some 44-77 questions

[Don McDowell]

12 sheets is twice as many as will cut straight and even from top to bottom. 6 is about right and 5 is better.
I have no problems seating 435 bullets wrapped in the 55w in any of my 44's and same with the 446 45 caliber bullets.

[Kurt]

Don would you measure the thickness of the 55-W paper for me?

[Don McDowell]

Kurt my Lyman calipers don't work real good on that thin stuff, but a single thickness comes up less than .001, a .446 bullet dry wrapped comes out to spot on .450

[Kurt]

TNX. I need to get some paper soon. My supply of .0018" thick Southworth 100% cotton is just about gone. The Staples store we had closed down so I have to get some ordered. I got two reams of paper mill but that paper varies in thickness from .0015" to .0021" on the same sheet. I ordered 6 rolls of Seth Cole 55-Y when I got the mould from BA but it is to thin for some of the other bullets I use.

[Don McDowell]

That 55 Y is a thin paper. I have a roll of it to try on the .400 bullet the Heartburn shoots so well.
You can get that 55w in 12 in. rolls that makes for really handy cutting on the roller cutters. Think the last case of it I got was something like 30$ which should make for a lifetime supply.

[Nuclearcricket]

I found this price on 55Y, http://www.artsupplywarehouse.com/prodDe...p?id=29029, not sure what the shipping is but I don't think that is a bad price. They also have other sizes available as well as the 55W which I think is the same price.
Sounds like maybe we need to talk Don into the purchase of a 1" micrometer. This link has them at a good price, http://cdcotools.com/. That being said, I have been a machinist/toolmaker all my life, I have Starrette mics and also Etalon that are made in Switzerland. I also have 2 sets of mics from this company. The one set was purchased to have at home as I was still working for other people, I got the 0-3" set and then purchased a 0-75MM set for work. They are nice, they may need to be adjusted a little when you first get them, but that is normal. They are smooth, accurate and have a good feel in the hand. I also hate to admit all the good things about them because they are made in China. I just feel that for the quality and price they are hard to beat. I have purchased several items from CDCO and have not had any real problems with any of it.
Sam

[Don McDowell]

Sam the only time I think the 55y would really come into play would be when dealing with bore diameter slicks. It may be to thin to give good results with bullets very far under bore diameter.
Back in the day there was apparently 3 thicknesses of paper used, thick, thin and medium. Bodine told Sharps in a letter that they needed to make their grooves a bit deeper to facilitate shooting dirty, and that he wanted his bullets no harder than 15-1 and sized so that when patched in medium weight paper that the weight of a cleaning rod would just slide the bullet down the bore.
It's become the cool thing of late to worry about paper thickness, but in actuality paper is not as reliable in thickness as other materials. The bottom line is finding a paper that will shred easily when wet or dry patched, that will allow good good accuracy.

[Kurt]

Sam I carry a Mitutoyo in my jeep center console all the time just so I have it if in case I see a down town office supply store where they usually have the old type writer copy paper on the back shelves

If any of you have some Seth Cole 55-W paper would you please measure it for me.........Kurt

[Don McDowell]

With the results, Kenny, Eddie and myself have had with Seth Cole 55w, I'm not sure why more folks aren't using it.

[Don McDowell]

And for another great example of how well SC 55w is working is Ian Egbert, a young fella just starting in bpcr, shot his way to master class silhouette in less than 2 seasons, this past week was high shooter at Friendship and did so with a C Sharps rifle with a standard chamber..