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Veg. fiber overpowder wads........
08-19-2012, 11:21 AM, (This post was last modified: 08-19-2012, 11:22 AM by Kurt.)
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RE: Veg. fiber overpowder wads........
This is my take on wads for the GG bullets you asked for.

I think this is a personal preference because the diameter of a GG bullet is mostly groove or slightly over groove diameter so lube migration is not a problem. A wad is mostly there to protect the bullet base from getting distorted from the powder granules. 1FG beats the base more then 2 or 3F. Here is an example of what a GG bullet base will look like with no wad or just a thin wax paper wad using a 1/30 alloy bullet. The harder alloys will not have base damage as bad but even 1/16 will still get the powder impressions just not as deep. So I use just a single milk carton or a thin wad cut from serial boxes.
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For the PP bullets I use wad stacks that are different for the alloy temper and finished bullet diameter. I wont go into this because you asked for GG bullets because it gets a little lengthy protecting the bullet more so then keeping the lube from migrating to the powder especially the lube I use for the PP bullets.

Kurt
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RE: Veg. fiber overpowder wads........ - by Smokin Guns John - 08-14-2012, 07:04 PM
RE: Veg. fiber overpowder wads........ - by Kurt - 08-15-2012, 03:18 PM
RE: Veg. fiber overpowder wads........ - by Kurt - 08-15-2012, 05:16 PM
RE: Veg. fiber overpowder wads........ - by rdnck - 08-18-2012, 11:26 AM
RE: Veg. fiber overpowder wads........ - by rdnck - 08-18-2012, 02:43 PM
RE: Veg. fiber overpowder wads........ - by bruce moulds - 08-18-2012, 05:01 PM
RE: Veg. fiber overpowder wads........ - by Kurt - 08-19-2012, 11:21 AM
RE: Veg. fiber overpowder wads........ - by Kurt - 08-20-2012, 09:46 AM

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