Period correct '74 Sharps Buffalo Rifles?

[Don McDowell]

If you use the .030 fiber wad , one of the dry lubed felt wads and wipe the exposed patch with jojoba oil, you can shoot that all day long with just blowing down the breech on occasion. Forget the taper crimp, it's an accuracy killer with patched bullets. Much better find a size die that will give you enough neck tension that when you seat the bullet it will snap/pop into place. This is where wet patching the bullet is a big help, when the patch drys it's pretty well got the base of the bullet sealed, dry patches won't let you run that much neck tension.
What diameter did you get on the bullet mould?