It just won't quit!!!!!

[Distant Thunder]

Bear,

Well you know paper, it's a bit hard to get consistent measurements on. I'd call it about .0015".

The better way to judge paper is not so much by the thickness but by how much it adds to the diameter of a bullet when wrapped twice around. My 9# onionskin adds about .007" while the Staedtler tracing paper I have adds about .005".

This is one of the reasons I like sizing my patched bullets. I have push through sizing dies for each of my rifles. I polish them out to get a perfect fit in the bore of each rifle. Then almost any paper can be used as long as it adds enough to the bullet diameter so it can be sized down to the perfect fit. I like to feel some resistance as I chamber the round, but not too much. For me that kind of fit results in the best accuracy. Just snug is good.