be in my .45-90 and then decide what to do if anything.

Matt should have the bullets I sent him by now and he will load some and see what happens from his rifle. I'll post that info here too. That should actually be a better result.